Covered Up -- Rihanna's "Shut Up and Drive" or Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" would be damn fine pieces of original pop ... if they weren't just re-lyriced rehashes of "Blue Monday".
The version of Can't Get You Out of My Head that samples Blue Monday is a remix by Fischerspooner.
Divine's "Love Reaction" was terrible and a non-hit, but was also specifically written to rip off "Blue Monday".
Also, some people don't know the Orgy cover of "Blue Monday" is a cover. That cover is notable because it takes the first two lines of the chorus-less song and creates a chorus out of thin air.
Oddly, "Love Vigilantes" has turned into a bit of an acoustic folk standard. Oysterband did it way back in the 1980s, but the flood of cover versions really began with Iron & Wine's 2009 cover for House, M.D..
Crowning Music of Awesome -- Substance, from start to finish - "Blue Monday," "True Faith," "Bizarre Love Triangle," and "The Perfect Kiss" are especially noteworthy.
The original version of Ceremony (on the collector's edition of Movement and the singles discs) on max volume.
Creator Breakdown -- The grief over Ian's death was the driving force behind Movement; the album is very much laying Ian to rest and the band moving on creatively.
Epic Riff -- One writer called the intro to "Blue Monday" 'The most recognizable sonic signature of the decade'.
Fan Nickname -- Peter Hook is also known as "Hooky". Bernard Sumner is "Barney", after a bootlegged live performance that got his name wrong in the credits.
Growing the Beard -- The "Everything's Gone Green" and "Temptation" singles, where the band was influenced more by electronica rather than copying the old Joy Division sound.
Replacement Scrappy -- What many fans think of Gillian's replacement, Phil Cunningham.
True Art Is Angsty -- While not as dark and depressing as Joy Division, New Order still contains the angst that made New Order such a big hit.