Chere from Lumberton, TxDuring practice one night, Joy Division came up with the riff for this song.
Ceremony - a song written by Ian Curtis - became the first UK chart entry for New Order a year after his death. That said, the song has been a Top 20 hit on three occasions, in 1980, 1983 (as suggested earlier) and again in 1995.
Jez from London, United KingdomThe reason (well, one reason) Love Will Tear Us Apart didn't climb higher than #13 in Britain in 1980 was that its release coincided with a strike on influential music show Top of the Pops, which would likely have helped it gain Top Ten status. That young Irish band would go on to become one of the most successful bands of all time, selling more than 145 million records worldwide and winning 22 Grammy Awards. 
What they witnessed of Joy Division's recording session influenced and inspired them heavily.
Samuel from Singapore, SingaporeDuring the recording of this song, a young Irish band arrived in the studio to discuss with producer Martin Hannett the recording of their single. its weird, when curtis was still alive, most of joy's songs were cynical and gloomy, but when curtis died and new order formed, alot of their songs were really happy and stuff. Brigette from Melbourne, Australiai love joy division. Joy Division was four people on pedestals, and we didn't communicate with each other about what the songs are about." But Ian had two faces – the public face for the band and the private troubles he had at home and the way they came out through his lyrics. His life had changed enormously, and he had to make a choice. And by the time of that song, he'd come to a fork in the road, relationship-wise. Lead guitarist Bernard Sumner added regarding Curtis: "He'd got married very, very young. That makes it a bit difficult to listen to now.'" I just said 'These are great lyrics, Ian'. I honestly didn't realise that he was writing about himself. In retrospect, when you listen to it in light of what happened, it seems bloody obvious. 
It was a great period for the band, but Ian's personal life – that was all going badly. Speaking to NME Jabout his memories of the track, drummer Stephen Morris said: "I just thought 'Yeah, this is a good song', someone might like it.
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