Blue Monday (Fats Domino song) 1994 by Sten & Stanley. New Order did not cover this, their "Blue Monday" is original. Blue Monday (Fats Domino song) "Blue Monday" is a song originally written by Dave Bartholomew, first recorded by Smiley Lewis and issued as a single, in January 1954, on Imperial Records (catalog # 5268). The single, with a slow-rocking beat, features an instrumental electric guitar solo by Lewis. It was later popularized in a recording by Fats Domino in 1956, also on Imperial (catalog # 5417), on which the songwriting credit was shared between him and Bartholomew. Most later versions have credited Bartholomew and
Blue Monday (New Order song) in a deadpan manner. "Blue Monday" is an atypical hit song in that it does not feature a standard verse-chorus structure. After a lengthy introduction, the first and second verses are contiguous and are separated from the third verse only by a brief series of sound effects. A short breakdown section follows the third verse, which leads to an extended outro. According to the band, "Blue Monday" was influenced by several songs. Hook said the song was "stolen" from the Donna Summer song "Our Love". Bernard Sumner said part of the arrangement came from "Dirty Talk", by Klein + M.B.O,