La folie (song)

"La folie"
"La folie"
Single by The Stranglers
from the album La folie
B-side	"Waltzinblack"
Released	20 April 1982 (UK)
Genre	Art pop
Length	6:11
Label	Liberty Records
Songwriter(s)	Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield, Jet Black,
Producer(s)	The Stranglers, Steve Churchyard
The Stranglers singles chronology

"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.

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

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-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.

[The_Guardian_-_31_August_2021_-_'We_were_called_heretics_and_ostracised':_the_Stranglers_on_fights,_drugs_and_finally_growing_up-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.

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