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Released2007
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© 2007 The Island Def Jam Music Group
℗ 2007 The Island Def Jam Music Group

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Trivia

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This was originally recorded by Joy Division on their 1979 debut album Unknown Pleasures. The Killers covered it for the soundtrack to Control, the 2007 British movie about the Manchester band's lead singer and songwriter Ian Curtis.


In Rolling Stone magazine the director of Control, Anton Corbjin, explained why he used this song at the closing credits: "The end scenes are very strong and very beautiful. There's also the reason why over the credits I put on a poppy version of 'Shadow Play' that The Killers had made for the film, because it helps you lift the mood a bit."


Frontman Brandon Flowers told the Daily Mail December 7, 2007 about the way they decided to cover this song: "We wanted to give the song an emotional uplift. It actually sounds more like New Order than Joy Division."

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