Procession

Procession is the title of a song written and recorded by British new wave band New Order. It was released as their second single on Factory records in September 1981.

The B-side of the single was another new track Everything's Gone Green, later released as a single in its own right by Factory in Benelux countries. Both tracks were produced by Martin Hannett, but neither appeared on New Order's debut album Movement released in November.

Procession / Everything's Gone Green has since been classified as a 'double A-side' single (see Official Charts. & discogs.com).

Procession, first played by John Peel on 21 September 1981, reached no.38 in the UK charts in October and no.1 in the Independent charts. It also reached no.48 in Peel's Festive Fifty of 1981 and no.30 in the The All-Time Festive Fifty Of 1982.

The sleeve design was by Factory collaborator Peter Saville, based on an original Italian Futurist design motif. There are nine variations of the sleeve available; all have a grey background, with graphics in black, red, blue, brown, yellow, orange, green, aqua or purple.

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