Love Vigilantes

According to Bernard Sumner, "Love Vigilantes" is one of the few songs for which he started out wanting to tell a story, as opposed to his usual method, where he would first listen to a newly composed piece before writing lyrics to match the mood of the music. Having "decided to write a redneck song", Sumner's lyrics tell a rather "tongue-in-cheek" tale of a soldier returning home from Vietnam, only to find that his wife had received a telegram informing her that he had died. New Order would later cover the song in 2003 for War Child's Hope compilation album. ==Composition==

The music of "Love Vigilantes" forgoes most of the electronics that otherwise define New Order's typical sound. played by Sumner on a melodica followed by his acoustic guitar riff which repeats throughout the song. ==Covers==

• Oyster Band (1989) • Poi Dog Pondering (1990) • Love Seed Mama Jump (1994) • Pato Fu (1998) • Hideki Yoshimura (2001) • Hungry Lucy (2001) • Uns e Outros (2002) • Vitamin String Quartet (2003) • Digital (2004) ...Digital • Sheriff Scabs (2005) • Laura Cantrell and Ted Leo (2007) • Dust Rhinos (2007) • Laura Cantrell (2008) • Iron & Wine (2009) • Comet Gain (2010) • Jimmy Oakes (2010) • Duncan Sheik (2011) • Little Brother & Sisters (2014) • Depth & Current (2015) • Tom Phillips (2015) • Jackie Oates & Megan Henwood (2016) • Eve St. Jones (2016) • Superchunk (2017) • Adam Zahl (2018) • 8 Bit Arcade (2019) • The Stencil Factory (2021) • Voxtrot (2022) • The Grindstone (2024) ==References==