| La folie | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Stranglers |
| Album: | La folie |
| B-Side: | Waltzinblack |
| Released: | 20 April 1982 (UK) |
| Genre: | Art pop |
| Length: | 6:11 |
| Label: | Liberty Records |
| Producer: | The Stranglers, Steve Churchyard |
| Prev Title: | Golden Brown |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Strange Little Girl |
| Next Year: | 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.