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  Artist New Order
  From Album Get Ready
  B-side "Behind Closed Doors"
  Released August 2001
  Format CD , 12"
  Recorded
  Genre Alternative
  Length 4:20
  Label London
  Writer New Order
  Producer Steve Osborne
  Last Single " Video 5 8 6 "<br />(1997)
  This Single '''"Crystal"'''<br />(2001)
  Next Single " 60 Miles An Hour "<br />(2001)


"Crystal" was the first single to be released from the 2001 New Order album '' Get Ready '', which entered the UK charts at number 8.

Singer/guitarist Bernard Sumner originally gifted the song to German record label Mastermind For Success and it was recorded by label artist Corvin Dalek . However, DJ Pete Tong heard the song and declared it to be the best New Order single since " Blue Monday ", leading Sumner to reconsider the gift and have New Order record and release it.

The video, directed by Johan Renck (otherwise known as Stakka Bo ) depicted a young American band miming to New Order's music and words, with a large number of people coming on stage towards the end to pull them off stage. This video is directly responsible for the name of the band The Killers , as that name was written on the bass drum of the fake band in the video. The Killers later lifted a number of elements of the layout of the set from the "Crystal" video for the video for their track " Somebody Told Me ".

The DVD Single contained an alternate video, set to the "Special Circumstances Mix" of the song, and directed by Gina Birch and Simon Tyszko . The video depicted a motorcycle ride through city streets at night, viewed through two side-by-side shots. Nicolette Krebitz appears on the cover of the CD and DVD packaging.

The single was B-sided by a variety of remixes, and an original song titled "Behind Closed Doors".


TRACKLISTING


UK CD1 - NUOCD8

#"Crystal (Radio Edit)" (4:19)
#"Behind Closed Doors" (5:24)
#"Crystal ( Digweed & Muir ' Bedrock ' Mix Edit)" (10:06)

UK CD2 - NUCDP8

#"Crystal (Digweed & Muir 'Bedrock' Radio Edit)" (4:16)
#"Crystal (Lee Coombs Remix)" (8:44)
#"Crystal (John Creamer & Stephane K Main Remix Edit)" (6:39)

UK DVD - NUDVD8

#"Crystal {Link without Title} " (5:19)
#"Behind Closed Doors" (5:24)
#"Temptation {Link without Title} " (0:30)
#"Isolation {Link without Title} " (0:30)
#"True Faith {Link without Title} " (0:30)

  • Numerous Crystal 12" records have been released; each featuring differing remixes.