Nice 'n' Sleazy

This article is about the Stranglers song. For the English punk festival, see Rebellion Festival and List of punk festivals.
"Nice 'n' Sleazy"
Single by The Stranglers
from the album Black and White
B-side"Shut Up"
Released21 April 1978[1]
GenrePost-punk
Length3:11
LabelUnited Artists
Songwriter(s)Hugh Cornwell, Jean Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield, Jet Black
Producer(s)Martin Rushent
The Stranglers singles chronology
"5 Minutes"
(1978) 		"Nice 'n' Sleazy"
(1978) 		"Walk On By"
(1978)

"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
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 18

References

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 73.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 535. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ "UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts". Everyhit.com. 2000-03-16. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
  4. ^ "The Stranglers' live performance of 'Nice 'n' Sleazy' with a bunch of strippers from 1978". Dangerousminds.net. 25 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Flashback"; Classic Rock #48, Christmas 2002, p28
  6. ^ "The Nice N Sleazy punk music festival - in pictures". The Guardian. 25 May 2014.
  7. ^ "The Stranglers: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2017.