Given that the Warm Leatherette LP was released on May 9th, , and that Private Life is an album track, it is as far as we know recorded before Joy Division singer Ian Curtis had taken his own life, unless Jones had quickly returned to the studio in tribute, but that is not likely given that the track is a b-side. Ballard , where the story was also featured in the preceding work The Atrocity Exhibition. The cover has a fantastic animated music video that was produced for the remix of the track that was directed by Matt Forrest and Bruno Tille. Tom Petty specially wrote a third verse for the song for Jones.

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The lyrics of "Warm Leatherette" reference J. Ballard 's controversial novel Crash , which had heavily influenced Daniel Miller. A series of sawtooth waves were recorded on a Korg S synthesizer. Miller took the record to a few independent music shops, including Rough Trade in London, where it would be played to customers. However, since it was "Warm Leatherette" that gained more public attention, [3] it was featured as the lead song on subsequent single re-releases. Although Miller did not expect the single to be successful, [4] it sold thirty thousand copies.
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