La Folie (song)

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"La Folie"
Single by The Stranglers
from the album La Folie
B-side"Waltzinblack"
Released20 April 1982 (UK)
GenreArt pop
Length6:11
LabelLiberty Records
Songwriter(s)Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield, Jet Black,
Producer(s)The Stranglers, Steve Churchyard
The Stranglers singles chronology
"Golden Brown"
(1981) 		"La Folie"
(1982) 		"Strange Little Girl"
(1982)

"La Folie" is a 1981 song by The Stranglers. The title track from La Folie, it was released as the follow up to "Golden Brown" in April 1982, and peaked at number 47 in the UK Singles Chart.[1] Sung in French by bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel, it was Burnel who convinced his bandmates of the song's potential as a single, despite Hugh Cornwell feeling that "Tramp" was the better choice.[2] The song makes allusions to Japanese necrophiliac murderer and cannibal Issei Sagawa.[citation needed]

The music video was filmed on the Montmartre.

References[]

  1. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 535. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ^ Cornwell, Hugh; Drury, Jim (2001). The Stranglers Song By Song. Sanctuary Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-86074-362-5.
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