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Blue Monday

original song written, composed, and performed by New Order
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Blue Monday

Summary

Blue Monday is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.84% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,193 views/month, #162 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blue Monday's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Blue Monday's composer is recorded as Bernard Sumner[4].
  • Blue Monday's composer is recorded as Gillian Gilbert[5].
  • Blue Monday's composer is recorded as Stephen Morris[6].
  • Blue Monday's composer is recorded as Peter Hook[7].
  • Blue Monday's genre is synth-pop[8].
  • Blue Monday's genre is new wave[9].
  • Blue Monday's genre is electronic dance music[10].
  • monday syndrome is named after Blue Monday[11].
  • Among the performers on Blue Monday was New Order[12].
  • Among the performers on Blue Monday was Nouvelle Vague[13].
  • Blue Monday's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • Blue Monday was released on 1983[15].
  • Blue Monday's lyricist is recorded as Bernard Sumner[16].
  • Blue Monday's lyricist is recorded as Gillian Gilbert[17].
  • Blue Monday's lyricist is recorded as Stephen Morris[18].
  • Blue Monday's lyricist is recorded as Peter Hook[19].
  • Blue Monday's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blue Monday'}[20].
  • Blue Monday's derivative work is recorded as Shut Up and Drive[21].
  • Blue Monday's form of creative work is recorded as song[22].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b79af082-dda7-3fa6-b345-a3f35b7e2a38[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include New Order[12] and Nouvelle Vague[13].

Publication

Blue Monday was released on 1983[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[14]. Genres include synth-pop[8], new wave[9], and electronic dance music[10].

Why It Matters

Blue Monday ranks in the top 0.84% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,193 views/month, #162 of 19,375).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_blue-monday_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Blue Monday}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/blue-monday}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 28d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → New Order, Nouvelle Vague
    Form of creative work → song
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0104809815, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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