What was new orders biggest hit?

“Blue Monday” became a defining single for the group and caused a sensation, becoming the biggest selling 12-inch single of all time. New Order, like many other post-punk groups of the period, increasingly utilised keyboards, drum machine and sequencers in their music.

Is New Order Joy Division?

Joy Division/New Order, British rock group who, as Joy Division, refined the external chaos of 1970s punk into a disquieting inner turmoil, ushering in the postpunk era, and later, as New Order, pioneered the successful fusion of rock and 1980s African American dance music styles.

What music genre is new order?

Electronic dance music
New Order/Genres

Is New Order post-punk?

New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. New Order’s integration of post-punk with electronic and dance music made them one of the most acclaimed and influential bands of the 1980s.

What album is true faith on new order?

Substance
True Faith/Album

What was new orders first album?

Movement
Movement is the debut studio album by English rock band New Order, released on 13 November 1981 by Factory Records.

Are Sting and Bernard related?

Sting is not related to Bernard Sumner closely or distantly in blood relation. While Sting was born with the last name Sumner, Bernard was given his mother’s last name of Sumner as his father was not involved in his life. Sting and Barney both had miserable childhoods.

What was Joy Division before?

Warsaw

Joy Division
Joy Division, c. 1979: Morris, Curtis, Sumner, Hook
Background information
Also known as	Warsaw (1977–1978)
Origin	Salford, England

Is Sting related to Bernard Sumner?