La folie (song)

"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
"Golden Brown" (1981) "La folie" (1982) "Strange Little Girl" (1982)

"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.