"Spooky" is a song by English

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band New Order. It was released in December 1993 as the fourth and final single from their sixth studio album, ''

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'' (1993). The song would be their last single proper until 2001's "

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". CD one featured remixes by

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, while CD two featured remixes by

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and Tony Garcia. Several different versions exist, notably the ''

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'' (2005) album featured a different edit of "Spooky", which had not previously been available in the UK. The adoption of that version was problematic for some fans who felt that (like the Perfecto remix of "

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") the Fluke ''Minimix'' of "Spooky" was the best single version. The promo video used the Fluke version. The 2016 re-release of ''Singles'', which corrected many of the errors featured on the 2005 release, includes the Fluke Minimix. Apart from its appearance on the ''Singles'' album, "Spooky" is rarely included on New Order compilations; notably, it was not featured on 1994's

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or the expansive ''

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{{Authority control New Order (band) songs 1993 singles Songs written by Bernard Sumner Songs written by Peter Hook Songs written by Stephen Morris (musician) Songs written by Gillian Gilbert Songs written by Stephen Hague Song recordings produced by Stephen Hague 1993 songs London Records singles