Get the Message (song)
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The first British 12-inch.
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| Single by Electronic | ||||||||
| from the album Electronic | ||||||||
| B-side | "Free Will" | |||||||
| Released | April 15, 1991 | |||||||
| Format | 7-inch, 12-inch, CD, cassette | |||||||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||||||
| Genre | Madchester, alternative dance, synthpop | |||||||
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| Writer(s) | Bernard Sumner, Johnny Marr | |||||||
| Producer(s) | Bernard Sumner, Johnny Marr | |||||||
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"Get the Message" is a song by Electronic, the English band formed by Bernard Sumner of New Order and ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr.
It was the second single from their 1991 debut album Electronic and was a commercial success around the world. It is a good example of Marr and Sumner's original concept of mixing the fluid synthesizers of New Order with The Smiths' rich guitar sound.
Marr composed the music then Sumner wrote the lyric as engineer Owen Morris played him the song every four bars. Marr was reluctant to layer multiple guitar parts as he was wary of treading ground, but Sumner convinced him otherwise.
During recording, Primal Scream vocalist Denise Johnson added a vocal at the end of the song. She went on to provide additional vocals on a number of songs on Electronic's second album Raise the Pressure five years later.
The single was issued in the UK on 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette by Factory Records on 15 April 1991 (and two weeks later as a second 12-inch comprising two additional remixes by DNA), and as a three-format maxi single and standard cassette by Warner Bros. Records in the USA.
"Get the Message" appeared as a remixed 7-inch edit on most of the formats, and in its original, full-length version on the first UK 12-inch. Later pressings of the UK 7-inch and the German CD maxi single featured an edit of the album version, which was also used for the music video. This was because Bernard Sumner objected to the earlier mix, having heard it on a Manchester radio station prior to the release of the single.
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