Duchess (The Stranglers song)

"Duchess"
Single by The Stranglers
from the album The Raven
B-side"Fools Rush Out"
Released10 August 1979[1]
GenrePost-punk
Length2:30
LabelUnited Artists
Songwriter(s)The Stranglers
Producer(s)Alan Winstanley, The Stranglers
The Stranglers singles chronology
"Walk On By"
(1978) 		"Duchess"
(1979) 		"Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)"
(1979)

"Duchess" is a single by The Stranglers from the album The Raven. The ninth track on the album, it peaked at number 14 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] The supporting video for the song was banned by the BBC, as they deemed it blasphemous for its content, which featured the band dressed up as choirboys.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 30.
  2. ^ "UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts". everyHit.com. 2000-03-16. Archived from the original on 2007-07-17. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  3. ^ "The Stranglers - eNotes.com". www.enotes.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Strangled Spiked". Strangled.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-07-13. Retrieved 2014-02-17.