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Golden Brown в январе 1982 года поднялся в Британии до 2-го места и стал первым
бестселлером EMI за многие годы. Принято считать, что песня метафорически воспевает
героин (даже представители Би-би-си признавали позже, что должны были бы запретить её),
но все участники группы это отрицают, предлагая, правда, самые протиречивые толкования
этого загадочного текста.

The song originated when keyboardist Dave Greenfield experimented with a musical
passage. While Greenfield perfected the synthesizer/harpsichord backing texture,
Hugh Cornwell wrote 10 minutes worth of lyrics. He cut them down to fit the
song.
No one considered the song more than just an album track, until radio stations
in England started playing the song. Drummer Jet Black had always thought of it
as a hit song and pushed for its release as a single. It became their biggest
hit and one of their most popular songs with the fans.

The band has denied persistent accusations that the lyrics are about heroin use
and trade. They claim that different listeners will hear different things in the
lyrics. An alternative interpretation is that the song was about Cornwell's
Mediterranean girlfriend at the time - with golden brown skin.
This song features a '60s type harpsichord riff with an unusual time signature.
The intro (and the parts like it) sound like three bars of 3/4, then one of 4/4,
with the rest just straight 3/4 like a waltz.
This was their highest charting single in the UK, and EMI's highest
selling single for many years.
This song peaked at #2 in the UK, behind The Jam's "Town Called
Malice/Precious." The band' record label, EMI, objected to the Jam's
single being available in both a studio-recorded 7-inch version and a live
12-inch version. They argued that the Jam's fans were buying both versions of
the single, stopping "Golden Brown" from reaching #1.
This song was featured in the 2000 film Snatch.
The album title La Folie is French for "Madness."

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• 22.08.2009. G-B