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
Monday (The X-Files) done, and is peacefully arrested. The bomb blast averted, time continues as normal. This episode, which was written under "extreme pressure" during the show's brief Christmas hiatus, has been stylistically compared to the comedy film "Groundhog Day" (1993). Vince Gilligan and John Shiban, the writers of the episode, however, credit an episode of "The Twilight Zone" entitled "Shadow Play" (1961). Gilligan later noted: "The funny thing about 'Monday' is people seemed to really like it a lot, but people always sorta smiled and said you're sort of ripping off "Groundhog Day" aren't you? [...] And I'd say, we're not ripping