Touched by the Hand of God

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"Touched by the Hand of God"
Single by New Order
from the album Salvation!
Released7 December 1987
Length3:47 (7-inch), 7:02 (12-inch)
LabelFactory
Songwriter(s)Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner[1]
Producer(s)New Order
New Order singles chronology
"True Faith"
(1987) 		"Touched by the Hand of God"
(1987) 		"Blue Monday 1988"
(1988)

"Touched by the Hand of God" is a song by English band

Arthur Baker. The B-side was a dub remix, titled "Touched by the Hand of Dub", and the release had the catalogue number FAC 193; its production is credited to New Order.[2]

Although not a track taken from a studio album, "Touched by the Hand of God" appears on the 2008 collector's edition of New Order's album

Maxi-Singles
charts.

Music video

The video that accompanied the song was directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and parodied glam metal groups of the same period, with the band miming to the music while wearing long wigs and leather clothing. The video also contains a love scene that is intercut with the performance shots, and stars Femi Gardiner and Bill Paxton.[citation needed] The concept was proposed by manager Rob Gretton, and was inspired by the band having seen the clichés of then-popular videos on MTV while touring America. Bassist Peter Hook said in a 2000 interview that one of the bands that served as inspiration for the spoof video was Mötley Crüe, whose song “Girls, Girls, Girls” played in heavy rotation on MTV at the time.[3]

Track listings

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

7-inch single: Fac193/7 (UK)[4]
No.TitleLength
1."Touched by the Hand of God"3:47
2."Touched by the Hand of Dub"4:11
12-inch single: Fac193 (UK)[5]
No.TitleLength
1."Touched by the Hand of God"7:02
2."Touched by the Hand of Dub"5:30
CD single: Facd193 (UK)
Arthur Baker, Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner
5:23
3."Temptation" (actually the 1987 recording but incorrectly labelled as the original mix) 7:00
7-inch and cassette single: 7-27979, 4-27979 (US)[7][8]
No.TitleLength
1."Blue Monday 1988" (single mix)4:10
2."Touched by the Hand of God" (single version)3:41
12-inch single: 0-20869 (US)[9]
No.TitleLength
1."Blue Monday 1988" (12-inch mix)7:09
2."Blue Monday 1988" (dub)7:16
3."Touched by the Hand of God" (remix)7:02
4."Touched by the Hand of God" (dub)5:30

Charts

References

  1. ^ ASCAP entry
  2. ^ "Factory Records: FAC 193". factoryrecords.org.
  3. ^ "New Order Interview 1987". YouTube.
  4. ^ Touched by the Hand of God (UK 7-inch single vinyl disc). New Order. Factory Records. 1987. Fac193/7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Touched by the Hand of God (UK 12-inch single vinyl disc). New Order. Factory Records. 1987. Fac193/7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Touched by the Hand of God (UK CD single liner notes). New Order. Factory Records. 1987. Facd193.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Blue Monday 1988 / Touched by the Hand of God (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). New Order. Qwest Records. 1988. 7-27979.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Blue Monday 1988 / Touched by the Hand of God (US cassette single sleeve). New Order. Qwest Records. 1988. 4-27979.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ Blue Monday 1988 / Touched by the Hand of God (US 12-inch single sleeve). New Order. Qwest Records. 1988. 0-20869.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .
  11. OCLC 29800226
    – via World Radio History.
  12. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5
    .
  13. OCLC 29800226
    – via World Radio History.
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Touched by the Hand of God". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  15. ^ "New Order – Touched by the Hand of God". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  16. ^ "New Order – Touched by the Hand of God". VG-lista. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  17. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  18. ISBN 0-95172-069-4. Archived from the original
    on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
  19. ^ "New Order Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  20. ^ "New Order Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  21. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – New Order – Touched by the Hand of God" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  22. ISSN 0006-2510
    – via World Radio History.

External links
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