Procession (New Order song)

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1981 single by New Order

"Procession"

Single by New Order
B-side| "Everything's Gone Green"
Released| September 1981
Genre| Post-punk
Length| 4:27
Label| Factory
FAC 53
Songwriter(s)| Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner[1]
Producer(s)| Martin Hannett
New Order singles chronology
| "Ceremony"
(1981)  | "Procession"
(1981)  | "Everything's Gone Green"
(1981)

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"Procession" is the second single by the British group New Order, released in September 1981 on 7" vinyl record. It is a double A side with "Everything's Gone Green". The single's Factory Records catalogue number is FAC 53. (Labelled as B Music)

## Overview[edit]

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Compared to the band's previous single "Ceremony", this one shows the band in an intermediate position between post-punk Joy Division and light electropop New Order. The lighter pop optimism, with a strong emphasis on rhythm, overcomes the song's gloomy title, "Procession". This "mixed message" may help to explain why the song remains obscure in the New Order repertoire, despite having been a single. The sound is much like Movement's opening track, "Dreams Never End", but with an even more upbeat flavor and vocals that have nearly shed the Ian Curtis imitation. The lyrics are abstract and difficult to discern, given the density of the mix and the strength of the other instruments. The song is notable, also, because there are brief backing vocals by band member Gillian Gilbert.

Though all of New Order's songs are credited as group compositions, it is stated in Peter Hook's memoir Substance: Inside New Order that the chief composer of "Procession" is Stephen Morris.

The song does not appear on any of New Order's studio albums; it does, however, appear on the EP 1981–1982, the CD, cassette, and Digital Audio Tape releases of the 1987 singles compilation Substance (where it is erroneously listed as a B-side), the 2005 compilation Singles, and the 2008 Collector's Edition of the band's debut album Movement.

## Artwork[edit]

Similar to the album cover for Movement, the artwork is taken from a "Dinamo Futurista" magazine cover done by Italian futurist designer Fortunato Depero. Notably, the UK release's sleeve came in nine versions, all with different colours: black, blue, aqua, yellow, red, brown, orange, green and purple. The second side of the single contains a shortened version of "Everything's Gone Green", the full-length version of which was later released as a 12" single on its own.

Although the original UK single does not indicate which is side A or B (the runoff matrix simply lists "SOFT" and "HARD" for each side), the French edition of the single actually has "Everything's Gone Green" labeled as the A-side track, and some Spanish and Portuguese pressings have reversed labels.[2]

## Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner

7": FAC 53 (UK)No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Procession"| 4:25
2.| "Everything's Gone Green"| 4:11

## Chart positions[edit]

Chart (1981)  | Peak
position

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UK Singles Chart[3] | 38
UK Independent Singles Chart[4] | 1

## References[edit]

1. ^ ASCAP entry
2. ^ "A New Order / Joy Division Web Site". New Order Online. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
3. ^ "The Official Charts Company: New Order". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
4. ^ "Indie Hits "N"". Cherry Red Records. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2 Oct 2008.

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New Order

* Bernard Sumner
* Stephen Morris
* Gillian Gilbert
* Phil Cunningham
* Tom Chapman

* Peter Hook

Studio albums|

* Movement
* Power, Corruption & Lies
* Low-Life
* Brotherhood
* Technique
* Republic
* Get Ready
* Waiting for the Sirens' Call
* Lost Sirens
* Music Complete

Live albums|

* BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert
* Live at the London Troxy
* Live at Bestival 2012

Compilation albums|

* Substance 1987
* The Best of New Order
* International
* Retro
* Singles
* Total: From Joy Division to New Order

Remix albums|

* The Rest of New Order
* Complete Music

EPs and other releases|

* 1981–1982
* The Peel Sessions
* The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack
* In Session
* 12″ × 12

Singles|

* "Ceremony"
* "Procession"
* "Everything's Gone Green"
* "Temptation"
* "Blue Monday"
* "Confusion"
* "Thieves Like Us"
* "Murder"
* "The Perfect Kiss"
* "Sub-culture"
* "Shellshock"
* "State of the Nation"
* "Bizarre Love Triangle"
* "True Faith"
* "Touched by the Hand of God"
* "Blue Monday 1988"
* "Fine Time"
* "Round & Round"
* "Run 2"
* "World in Motion"
* "Regret"
* "Ruined in a Day"
* "World (The Price of Love)"
* "Spooky"
* "True Faith-94"
* "1963"
* "Blue Monday-95"
* "Video 5 8 6"
* "Crystal"
* "60 Miles an Hour"
* "Someone Like You"
* "Here to Stay"
* "Krafty"
* "Jetstream"
* "Waiting for the Sirens' Call"
* "Restless"
* "Tutti Frutti"

Other songs|

* "Doubts Even Here"
* "Love Vigilantes"
* "Age of Consent"
* "Elegia"
* "Plastic"

Videos|

* Substance 1987
* New Order Story
* 316
* 511
* A Collection
* Live in Glasgow

Tours|

* North American Tour 2012

Related groups|

* Joy Division
* Electronic
* Revenge
* Monaco
* The Other Two
* Freebass
* Bad Lieutenant
* Peter Hook and the Light

Related articles|

* Discography
* Songs
* The Haçienda
* Control
* Rob Gretton
* List of tribute albums

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group
* MusicBrainz work

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