"Regret" | ||||
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Single by New Order | ||||
from the album Republic | ||||
Released | 5 April 1993 | |||
Format | CD, cassette, 12", 7" | |||
Recorded | 1992 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, pop rock, alternative dance | |||
Length | 4:08 | |||
Label | London | |||
Writer(s) | Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert, Stephen Hague | |||
Producer(s) | New Order, Stephen Hague | |||
New Order singles chronology | ||||
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"Regret" is a song by British alternative rock band New Order. It was released in April 1993 as the lead single from their album of the same year, Republic. Stephen Hague is credited as both the producer and as a co-writer. It was also the first single released under London Records following the collapse of Factory Records.
The single was released in a variety of formats around the world. The B-side of the single differed in the various releases, but all were remixes of "Regret", including the "Fire Island Mix", and "Junior Dub" by Pete Heller and Terry Farley, and two Sabres of Paradise mixes. Peter Care directed a music video for the song; the video appears on the "Regret" promotional VHS, as well as a DVD collection.
In 2010 Pitchfork Media included the song at number 34 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 90s.Peter Hook has said that “Regret” was the last good New Order song.
All tracks written by Gillian Gilbert, Stephen Hague, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner.
The song reached #4 on the UK Singles Chart, the last time the band had a top five hit. "Regret" also peaked at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100, thus becoming the band's highest-charting single in the United States. The song also appeared on several other charts in the United States, including two terms at #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. During its second term at #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, "Regret" also topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart on the strength of its remixes.