Elegia

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Elegia is a song by the seminal British electro/rock band, New Order. Unusually for New Order, it is an instrumental and a waltz. It can be found on their third studio album, Low-Life (1985).

According to drummer Stephen Morris in an interview with Select magazine in 1993, the album version of the song was a 6 minute highlight of a 20 minute recording. As the internet became widely available, a poor quality mp3, alledgedly of this recording, surfaced in the mid-90's. However, it wasn't until the release of the compilation boxset, Retro, in 2002 that the full recording officially saw the light of day. The song was used as the conclusion to the bonus fifth disc included with early releases of the set. It should be noted that the mp3 that found its way onto the internet did appear to be the same as the song later released.

Although Portuguese for "(it) chose", it is more likely that the songs title is taken from the English word "elegy". The band have stated that the song was written in memory of the late Ian Curtis, lead singer of the band's former incarnation, Joy Division.

The album version of the song was featured in the Academy Award-nominated short film More by Mark Osborne, the film "Pretty in Pink" and the ' episode ' It was also used in the American Masters documentary on Truman Capote.

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