Phoebe Bridgers has announced UK, Ireland and European arena dates for 'The Lost Tour'•

Aziya introduces her alter ego 'the saboteur' on new track 'Sabotage!'•

Madonna has premiered 'Love Sensation' with surprise Times Square performance for 50,000 fans•

Holly Humberstone has reimagined 'Cruel World' with her new EP, 'it's a real Cruel World'

•

Ryan Beatty has kicked off a new era with 'Secret Language' from his upcoming new album•

Radio Free Alice have signed to Atlantic Records and shared new single 'Lunch Money'•

venbee celebrates solitude with her new single 'Encore, Encore'•

Nia Archives has released her love-drunk new single 'Vertical'•

Weezer reveal 'The Gold Album' alongside Wednesday collaboration 'We Might As Well Be Strangers'•

Getdown Services have announced a second Roundhouse headline show•

DMA'S have shared new single 'Hurracane' and announced a 2027 UK and Ireland tour•

Ama has announced her self-titled second album 'AMA'•

Reading & Leeds has added Villanelle, Beth McCarthy and more to its 2026 bill•

Role Model has introduced mysterious new character Chuck Timely on his new single 'High Hopes 3000'•

Sienna Spiro's 'The Visitor' arrives with a ballet-inspired video•

Audrey Hobert has unveiled a new video for 'Sex and the City' as she begins her headline tour•

The Dork 2025 Readers' Poll nominations are in, featuring CMAT, Turnstile, Wolf Alice, Djo, Hayley Williams and loads more•

flowerovlove has released her first-ever first Christmas track, 'wishlist'•

Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander have announced Trans Mission, a concert for trans solidarity•

JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•

Phoebe Bridgers has announced UK, Ireland and European arena dates for 'The Lost Tour'•

Aziya introduces her alter ego 'the saboteur' on new track 'Sabotage!'•

Madonna has premiered 'Love Sensation' with surprise Times Square performance for 50,000 fans•

Holly Humberstone has reimagined 'Cruel World' with her new EP, 'it's a real Cruel World'•

Ryan Beatty has kicked off a new era with 'Secret Language' from his upcoming new album•

Radio Free Alice have signed to Atlantic Records and shared new single 'Lunch Money'•

venbee celebrates solitude with her new single 'Encore, Encore'•

Nia Archives has released her love-drunk new single 'Vertical'•

Weezer reveal 'The Gold Album' alongside Wednesday collaboration 'We Might As Well Be Strangers'•

Getdown Services have announced a second Roundhouse headline show•

DMA'S have shared new single 'Hurracane' and announced a 2027 UK and Ireland tour•

Ama has announced her self-titled second album 'AMA'•

Reading & Leeds has added Villanelle, Beth McCarthy and more to its 2026 bill•

Role Model has introduced mysterious new character Chuck Timely on his new single 'High Hopes 3000'•

Sienna Spiro's 'The Visitor' arrives with a ballet-inspired video•

Audrey Hobert has unveiled a new video for 'Sex and the City' as she begins her headline tour•

The Dork 2025 Readers' Poll nominations are in, featuring CMAT, Turnstile, Wolf Alice, Djo, Hayley Williams and loads more•

flowerovlove has released her first-ever first Christmas track, 'wishlist'•

Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander have announced Trans Mission, a concert for trans solidarity•

JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•

Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST

Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD

Dork Radio

Live

Live 24/7

Dork Radio

Festival Guides-YOUR ESSENTIAL FESTIVAL COMPANION

Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST

Mixtape-DORK'S BEST NEW TRACKS

Play-DORK'S NEW MUSIC FRIDAY EDIT

Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD

Playlist Covers

Playlist Directory

Before Doors-LIVE SESSIONS

Music Video Directory

Down With Boring-THE DORK PODCAST

Chart Attack-UK NUMBER ONES, DISSECTED

Down With Boring

Join thousands of music lovers getting the best new tracks, exclusive interviews, and breaking news delivered straight to your inbox every week.

In print now

June 2026

Latest issue variants

Dork, June 2026 (Bleachers cover)

Bleachers

Dork, June 2026 (Myles Smith cover)

Myles Smith

Dork, June 2026 (Towa Bird cover)

Towa Bird

|

Privacy Policy|

Cookie settings

© 2026 The Bunker Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Advertise on this site.

Joy Division – She's Lost Control (1979) | Track profile | Dork

Tracks
Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures
She's Lost Control

TRACK

She's Lost Control

Release date: 15th June 1979

From Unknown Pleasures

More on Joy Division

About This Track

"She's Lost Control" is a track by Joy Division, from the album Unknown Pleasures, released 15th June 1979. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Joy Division.

About the Artist

Joy Division

Joy Division

Lyrics

She's Lost Control

[Verse 1]

Confusion in her eyes that says it all

She's lost control

And she's clinging to the nearest passerby

She's lost control

And she gave away the secrets of her past

And said, "I've lost control again"

And of a voice that told her when and where to act

She said, "I've lost control again"

[Verse 2]

And she turned around and took me by the hand

And said, "I've lost control again"

And how I'll never know just why, or understand

She said, "I've lost control again"

And she screamed out, kicking on her side, and said

"I've lost control again"

And seized upon the floor, I thought she'd die

She said, "I've lost control"

[Chorus]

She's lost control again

She's lost control

She's lost control again

She's lost control

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

And I had to phone her friend to state my case

And say, "She's lost control again"

And she showed up all the errors and mistakes

And said, "I've lost control again"

But she expressed herself in many different ways

Until she lost control again

I walked upon the edge of no escape

And laughed, I've lost control

[Chorus]

She's lost control again

She's lost control

She's lost control again

She's lost control

[Instrumental Outro]

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

View full lyrics page →

Track details

From Unknown Pleasures

1979

Listen

Album

Unknown Pleasures

Release year

1979

—Shadowplay
—Disorder
—Insight
—Interzone
—Day of the Lords
—New Dawn Fades
—She's Lost Control
—Candidate
—I Remember Nothing
—Wilderness

More from Joy Division

Albums & EPs

St. Georges Hall, Bradford

Young Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)

Time Fades Away

Exhibition (Paradiso, Amsterdam 11th January 1980)

Abstract Sounds , Studio Outtakes From 1978-1979

Alternate Still

A New Dawn Fades

Unreleased Pleasures

Live In Guildford

Live At Malvern Winter Gardens, April 5th 1980

Explore

More tracks by Joy Division

ColonySt. Georges Hall, Bradford

Ice AgeSt. Georges Hall, Bradford

She's Lost ControlSt. Georges Hall, Bradford

Dead SoulsSt. Georges Hall, Bradford

InsightSt. Georges Hall, Bradford

AtmosphereYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)

InsightYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)

DisorderYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)

ShadowplayYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)

GlassYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)

Atrocity ExhibitionYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)

WildernessYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)

ColonyYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)

Heart And SoulYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)

Love Will Tear Us ApartYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)

IsolationYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)

DigitalYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)

AtmosphereYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)

Day Of The LordsExhibition (Paradiso, Amsterdam 11th January 1980)

DisorderExhibition (Paradiso, Amsterdam 11th January 1980)

DigitalExhibition (Paradiso, Amsterdam 11th January 1980)

A Means To An EndExhibition (Paradiso, Amsterdam 11th January 1980)

WildernessExhibition (Paradiso, Amsterdam 11th January 1980)

Love Will Tear Us ApartTime Fades Away

Atrocity ExhibitionTime Fades Away

Love Will Tear Us ApartExhibition (Paradiso, Amsterdam 11th January 1980)

DisorderTime Fades Away

TransmissionExhibition (Paradiso, Amsterdam 11th January 1980)

ShadowplayExhibition (Paradiso, Amsterdam 11th January 1980)

She's Lost ControlExhibition (Paradiso, Amsterdam 11th January 1980)

The Sound Of MusicTime Fades Away

New Dawn FadesTime Fades Away

InterzoneTime Fades Away

DigitalTime Fades Away

InterzoneExhibition (Paradiso, Amsterdam 11th January 1980)

AtmosphereExhibition (Paradiso, Amsterdam 11th January 1980)

Atrocity ExhibitionExhibition (Paradiso, Amsterdam 11th January 1980)

Dead SoulsTime Fades Away

Day Of The LordsTime Fades Away

WildernessTime Fades Away

Love Will Tear Us ApartTime Fades Away

ColonyTime Fades Away

WildernessTime Fades Away

ShadowplayTime Fades Away

DisorderTime Fades Away

She's Lost ControlTime Fades Away

Dead SoulsTime Fades Away

24 HoursTime Fades Away

InterzoneTime Fades Away

24 HoursTime Fades Away

View all tracks by Joy Division →

AtmosphereYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)
AtmosphereYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)
AtmosphereExhibition (Paradiso, Amsterdam 11th January 1980)
Atrocity ExhibitionYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)
Atrocity ExhibitionTime Fades Away
Atrocity ExhibitionExhibition (Paradiso, Amsterdam 11th January 1980)
ColonySt. Georges Hall, Bradford
ColonyYoung Hearts Fail (Live At The Moonlight Club, London, UK, April 3, 1980)
ColonyTime Fades Away
Dead SoulsSt. Georges Hall, Bradford

Showing 10 of 50

If you like Joy Division

New Order

New Order

Bauhaus

Bauhaus

The Cure

The Cure

The Sound

The Sound

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Siouxsie and the Banshees

The Smiths

The Smiths

The Chameleons

Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen

Sad Lovers and Giants

Sad Lovers and Giants

The Sisters of Mercy

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Bernard Sumner, Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris
Producer: Martin Hannett
Engineer: Chris Nagle
Bass: Peter Hook
Drums: Stephen Morris
Guitar: Bernard Sumner
Keyboards: Bernard Sumner
Background Vocals: Peter Hook
Graphic Design: Joy Division, Peter Saville
Lacquer Cut Engineer: Porky (Engineer)
Lead Vocals: Ian Curtis
Manufacturer: Tranco Limited, WEA Records Pressing Plant, West Drayton
Percussion: Stephen Morris
Photography: Ralph Gibson

READ MORE ABOUT JOY DIVISION

READ MORE ABOUT JOY DIVISION

READ MORE ABOUT JOY DIVISION

READ MORE ABOUT JOY DIVISION

READ MORE ABOUT JOY DIVISION

READ MORE ABOUT JOY DIVISION

READ MORE ABOUT JOY DIVISION

READ MORE ABOUT JOY DIVISION

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have revealed their 2026 class including Oasis, Wu-Tang Clan, Iron Maiden and Joy Division / New Order

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have revealed their 2026 class including Oasis, Wu-Tang Clan, Iron Maiden and Joy Division / New Order

A record six British acts are honoured, surpassing 2019's haul of five.

14 Apr 2026 • 7:42 am