Waiting for the Sirens' Call (song)

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"Waiting for the Sirens' Call"
Single by New Order
from the album Waiting for the Sirens' Call
Released26 September 2005 (2005-09-26)[1]
GenreAlternative rock
Length
  • 5:42 (album version)
  • 3:52 (single version)
Warner
Songwriter(s)Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Phil Cunningham[2]
Producer(s)New Order, Jim Spencer
New Order singles chronology
"Jetstream"
(2005) 		"Waiting for the Sirens' Call"
(2005) 		"Guilt Is a Useless Emotion"
(2005)

"Waiting for the Sirens' Call" is a single released in 2005 by English band

London Records on 26 September 2005, and was the third single from the album of the same title
.

Release

Rather than the typical maxi CD and DVD configuration for the single, "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" was initially released as three separate 7" singles. Each 7" contained a different mix of the single as an A-side. On the B-side, each 7" contained a brand new remix of a classic New Order single. Many[who?] saw this as a bridging of the Waiting for the Sirens' Call album and the then-forthcoming Singles compilation. A CD single for "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" followed the three 7" singles, and was released on 3 October 2005. The two-track CD featured full-length remixes of the song.

The song was added to

UK Singles Chart, one position lower than New Order's previous single, "Jetstream
".

Cover

The cover image is a 1954 Eliot Elisofon photo of a nude woman in Tahiti, French Polynesia, seated in a river and placing a flower in her hair.[3]

  • Cover artists: Howard Wakefield,
    Peter Saville
    , Eliot Elisofon
  • Design studio: Saville Associates

Track listings

All tracks are written by

Secret Machines
Remix)4:37
7" #2: NUO15V2 (UK & Europe)
No.TitleLength
1."Waiting for the Sirens' Call" (Band Mix)3:53
2."Everything's Gone Green" (Cicada Remix)4:33
7" #3: NUO15V3 (UK & Europe)
No.TitleLength
1."Waiting for the Sirens' Call" (Jacknife Lee Remix Edit)4:11
2."Bizarre Love Triangle" (Richard X Remix Edit)4:19
CD: NUOCD15 (UK & Europe)
No.TitleLength
1."Waiting for the Sirens' Call" (Rich Costey Remix)5:39
2."Waiting for the Sirens' Call" (Jacknife Lee Remix)6:10
CDR: Warner Bros. promo
No.TitleLength
1."
Secret Machines remix full length)
7:26
5."Waiting for the Sirens' Call" (Jacknife Lee Remix Edit)4:11
  • Includes exclusive mix by Martin Buttrich (Timo Maas' engineer) as well as exclusive full length cuts of two other mixes.

Chart positions

Chart (2005) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[4]
 21

References

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 24 September 2005. p. 41.
  2. ^ Ascap entry
  3. ^ Sleevage.com - Cover info
  4. ^ "The Official Charts Company - New Order". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
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