New Order - Blue Monday: Breakdown (Widescreen 2025) Released in 1983, Blue Monday became the best-selling 12-inch single of all time. Built from drum machines, sequencers, and icy synth layers, it defined a new era of electronic music. In this breakdown, we pull apart the parts that made it an ’80s anthem. Bernard Sumner: vocals, Moog Source synthesizer, programming, vocoder​ Peter Hook: six-string bass​ Stephen Morris: keyboards, programming​ Gillian Gilbert: keyboards, programming​ Produced b