Reams have been written about New Order’s iconic “Blue Monday” – I did my best to collect a lot of them a couple years ago – but in honour of the song’s 40th anniversary, podcast Song Exploder has devoted an episode to the genesis of the song.

There’s interviews with all the original members of New Order, and while much of it cribbed from the excellent Transmissions podcast from 2020, in particular the first episode which focused on the song, there’s also contributions from a new interview with Peter Hook. You’ve probably read it all before and heard it all before, but run through the Song Exploder lens, it’s still a wholly enjoyable listen.