"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.[3]

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.
  3. ^ Simpson, Dave (31 August 2021). "'We were called heretics and ostracised': the Stranglers on fights, drugs and finally growing up". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Folie_(song)
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