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Waiting for the Sirens' Call (song)

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"Waiting for the Sirens' Call"
Single by New Order
from the album Waiting for the Sirens' Call
Released26 September 2005 (2005-09-26)[1]
GenreAlternative rock
Length
  • 5:42 (album version)
  • 3:52 (single version)
LabelWarner
Songwriter(s)Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Phil Cunningham[2]
Producer(s)New Order, Jim Spencer
New Order singles chronology
"Jetstream"
(2005)
"Waiting for the Sirens' Call"
(2005)
"Guilt Is a Useless Emotion"
(2005)

"Waiting for the Sirens' Call" is the thirty-first single by English band New Order, released in 2005. It was released by London Records on 26 September 2005, and was the third single from the album of the same title.

Cover

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The cover image is a 1954 Eliot Elisofon photo of a nude woman in Tahiti, French Polynesia, seated in a river and placing a flower in her hair.[3]

Track listings

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All tracks are written by New Order

7" #1: NUO15V1 (UK & Europe)
No.TitleLength
1."Waiting for the Sirens' Call" (Rich Costey Radio Edit)3:52
2."Temptation" (Secret Machines Remix)4:37
7" #2: NUO15V2 (UK & Europe)
No.TitleLength
1."Waiting for the Sirens' Call" (Band Mix)3:53
2."Everything's Gone Green" (Cicada Remix)4:33
7" #3: NUO15V3 (UK & Europe)
No.TitleLength
1."Waiting for the Sirens' Call" (Jacknife Lee Remix Edit)4:11
2."Bizarre Love Triangle" (Richard X Remix Edit)4:19
CD: NUOCD15 (UK & Europe)
No.TitleLength
1."Waiting for the Sirens' Call" (Rich Costey Remix)5:39
2."Waiting for the Sirens' Call" (Jacknife Lee Remix)6:10
CDR: Warner Bros. promo
No.TitleLength
1."Bizarre Love Triangle" (Richard X Remix Full Length)7:05
2."Everything's Gone Green" (Cicada Remix)4:35
3."Everything's Gone Green" (Martin Buttrich Remix)4:56
4."Temptation" (Secret Machines remix full length)7:26
5."Waiting for the Sirens' Call" (Jacknife Lee Remix Edit)4:11
  • Includes exclusive mix by Martin Buttrich (Timo Maas' engineer) as well as exclusive full length cuts of two other mixes.

Chart positions

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Chart (2005) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[4] 21

References

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  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 24 September 2005. p. 41.
  2. ^ Ascap entry
  3. ^ Sleevage.com - Cover info
  4. ^ "The Official Charts Company - New Order". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2008-10-02.