Nice 'n' Sleazy
"Nice 'n' Sleazy" | ||||
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Single by The Stranglers | ||||
from the album Black and White | ||||
B-side | "Shut Up" | |||
Released | 21 April 1978[1] | |||
Genre | Post-punk | |||
Length | 3:11 | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
Songwriter(s) | Hugh Cornwell, Jean Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield, Jet Black | |||
Producer(s) | Martin Rushent | |||
The Stranglers singles chronology | ||||
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"Nice 'n' Sleazy" is a single by The Stranglers from the 'white' side of their 1978 album, Black and White. It reached number 18 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] The single's cover pictured a victim of the Boston Strangler.[3]
Strippers embellished the song during the band's headline set at Battersea Park on 16 September 1978.[4] "The Stranglers booked some strippers to up the show's visual aspect," recalled photographer Barry Plummer. "But some of the lads in the audience got a bit carried away and also stripped completely naked. Eventually the police were called and took down all of the young ladies' particulars."[5]
Cultural references
A punk festival named after the song is held annually in Morecambe, Lancashire.[6]
A bar located on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street is named after the song. It was first opened in 1991.
Charts
Chart (1978) | Peak position |
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UK Singles (OCC)[7] | 18 |
References
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 73.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 535. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts". Everyhit.com. 2000-03-16. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "The Stranglers' live performance of 'Nice 'n' Sleazy' with a bunch of strippers from 1978". Dangerousminds.net. 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Flashback"; Classic Rock #48, Christmas 2002, p28
- ^ "The Nice N Sleazy punk music festival - in pictures". The Guardian. 25 May 2014.
- ^ "The Stranglers: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
External links
- Allmusic review
- Nice 'n' Sleazy at Discogs (list of releases)
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- Jean-Jacques Burnel
- Baz Warne
- Jim Macaulay
- Toby Hounsham
- Jet Black
- Hugh Cornwell
- Hans Wärmling
- Dave Greenfield
- John Ellis
- Paul Roberts
- Rattus Norvegicus
- No More Heroes
- Black and White
- The Raven
- The Gospel According to the Meninblack
- La folie
- Feline
- Aural Sculpture
- Dreamtime
- 10
- Stranglers in the Night
- About Time
- Written in Red
- Coup de Grace
- Norfolk Coast
- Suite XVI
- Giants
- Dark Matters
- Live at the Hope and Anchor
- Live (X Cert)
- All Live and All of the Night
- Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
- The Stranglers and Friends – Live in Concert
- Friday the Thirteenth
- Live at the Hammersmith Odeon '81
- Live at the Apollo
- Apollo Revisited
- Coast to Coast: Live on Tour
- Live at the Apollo 2010 (DVD & CD)
- IV
- The Collection 1977–1982
- Off the Beaten Track
- Singles (The UA Years)
- Greatest Hits 1977–1990
- The Early Years '74 '75 '76 Rare Live and Unreleased
- Strangled from Birth and Beyond
- The Sessions
- The Hit Men
- Collection
- The Stranglers
- The Masters
- Lies and Deception
- Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers
- Rarities (2002)
- Out of the Black
- Sweet Smell of Success – Best of the Epic Years
- Live 'n' Sleazy
- Gold
- The Very Best of The Stranglers
- Decades Apart
- "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)"
- "Peaches"
- "Something Better Change"
- "No More Heroes"
- "5 Minutes"
- "Nice 'n' Sleazy"
- "Walk On By"
- "Duchess"
- "Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)"
- "Bear Cage"
- "Who Wants the World?"
- "Thrown Away"
- "Let Me Introduce You to the Family"
- "Golden Brown"
- "La Folie"
- "Strange Little Girl"
- "European Female"
- "Skin Deep"
- "No Mercy"
- "Always the Sun"
- "All Day and All of the Night"
- "96 Tears"
- "Always the Sun (Sunny Side Up Mix)"
- "Golden Brown" (Re-issue)
- "Lies and Deception"
- "Big Thing Coming"
- "Spectre of Love"
- "Goodbye Toulouse"
- "Hanging Around"
- "Tramp"