Blue Monday (New Order song) that it would be difficult for the band to follow up with another hit song. Many believed it to be their best song. Porter W. Richards of "Sputnik" felt that even though many of the songs off of "Candyass" sounded similar, "Blue Monday" was a great song that should not be overlooked. While the New Order song is viewed positively by the author of the comic book series "Blue Monday", Chynna Clugston, in an interview she expresses dislike for the misconception that she borrowed the title for her book from Orgy's cover version rather than the original. In a January
Blue Monday (New Order song) of which included "CMJ's" "Commercial Alternative Cuts" and "Billboard's" Alternative, Pop, and Dance song charts as well as others. It also appeared in "Time Magazine" and "Newsweek" in 2000 as featured song clips. Orgy's "Blue Monday" has been called the "aggro-fied-for-the-1990s" version of New Order's song, and it is considered to be part of a resurgence of new wave covers in gloomcore, along with Dope's cover of Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)". Many critics attribute the success of the album "Candyass" to "Blue Monday", and some anticipated that Orgy would become a one-hit wonder, believing