Editing Shellshock (song)

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Shellshock
| cover      = Shellshock - New Order - CD Single.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[New Order (band)|New Order]]
| album      = [[Pretty in Pink (soundtrack)]]
| released   = March 17 1986
| recorded   = 1985
| studio     =
| genre      =
| length     = 6:04 (''[[Pretty in Pink (soundtrack)|Pretty in Pink]]'' original version)<br />4:24 (7-inch single edit)<br />9:41 (12-inch single remix)<br />6:28 (''Substance 1987'' edit of 12-inch remix)
| label      = [[Factory Records|Factory]] - <small>FAC 143</small><br />[[A&M Records|A&M]]
| writer     = [[Gillian Gilbert]], [[Peter Hook]], [[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]], [[John Robie]], [[Bernard Sumner]]<ref>[http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=490589530&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=25&start=1 ASCAP entry]</ref>
| producer   = New Order, [[John Robie]]
| prev_title = [[Sub-culture (song)|Sub-culture]]
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = [[State of the Nation (New Order song)|State of the Nation]]
| next_year  = 1986
}}
"'''Shellshock'''" is the eleventh single released by British group [[New Order (band)|New Order]] on  March 17 1986. The song originally appeared on the [[Pretty in Pink (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] to the movie ''[[Pretty in Pink]]'' one month prior to its single release. Production is credited to New Order and John Robie, and is loosely inspired by the 1983 Robie-produced R&B club hit, "One More Shot"—a studio project where Robie performed under the band name, C-Bank, and featuring vocals by Jenny Burton.

The single had differing B-sides; in the UK (catalogue number: FAC 143) the 7-inch came with the recycled "[[Thieves Like Us (song)|Thieves Like Us]]" instrumental, which also turned up in the movie ''Pretty in Pink'' (although not on the soundtrack), while the [[12-inch single|12-inch]] had a dub mix titled "Shellcock". The US release had the also previously released instrumental version of "Thieves Like Us", which had appeared on the "[[Murder (song)|Murder]]" 12-inch single on [[Factory Benelux]].

"Shellshock" was an international hit, making the mainstream chart in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

The 12-inch boasts an extended remix of the song running nearly ten minutes, New Order's longest single not based on a track from one of their studio albums (discounting remixes of legacy songs) behind the 22.5-minute uncut release of "[[Video 5 8 6]]". For the release of the popular singles compilation ''[[Substance (New Order album)|Substance]]'', the original ''Pretty in Pink'' soundtrack version was not used, as is widely believed, but an edited version of the 12-inch remix cut down to six-and-a-half minutes, omitting an entire verse of vocals. It is this version that appears most often on CD. The 9:41 single remix does not appear on any subsequent New Order compilations, however it surfaced on CD and digital download in 2011 on Volume 6 of the [[Blank & Jones]] ''Soeighties'' compilation series, titled "Extended Version".<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Blank-Jones-Present-Various-Blank-Jones-Present-So80s-Soeighties-6/release/3176613 Blank & Jones Present So80s (Soeighties) 6 at ''Discogs'']</ref>

In 2022 the full original 12" version, with a track length of 9:46, was finally released widely in digital format to streaming platforms as a single with the title "''Shellshock (2022 Digital Master')'".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n-e-tkkvz1Idvq1IfFR5-bWdAB5ikF0DU&si=TJQS6XjcHkP7z3Bz | title=YouTube Music }}</ref>

==Artwork==
The cover artwork on the 12-inch single is by English photographer Geoff Power, taken in Florence, Italy.

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing     = [[Gillian Gilbert]], [[Peter Hook]], [[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]], [[John Robie]], [[Bernard Sumner]]; except where indicated
| headline        = 7-inch: FAC 143 (UK)

| title1          = Shellshock
| length1         = 4:19
| title2          = [[Thieves Like Us (song)|Thieves Like Us]]
| note2           = instrumental edit
| writer2         = [[Arthur Baker (musician)|Arthur Baker]], Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner
| length2         = 3:55
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = 12-inch: FAC 143 (UK)

| title1          = Shellshock
| length1         = 9:41
| title2          = Shellcock
| length2         = 7:35
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = 12-inch: A&M SP-12174 (US)

| title1          = Shellshock
| length1         = 9:41
| title2          = [[Thieves Like Us (song)|Thieves Like Us]]
| note2           = instrumental version
| writer2         = Baker, Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner
| length2         = 6:39
}}

==Chart positions==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Chart (1986)
! Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|title=Australian Chart Book 1970-1992|year=1993 |publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW, Australia|isbn=0-646-11917-6|pages=215}}</ref>
|align="center"|23
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|18|artist=New Order|song=Shellshock|access-date=3 May 2023}}
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|RIANZ]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=officialcharts.com|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25394/new-order/|website=officialcharts.com|accessdate=May 3, 2023}}</ref>
|align="center"|28
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK Indie Singles]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]]<ref>{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=188}}</ref>
|align="center"|14
|-
|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Singles Sales]]
|align="center"|26
|}

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