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“Nineteen63”
Single by New Order from the album The Best of New Order
Released	9 January 1995
Format	Vinyl record (12" and 7"), CD
Recorded	1987
Genre	Alternative
Length	5:05
Label	London
Producer	Stephen Hague New Order
New Order singles chronology
"True Faith-94" (1995) "Nineteen63" (1995) "Blue Monday-95" (1995) Alternate cover UK Disc 2 cover

"Nineteen63" or "1963" is a track by British dance/rock group New Order. It was originally released as a B-side to "True Faith" in 1987 and appeared on the Substance compilation of the same year. It was then released as a single in January 1995, in a radio mix by Arthur Baker.

"Nineteen63"'s b-sides were all remixes of the title track or songs previously released.

Versions

The original 1987 version ended in a fade-out while repeating the last line of the outro, "I will always feel free". The "94 album mix", also included on the international edition of (The Best of) New Order as "1963-94", is largely similar to the original version, except that the outro is removed and replaced with a repeat of the final bridge and chorus, faded out. The 1995 Arthur Baker remix restores the original outro, and, instead of fading out, has a cold ending after four repeats of the last line.

Lyrics

According to the band's lyricist, Bernard Sumner, the song is about the JFK assassination, which occurred in 1963. In the song, Sumner sings from the point of view of Jackie Kennedy, and theorises that John F. Kennedy (a devout Catholic for whom divorce was unthinkable) paid the mobster Jack Ruby to arrange for a hitman to take out his wife so that he could continue his relationship with actress Marilyn Monroe.^{citation needed} It further theorises that Monroe committed suicide when she found out that the hired gun, Lee Harvey Oswald, had hit the wrong target. Oswald was, according to Sumner, then in turn assassinated by Ruby for causing his hitman business to go bust.

Sumner's theory is unlikely to be intended seriously, given that Marilyn Monroe died in 1962, over a year before the assassination took place.

The producer Stephen Hague has referred to the song as "the only song about domestic violence you can dance to".^{citation needed}

Music video

The video for the single's release has nothing to do with JFK; it depicts British comic actress Jane Horrocks waking up in a box in the countryside and hitch-hiking to the city.

Track listing

UK CD1 - NUOCD6

1. "1963 (95 Arthur Baker Radio remix)" (4:04)
2. "1963 (94 Album mix)" (3.47)
3. "1963 (Lionrock Full Throttle mix)" (7:50)
4. "1963 (Joe T. Vanelli Dubby mix)" (7:13)

UK CD2 - NUCDP6

1. "1963 (95 Arthur Baker remix)" (5:05)
2. "Let's Go" (3.56)
3. "Spooky (Night Stripper mix)" (7:03)
4. "True Faith (Shep Pettibone '87 mix)" (9:02)

UK 12" - NUOX6

1. "1963 (Joe T. Vanelli Dubby mix)" (7:13)
2. "1963 (Joe T. Vanelli Light mix)" (8:59)
3. "1963 (Lionrock Full Throttle mix)" (7:50)
4. "1963 (Lionrock M6 Sunday Morning mix)" (6:25)

Chart positions

References

See also

• Kennedy assassination theories