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Video 5 8 6


FieldValue
nameVideo 5 8 6
coverVideo_5_8_6_New Order.jpg
typesingle
artistNew Order
B-side"As You Said"
released22 September 1997
recorded1982
genre*Electronic
*experimental<ref>{{cite weblast1Petridisfirst1=Alexistitle=New Order's 30 greatest tracks – ranked!url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/07/new-order-30-greatest-tracks-rankedwebsite=The Guardianaccess-date=5 August 2024date=7 January 2021}}
length22:23
labelTouch
producerNew Order
prev_titleBlue Monday-95
prev_year1995
next_titleCrystal
next_year2001

| B-side = "As You Said"

  • experimental "Video 5 8 6", originally titled "Prime 5 8 6", is an electronic instrumental piece and twenty-fourth single written and produced in 1982 by the British group New Order. In December 1982, the track was initially released in two sections in Touch Music's first cassette magazine, Feature Mist. Touch re-released the entire track as a CD single in 1997.

Composed primarily by Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris, "Prime 5 8 6"/"Video 5 8 6" was an early version of "5 8 6" (from Power, Corruption & Lies), which contained rhythm elements that would later surface on "Ultraviolence" and the 1983 hit "Blue Monday". After Factory Records' Tony Wilson asked New Order for twenty minutes of "pap", it was first played in public during the opening of The Haçienda on 21 May 1982.

On release it reached #86 on the main British singles chart and #19 on the British indie chart. Bassist Peter Hook has said the key to the title "5 8 6" can be found in another of the group's songs, "Ecstasy"; 5, 8 then 6 is the song's bar structure.

A video was released for the song called Primitive 586 on the FACT 56, IKON 3 VHS and BETA tape 'A Factory Video', the footage is mostly primitive 80s computer graphics.

Legacy

Dave Simpson of The Guardian, including "Video 5 8 6" in a list of ten of New Order's best tracks, called it a "motorik electronic odyssey" and added: "Eventually released as a CD single in 1997, this combination of endlessly repetitive groove and electro bassline is as hypnotic as anything they recorded."

Track listing

Chart positions

Chart (1997)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart86
UK Indie Singles19

References

References

  1. (6 August 2014). "New Order: 10 of the best".
  2. (7 January 2021). "New Order's 30 greatest tracks – ranked!".
  3. Bush, John. "Review: ''Video 586 – New Order''". AllMusic.
  4. Johnson, Mark. ''An Ideal For Living: An History of Joy Division.'' London: Bobcat Books, 1984. Pg. 103.
  5. Flowers, Claude. ''New Order + Joy Division: Dreams Never End.'' London: Omnibus Press, 1995. Pg. 51.
  6. "Archived copy".
  7. "Archived copy".
  8. "UK Chartlog". zobbel.de.
  9. Simpson, Dave. (2014-08-06). "New Order: 10 of the best". The Guardian.
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