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Procession (New Order song)

"Procession"
Single by New Order
B-side"Everything's Gone Green"
ReleasedSeptember 1981
GenrePost-punk
Length4:27
LabelFactory
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)

"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)


Artwork

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

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

7": FAC 53 (UK)
No.TitleLength
1."Procession"4:25
2."Everything's Gone Green"4:11

Chart positions

Chart (1981) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[3] 38
UK Independent Singles Chart[4] 1

References

  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.