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Golden Brown (3:28)

Cover of Greatest Hits 1977-1990

From Greatest Hits 1977-1990 and 272 other releases

The Stranglers - “Golden Brown” (Dec ‘81, Liberty), is a track (first released on 7”, then on the ”La Folie” album, the same month), with much controversy surrounding it’s lyrics. “The Stranglers Song By Song” (Hugh Cornwell’s book), states: “‘Golden Brown’ works on two levels - It’s about heroin & also about a girl”. Essentially, the lyrics describe how “both provided me with pleasurable times.”

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Golden brown texture like sun
Lays me down with my mind she runs
Throughout the night
No need to fight

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  • JackSwoop

    Baroque pop doesn't get better than this.

    Yesterday 7:21pm Reply

  • bekazeka

    mmm! scag-a-riffic

    16 Jun 8:51pm Reply

  • mcflyyoubojo

    oh my fucking god yes this is the shit!

    16 Jun 4:13am Reply

  • Neue_regel_

    Interesting 3/4 and 4/4 mix makes great music here. But the lyrics are kind of low-class for promoting one of the most toxic degenerative substances to mankind: diacetylmorphine or morphine diacetate (INN)), also known as diamorphine (BAN), and colloquially as H, smack, horse, brown, black, an opioid analgesic. I recently saw a documentary about Afghanistan, it's all over. Quite sad. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/Drugroutemap.gif

    11 Jun 1:45pm Reply

  • shoegazefan

    <3

    8 Jun 12:17am Reply

  • Diatomsmembrane

    Oh mother nature, this song!

    31 May 6:27am Reply

  • SHED65

    Fantastic band!

    20 May 8:36pm Reply

  • SHED65

    Made a C90 of just this track 30 years ago, played it over and over - big mistake, played it to death. Just starting to come back to me.....fantastic song.

    20 May 8:35pm Reply

  • Retro_Saiyan

    This gives me the sudden urge to eat McDonald's breakfast offerings.

    16 May 5:08am Reply

  • D1mebag79

    Tommy, the tit, is praying. And if he isn't, he f*****g should be [3]

    13 May 4:39pm Reply

  • Tamguns

    Snatch

    19 Apr 7:40pm Reply

  • presidentwoodro

    Tommy, the tit, is praying. And if he isn't, he f*****g should be [2]

    5 Apr 7:16pm Reply

  • heliosphah

    he died with felafel in his hand!

    5 Apr 9:14am Reply

  • RedjMusic

    1987- always the sun, golden brown- on constant rotation while studying abroad en France

    24 Mar 10:53pm Reply

  • andulas48

    A classic....

    3 Mar 6:37pm Reply

  • nicorebel

    LOVE THIS SONG! It sounds like it was released in the late 60s.

    27 Feb 2:48pm Reply

  • TH0RNYDEVIL

    great song, been one of my favourites for years gives me shivers everytime i hear it, bad subject but hey everyone has a few vices in life, prefer the green to golden brown :) but song is amazing

    20 Feb 8:07pm Reply

  • retroguy

    Finally ! A song celebrating deep fried foods........it's about time. (It's a joke, I know they're singing about non-fried food as well)

    18 Feb 5:13am Reply

  • davidbowiegirl

    Great song

    10 Feb 7:21pm Reply

  • joejoiner

    Still good.

    29 Jan 8:37pm Reply
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