The first mix I heard was the 12" and that's still my favourite version, although all mixes are great (even the dub ones). I also have the exclusive mix that was included on certain copies of the Salvation soundtrack (European version, maybe?).

There's a lot of fans out there that seem to really dislike TBTHOG. I've never understood why. I bloody love it.
I was only a part-time fan of the band when it first came it out, having (kind of) got into them when True Faith was released. I missed i's release (not sure how) and only got to hear it when I got massively into the band in 1989. My mate (who was discovering them at the same time) bought the 12" and this was the first time I had heard the track. We played it to death and even ended up recording our own version in 1990 using his synths. Turned out quite nicely.

I found out about the Salvation version, the soundtrack itself and the other 4 tracks included on it on a train journey to Manchester in 1990 on one of my many excursions to that city to hunt down New Order records.
I had popped into John Menzies in my home town on the way to the station to purposely buy a copy of Record Collector magazine which had part 2 of an article on collecting New Order.
On the train journey, I read the magazine and found out about this previously unknown version of TBTHOG, a studio version of Let's Go (having heard live versions on bootlegs) and three 'new' tracks. I then made it my mission to try to get a copy of the album that day.

I managed to snag a copy, on tape only. Sadly, the one side of the tape had a very odd and annoying buzz all the way through it. I remember it being very prevalent during the atmospheric Sputnik track.
It wasn't until about three years later that I finally got hold of a CD copy of the album, in 'Our Price' Stafford, of all places. A bonus was that it had a much better cover than the one I was used to, designed by Saville himself. I had no idea at the time that there were versions of the LP with a Saville sleeve.

I'm in the minority, but for me, the original Touched are far weaker than Arthur Baker's tart-ups.

Four.

I love that Shannon record. I rank it alongside Indeep’s ‘Last Night A DJ Saved My Life’ and Freeez’s ‘I.O.U.’ as being brilliant dance records of the early 80s. A holy trinity of superb grooves.