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Let's Dance to Joy Division is de tweede single van de Britse post-punkband The Wombats.

De single verscheen op 15 oktober 2007, allereerst als download. Een week later verscheen ze als cd-single en twee 7-inch vinylsingles. Ze bereikte de negende plaats in de UK Singles Chart en de tweede plaats in de Nederlandse Kink 40. Het nummer kwam op 18 binnen in de Nederlandse Mega Top 50 en op 30 in de Nederlandse Top 40.

De tekst van het nummer gaat over hoe leadzanger en gitarist Matthew "Murph" Murphy dronken werd en samen met diens vriendin op een tafel begon te dansen op het nummer Love Will Tear Us Apart van de eveneens Britse band Joy Division.

"Let's Dance to Joy Division" is a song by British rock band the Wombats, released as the second single from their debut album A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation. The song was made available to download on 8 October 2007, with a physical release one week later. It is based on a drunken night out experienced by lead singer Matthew Murphy at Le Bateau, a nightclub in the band's home city of Liverpool, during which he and his then-girlfriend danced on a table to "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division. The lyrics examine the irony of dancing happily to a famously sad song.

It is considered to be one of the band's signature songs. There is a hidden track on the 7" vinyl version of the single which features bassist Tord Knudsen singing the Postman Pat theme song in his native Norwegian. "Let's Dance to Joy Division" features on the BBC Three show Scallywagga as the theme song, and is featured in an episode of the BBC Three show Uncle. The song also includes backing singers from Llangattock School, a local primary school located close to the famous Rockfield Recording Studios, Monmouth.