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The best Joy Division songs

The top 3 according to 42 votes from people: Disorder · Transmission · Love Will Tear Us Apart. (Updated Feb 16, 2026.)

Ian Curtis and Manchester post-punk: the Joy Division songs that Slicing Up Eyeballs readers, Ranker and critics rank highest.

Jimena Mendoza · · 14 items · 42 votes · 0 comments

Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original

Top 14

  1. 1

    Disorder

    1979. The opener of Unknown Pleasures.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 0

    5
  2. 2

    Transmission

    1979. First for Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  3. 3

    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    1980. Their most famous song.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  4. 4

    She's Lost Control

    1979. Drums that sound like a machine.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  5. 5

    Atmosphere

    1980. Solemn and beautiful.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  6. 6

    Digital

    1978. From their first recordings.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  7. 7

    Heart and Soul

    1980. Hypnotic.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  8. 8

    Interzone

    1979. Fast and nervous.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  9. 9

    New Dawn Fades

    1979. Slow and desolate.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  10. 10

    Shadowplay

    1979. The cutting guitar of Unknown Pleasures.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  11. 11

    Decades

    1980. The closer of Closer.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  12. 12

    Twenty Four Hours

    1980. Rising tension.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  13. 13

    Dead Souls

    1980. The best for Stereogum.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  14. 14

    Isolation

    1980. Cold synths from Closer.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 2

    -1

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