"Get the Message" is a song by Electronic, the English band formed by Bernard Sumner of New Order and ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr.

Marr composed the music then Sumner wrote the lyric as engineer Owen Morris played him the song every four bars.

Each format bore a unique colour scheme, all versions featuring the artist and single name with a bold number "2" underneath, signifying its place in Electronic's discography.

This was because Bernard Sumner objected to the earlier mix, having heard it on a Manchester radio station prior to the release of the single.

Writing in the NME, Andrew Collins called the song "draught genius" and concluded that "New Order can now split up",[7] while David Quantick stated that "nothing anyone has ever done has sounded even vaguely like 'Get the Message'" in the same publication a month later.

[8] Phil Sutcliffe in Q was less enthusiastic, suggesting it "almost slip[s] from identity into identikit",[9] while Melody Maker described listening to the track as "Like watching a pony chew on a carrot for half an hour".

AllMusic picks it as a highlight of the Electronic album in a 4/5 review,[11] while bbc.co.uk states that "the excellent 'Get the Message' still holds its own alongside the best of early '90s Mancunian tunes".

[1] At least two versions of this film exist: one with phrases from the song lyrics punctuating the scenic shots (and lower-case letters spelling out 'electronic') and another more simple edit without any words.