The best No 1 records: New Order – World in Motion

1990: The idea that New Order could make a record like this seemed as improbable as England faring well in the World Cup ...There are probably more startling examples of radical volte faces or changes of direction in pop than this, but it would take some time to think of one. From the doyens of digital despair, a football song? With pounding house piano and a John Barnes rap? It's astonishing to consider the journey this band had taken in the decade since Love Will Tear Us Apart. And it's incred...

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