March 7, 1983 –
New Order released their song Blue Monday, as a 12-inch on the Factory Records label on this date.
The title is not mentioned in the lyrics, which is true of many New Order songs. The band took the song’s name from an illustration in the Kurt Vonnegut book Breakfast Of Champions, which Stephen Morris was reading. One of its illustrations read: “Goodbye Blue Monday,” referring to the invention of the washing machine improving housewives’ lives.
The Haus of Dcaligari 