Duchess (The Stranglers song)
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"Duchess" is a single by The Stranglers
from the album The Raven
. The ninth track on the album, it peaked at number 14 in the UK Singles Chart
. The supporting video for the song was banned by the BBC
, as they deemed it blasphemous for its content, which featured the band dressed up as choirboys.
The Stranglers
The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s...
from the album The Raven
The Raven (The Stranglers album)
The Raven is an album by The Stranglers, released in 1979. The album was originally released with a limited edition 3-D cover. Another limited edition was inadvertently created when the band was forced to remove an image of Joh Bjelke-Petersen from the inner sleeve artwork...
. The ninth track on the album, it peaked at number 14 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. The supporting video for the song was banned by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, as they deemed it blasphemous for its content, which featured the band dressed up as choirboys.