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Joy Division

Atmosphere

1980 · via Joy Division

Joy Division’s 1980 recording of “Atmosphere” is the earliest release on file. Ian Curtis of Joy Division is credited as its writer. Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner are on the credit through New Order’s 2003 version. Also recorded by Nine Inch Nails (released 2009), Parralox (released 2026) and The Light (released 2010), among 115 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Curtis, Hook, Morris and Sumner all signed their names to this one, and the song refused to stay home. Nine Inch Nails recorded it, and so did Peter Hook's later outfit, The Light, so play the original first and hear what everyone was chasing.

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Credited writer: Ian Curtis.

Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner are on the credit through New Order’s 2003 version.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1980.

Other recordings on file · first release year

115 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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