"Temptation" is a single released by British group New Order on Factory Records in 1982.
Released on 12" and 7" vinyl, both formats had the catalogue number FAC 63. The two formats are not merely different mixes, but entirely separate recordings of the same song. The 7" version is a more structured version with a commercial synthpop feel; the 12" is more chaotic with the emphasis on electronic rhythms rather than melody. The 7" version plays at 33.3rpm to accommodate its length of around five and a half minutes.
Interestingly, the 12" version has a fade-in at its start, with a cold end, and the 7" version has a cold start and a fade-out at its end. As a result, a popular rumour among New Order fans that to experience the complete "Temptation", one has to paste together the 7" and 12" versions, to produce cold start and a cold end. In fact, etched inside the inner groove of the original 7" is, "Try listening to the 12!"
The vocal track on the original 12" version (this is the version featured in the 'Retro' box-set) features an audible scream during the song's intro. Supposedly, as Bernard Sumner was recording the vocals, other band members ran into the studio and thrust a snowball down his shirt.
"Temptation" is considered by many in the band to be their favorite New Order song.
"Temptation" is a popular song. The music was written by Nacio Herb Brown, the lyrics by Arthur Freed. The song was published in 1933. The song was used again in the film Singin' in the Rain and later in the musical based on the film.
The song was introduced by Bing Crosby in the film Going Hollywood. Crosby recorded the song with Lennie Hayton's orchestra on October 22, 1933. He re-recorded it with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra on March 3, 1945.
The artist best known for recording the song was Perry Como, who recorded it several times:
Other versions of the song were recorded by Artie Shaw and his Orchestra on September 7, 1940 and by Mario Lanza in 1952. Andy Williams and others also recorded the song.
A parody version, entitled "Tim-tay-shun," was recorded in a country music style by Red Ingle with a vocal by "Cinderella G. Stump" (actually a pseudonym for Jo Stafford) in 1947.
An interpretation was also featured in Season One of The Muppet Show, with Miss Piggy, four chickens, four frogs, and two males pigs being lead by Kermit the Frog in the Muppet Glee Club, Miss Piggy sang a solo in the third verse until the end, her voice being performed by Richard Hunt instead of Frank Oz, her then-regular performer.
This song is currently played by "Ohio's Pride," The University of Akron Marching Band; and theMichigan Marching Band whenever an opponent is stopped on third down. It is also played as part of their traditional post game performance followed by Hawaiian War Chant because "you can't have one without the other". It is also played by the University of Michigan hockey band.
The Everly Brothers' version (b/w "Stick With Me Baby", Warner Bros. Records WB5220) released in May 1961 reached #1 in the UK charts.
"Temptation Waits" is a song performed by the band Garbage that is featured in their Version 2.0 album as the opening song.
This song has been featured in some TV Shows, such as Angel, Dawson's Creek, The Sopranos and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
"Temptation" is a single by Sheffield band Heaven 17, originally released in April 1983, peaking at number 2 in the UK charts. This was the second single to be taken from their second album The Luxury Gap, after November 1982's "Let Me Go" which peaked at number 41.
The guest vocals are provided by Carol Kenyon, who continued to work with the band on the Pleasure One and Teddy Bear, Duke & Psycho albums. The song also featured an orchestra, arranged and conducted by John Wesley Barker, which was also heard for the single "Come Live With Me" and in various tracks on the parent album.
Heaven 17 were featured on Top of the Pops' 1000th edition in 1983, performing this track. In 1992, the song was remixed and re-released by the Brothers in Rhythm, whose new mix charted at number 4 in the UK Top 40, and hitting the top spot in the UK dance charts.
"Temptation" was featured in the 1996 film Trainspotting, along with "Temptation" by New Order; although the Heaven 17 version is not featured in the official soundtrack CD, whereas New Order's is.
"Temptation" was the fourth and final single from Wet Wet Wet's debut album, Popped In Souled Out. It was released on March 7, 1988.
Marti Pellow recorded his own version of the song for inclusion on his 2002 album Marti Pellow Sings the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile.
Title lyric: You gimme, gimme, gimme temptation, baby.
"Temptation" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tea Party. It was released as a single in Australia and a promotional single in Canada and the USA. transmission era blank">The Tea Party a visual discography Accessed 18 April 2007 The music video was shot in Toronto.
"Temptation" is a standard three-piece rock song with keyboard accompaniment and an introduction composed of tar (lute) and a sped-up drum solo (which if played at normal pace sounds not unlike the introduction to _When the Levee Breaks).
An instrumental of this song was used in Trailer Park Boys: The Movie & also appears in the Movie's Soundtrack.
