La Folie (song)

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

"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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