- Atmosphere (Joy Division song)
Infobox Single |
Name = Atmosphere
Artist =Joy Division
from Album =
Released = 1980, 1988
Format = 7"
Recorded =
Genre =Post-punk
Length =
Label =Factory Records
Producer =Martin Hannett andJoy Division
Chart position =
Last single =
This single =
Next single ="Atmosphere" is a song by the band
Joy Division . It was originally released in 1980 as a France-only single under the title "Licht Und Blindheit" with "Dead Souls" as the B-side. Atmosphere was the "A" side for theUK release but the "B" side for theUS release.Peter Hook formerly of Joy Division has saidFact|date=September 2007 he regards the song as the band's greatest.Re-releases
It featured on the Joy Division
compilation album s "Substance", "Permanent" and was released as a single in 1988. In New Zealand in 1981 it reached number one on the singles charts.In popular culture
*It featured in UK television adverts for
First Direct bank.*It also featured on the film "
24 Hour Party People " just after Ian Curtis' suicide is portrayed.*The song is used at the end of the Ian Curtis biopic "Control".
*The song was used on the closing credits of 2007 Grant Gee's documentary "Joy Division".
*In August 2004 British television station Five used "Atmosphere" for promotional segments for their coverage of
Liverpool F.C. 'sUEFA Champions League qualifying game againstAustria 'sGrazer AK . Liverpool eventually won the2005 UEFA Champions League Final with a dramatic fight back againstItaly 'sA.C. Milan on the 25th May 2005.*The song was used on the closing credits of the BBC's coverage of England's defeat to Portugal at the 2006 football World Cup.
* A cover of the song by Ola Podrida was featured extensively throughout the film
The Signal (film) .Video
The video released with the song's re-release in 1988 contained characters wearing black hooded
cloak s and white burialshroud s that look similar to how thegrim reaper is portrayed in the media.It was directed by
Anton Corbijn , who also directed theIan Curtis biopic Control.
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