Have New Order ever sung about Ian Curtis, or attributed a song to him?
There’s a song on the first New Order album, Movement, which is called I.C.B. which is taken as meaning Ian Curtis Buried. They also recorded a song for the Twenty Four Hour Party People soundtrack, Here to Stay, the video of which is dedicated to Curtis as well as Rob Gretton (JD/NO Manager) and Martin Hannett (JD/NO Producer) Barney rarely explains his lyrics so it’s not easy to know if any reference Curtis, they do mention Ian in interview’s and playing live. They didn’t play JD songs for most of their career though They are songs by other artists that are about Curtis A Day Without Me – U2 (Bono and the band were fans + inspired by JD) The Missing Boy – The Durutti Column (they were another band on Factory at the time of JD, they have played this song at every show since Curtis died) I.C. Water – Throbbing Gristle ( Genesis P.
