B-side "Waltzinblack" Genre Post-punk, spoken word Label Liberty Records | Released 20 April 1982 (UK) Length 6:11 Writer(s) The Stranglers | |
"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. 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. The song makes allusions to Japanese necrophiliac murderer and cannibal Issei Sagawa.
The music video was filmed on the Montmartre.
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La Folie (song) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA