| "For He's a Jolly Good Felon" | ||||
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| Single by Lostprophets | ||||
| from the album The Betrayed | ||||
| Released | 11 April 2010 [1] (United Kingdom) | |||
| Recorded | January 2009 at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles | |||
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| Length | 4:43 (album version) 3:11 (radio edit) 5:33 (ReFix version) | |||
| Label | Visible Noise (UK) Sony UK (U.S.) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lee Gaze, Mike Lewis, Jamie Oliver, Stuart Richardson, Ian Watkins | |||
| Producer(s) | Stuart Richardson | |||
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"For He's a Jolly Good Felon" is the third single from the album The Betrayed, the fourth album by Welsh rock band Lostprophets. According to the band's mailing list, the single was set to be released on 11 April 2010. The single's formats included 7" vinyl (released on 12 April), a digital download, an iTunes single (including a live version of "Dirty Little Heart"), and a remix version by L'Amour La Morgue (Ian Watkins' side project). The cover for the single was posted to Dragonninja.com on 1 March 2010.[2]
Ian Watkins admitted that the song, the music video and most of The Betrayed album were based on their upbringing. He told the Sun: "The song is about us growing up on council estates in Wales. The lyrics are about that way of life, I am not condoning it. We were good boys, it was just that our environment exposed us to anti-social behaviour. In this new album I have been very honest lyrically without a filter or producer. I have already covered areas like the conditioning of society and my anger towards it, so I suppose I just didn't want to repeat myself."[3]
- ^ ""For He's a Jolly Good Felon" set to be out!". Theprp.com. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- ^ "For He's a Jolly Good Felon CD single cover". Dragonninja.com. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- ^ Copsey, Robert. "Lostprophets video based on childhood". Digital Spy.