Let's Dance to Joy Division

Infobox Single
Name = Let's Dance to Joy Division


Artist = The Wombats
from Album =
Released = Start date|2007|11|8|df=yes
Format = Digital download, CD
Recorded =
Genre = Indie rock
Length =
Label = 14th Floor
Writer =
Producer =
Certification =
Last single = "Kill the Director"
(2007)
This single = "Let's Dance to Joy Division"
(2007)
Next single = "Moving to New York"
(2008)

"Let's Dance to Joy Division" is a song by The Wombats and the second single taken from their second album "". The song was available to download on 8 October 2007, and was physically released one week later. It is based on a drunken night when lead singer Matthew Murphy danced on a table with his girlfriend to "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division. There is a hidden track on the 7" vinyl version of the single, when Tord Øverland-Knudsen sings the theme tune from children's television show "Postman Pat" in Norwegian.The song features on the BBC Three program "Scallywagga" as the theme tune.

Formats and track listings

Track listings of major single releases of "Let's Dance to Joy Division".

UK CD single
(Released October 15 2007)
# "Let's Dance to Joy Division"
# "Let's Dance to Joy Division (KGB Remix)"

UK 7" single
(Released October 15 2007)
# "Let's Dance to Joy Division"
# "Derail and Crash"

UK 7" single
(Released October 15 2007)
# "Let's Dance to Joy Division"
# "Tales of Girls, Boys and Marsupials (Live from Fuji Rocks)"
# "School Uniforms (Live from Fuji Rocks)"

Chart performance

On 14 October 2007, the single entered the UK Singles Chart at #35 on downloads alone. [cite web |url = http://www.theofficialcharts.com/top40_singles_last.php?week=16&end=14/10/2007%20-%2020/10/2007 |title = Top 40 Singles Archive :: Week 43 : 14/10/2007 - 20/10/2007 |accessdate = 2008-01-27 |date = 2007-10-20 |publisher = The Official UK Charts Company ] A week later, after a physical release, it peaked at #15, [cite web |url = http://www.theofficialcharts.com/top40_singles_last.php?week=15&end=21/10/2007%20-%2027/10/2007 |title = Top 40 Singles Archive :: Week 43 : 21/10/2007 - 27/10/2007 |accessdate = 2008-01-27 |date = 2007-10-27 |publisher = The Official UK Charts Company ] before falling gradually down the chart in the following weeks.

The song also came in at #12 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007. [cite web |url = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/countdown/text/countdown.htm |title = Hottest 100 Countdown |accessdate = 2008-01-27 |date = 2008-10-26 |publisher = Triple J ]

It reached #30 on the Dutch Singles Chart.

It reached #76 on the Australian Singles Chart.

It was the Free Single of the Week on iTunes Store on June 2, 2008.

Awards

On 28 February 2008, Let's Dance to Joy Division won an NME Award for Best Dancefloor Filler

References