text: The song `` Let 's Dance to Joy Division '' by UK act The Wombats was inspired by `` Love Will Tear Us Apart '' , and includes `` let love tear us apart '' in the lyrics ; similarly , Kasper BjÃ rke 's song `` Alcatrez '' references `` Love Will Tear Us Apart '' : `` Do you think it 's true that our love will tear us apart ? ''
simplified: `` Love Will Tear Us Apart '' is a song by the British post-punk band Joy Division .