Video 5 8 6

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"Video 5 8 6"
Video 5 8 6 New Order.jpg
Single by New Order
B-side "As You Said"
Released22 September 1997
Recorded1982
Genre
Length22:23
Label Touch
Producer(s) New Order
New Order singles chronology
"Blue Monday-95"
(1995)		"Video 5 8 6"
(1997)		"Crystal"
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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"Video 5 8 6", originally titled "Prime 5 8 6", [4] [5] is an electronic instrumental piece and twenty-fourth single written and produced in 1982[ citation needed ] by the British group New Order. [6] In December 1982, the track was initially released in two sections in Touch Music's first cassette magazine, Feature Mist. [4] [6] [7] Touch re-released the entire track as a CD single in 1997. [4] [7]

Contents

Composed primarily by Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris, "Prime 5 8 6"/"Video 5 8 6" was an early version of "5 8 6" (from Power, Corruption & Lies ), which contained rhythm elements that would later surface on "Ultraviolence" and the 1983 hit "Blue Monday". [4] After Factory Records' Tony Wilson asked New Order for twenty minutes of "pap", it was first played in public during the opening of The Haçienda on 21 May 1982. [4]

On release it reached #86 on the main British singles chart [8] and #19 on the British indie chart. Bassist Peter Hook has said the key to the title "5 8 6" can be found in another of the group's songs, "Ecstasy"; 5, 8 then 6 is the song's bar structure.[ citation needed ]

A video was released for the song called Primitive 586 on the FACT 56, IKON 3 VHS and BETA tape 'A Factory Video', the footage is mostly primitive 80s computer graphics.

Legacy

Dave Simpson of The Guardian , including "Video 5 8 6" in a list of ten of New Order's best tracks, called it a "motorik electronic odyssey" and added: "Eventually released as a CD single in 1997, this combination of endlessly repetitive groove and electro bassline is as hypnotic as anything they recorded." [9]

Track listing

CD: TONE 7 (UK)
No.TitleLength
1."Video 5-8-6" (Performed by New Order)22:25
2."As You Said" (Performed by Joy Division - only included on 12" versions TONE 7.1)2:01

Chart positions

Chart (1997)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart [8] 86
UK Indie Singles 19

References

  1. ↑ Simpson, Dave (6 August 2014). "New Order: 10 of the best". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  2. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (7 January 2021). "New Order's 30 greatest tracks – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  3. ↑ Bush, John. "Review: Video 586 – New Order". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Johnson, Mark. An Ideal For Living: An History of Joy Division. London: Bobcat Books, 1984. Pg. 103.
  5. ↑ Flowers, Claude. New Order + Joy Division: Dreams Never End. London: Omnibus Press, 1995. Pg. 51.
  6. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. 1 2 "UK Chartlog". zobbel.de. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  9. ↑ Simpson, Dave (6 August 2014). "New Order: 10 of the best". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
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