Despite becoming the , the song was famously a money-loser for Factory Records. The sleeve design was so expensive to produce that the label reportedly lost between 2p and £1 on every copy sold. The band didn't realize it was a hit until they saw the massive sales figures, which ironically put the label in further debt.
The story of "Blue Monday" began in as a technical experiment. The band—Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, and Gillian Gilbert—wanted to create an encore song they could program to play automatically, allowing them to leave the stage while the music continued. Blue Monday (2011 Total Version) MP3
: Responsible for the iconic "stuttering" kick drum intro. Despite becoming the , the song was famously
: A cold, sequencer-driven melody that defined the transition from post-punk to alternative dance. The story of "Blue Monday" began in as
