New Order Score UK Top Selling Vinyl Single Of 2023 So Far
New Order have scored the best-selling vinyl single of 2023 so far, according to the Official Charts Company.
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The electronic pioneers’ biggest single of the year is The Perfect Kiss, a single originally released in 1985, pressed on a special edition 12″ vinyl to celebrate the Definitive Edition re-issue of its parent album, Low-Life.
They also score three further Top 10 placings: 1983 single Blue Monday, which celebrated its 40th anniversary this year (3), plus Sub-Culture (5) and Shell Shock (6), which are both also lifted from the Low Life reissue.
Scottish alt-rock band Frightened Rabbit earn three entries in the list, thanks to the 10th anniversary celebration of their major label debut Pedestrian Verse: The Woodpile (13), Late March Death March (14) and Backyard Skulls (15).
Official Top 20 best-selling vinyl singles of 2023 so far
POS TITLE ARTIST
1 THE PERFECT KISS NEW ORDER
2 VALENTINE INHALER
3 BLUE MONDAY NEW ORDER
4 KISS THE GO-GOAT GHOST
5 SUB-CULTURE NEW ORDER
6 SHELLSHOCK NEW ORDER
7 FORGET ME LEWIS CAPALDI
8 GHOST TOWN SPECIALS
9 BEACH READY BOYS JIM BOB
10 BRAVE NEW WORLD TOYAH
11 THEME NEW BOND JUNIOR JOHN
12 ‘CELLO SONG FONTAINES DC
13 THE WOODPILE FRIGHTENED RABBIT
14 LATE MARCH DEATH MARCH FRIGHTENED RABBIT
15 BACKYARD SKULLS FRIGHTENED RABBIT
16 CAN’T REPLICATE ROISIN MURPHY & DJ KOZE
17 ROTOSCOPE SPIRITBOX
18 GEORGETOWN LOYLE CARNER FT JOHN AGARD
19 HUNGRY (FOR LOVE) LF SYSTEM
20 THE MESSAGE GRANDMASTER FLASH/FURIOUS FIVE
New Order have also recently announced details of a UK and European tour, with Confidence Man due to support – see full dates below.
Tickets for the tour are on sale here.
The dates come after news that they have been jointly nominated with Joy Division for inclusion in this year’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
New Order UK and European tour 2023
September
21– Royal Arena, Copenhagen
23 – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
26 – Zénith, Paris
29 – The O2, London
October
1 – 3Arena, Dublin
5 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
7 – First Direct Arena, Leeds