Evil (Interpol song)

"Evil"
Single by Interpol
from the album Antics
B-side "Song Seven"
Released 3 January 2005
Format 7", CD, Maxi-CD
Genre Post-punk revival
Length 3:35
Label Matador Records
Producer Peter Katis, Interpol
Interpol singles chronology
"Slow Hands"
(2004)		 "Evil"
(2005)		 "C'mere"
(2005)

"Evil" is a song by New York City-based post-punk revival band Interpol and is featured on the band's second album, Antics. It was released 3 January 2005 as the second single from that album, charting at #18 in the UK Singles Chart and #24 on Billboard magazines Modern Rock Tracks chart (see 2005 in music).

In Australia, the song was ranked #76 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.

The song is about Rosemary West, a serial killer who raped and murdered teenage girls.[1][2][3]

Contents

Track listings

  1. "Evil" – 3:36
  2. "Leif Erikson" (Zane Lowe BBC session)
  1. "Evil" – 3:36
  2. "Song Seven" – 4:50
  1. "Evil" – 3:36
  2. "Narc" (Zane Lowe BBC session) – 4:08
  3. "Evil" (Zane Lowe BBC session) – 3:33
  4. "Slow Hands" (video)
  1. "Evil" – 3:36
  2. "Song Seven" – 4:49
  3. "Leif Erikson" (Zane Lowe BBC session) – 3:53
  4. "Narc" (Zane Lowe BBC session) – 4:08
  5. "Evil" (Zane Lowe BBC session) – 3:33

Video

The video, directed by Charlie White, shows a life-size marionette or puppet who travels via ambulance to a hospital emergency room following a car accident at which he is initially examined by live actors as he sings the lyrics to the song.[4] The puppet's name, Norman, was coined by fans on Interpol's message board shortly after the video premiered.[5] Whilst shooting the video the band never saw Norman. There are a few things hidden in the background that fans on the message board found, such as the hospital being named "St. Pauls" after the Interpol lead singer Paul Banks. After the video shoot Charlie White kept the puppet and the band was not allowed to see Norman.

Other

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4046
  2. ^ a b Luke Lewis (2009-03-05). "Release The Bats - It's The 20 Greatest Goth Tracks". nme.com. NME. http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&title=title_287&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1. Retrieved 2011-05-07. 
  3. ^ a b Erin Thompson (2010-10-27). "The Top 10 Songs About Serial Killers". seattleweekly.com. Seattle Weekly. http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2010/10/the_top_10_songs_about_serial.php. Retrieved 2011-05-08. 
  4. ^ "Matador Records Interpol Music & Video". matadorrecords.com. http://www.matadorrecords.com/interpol/music.html. Retrieved 2009-03-01. 
  5. ^ Gil Kaufman (2005-02-24). "Interpol's 'Evil' Is More Like 'Creepy': Lens Recap". mtv.com. MTV. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1497445/interpols-evil-lens-recap.jhtml. Retrieved 2011-05-07. 
  6. ^ "Scariest Videos". yahoo.com. Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on 2005-11-02. http://replay.web.archive.org/20051102094022/http://music.yahoo.com/promos/halloween/. Retrieved 2011-05-08. 
  7. ^ clacton on sea rosemary road
Interpol
Albums
EPs
Singles
"Obstacle 1" • "Say Hello to the Angels"/"NYC" • "Slow Hands" • "Evil" • "C'mere" • "The Heinrich Maneuver" • "Mammoth" • "Barricade" • "Summer Well" • "Lights"
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