Nice 'n' Sleazy
title: "Nice 'n' Sleazy" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["the-stranglers-songs", "1978-singles", "song-recordings-produced-by-martin-rushent", "1978-songs", "united-artists-records-singles", "songs-written-by-hugh-cornwell", "songs-written-by-dave-greenfield", "songs-written-by-jet-black", "songs-written-by-jean-jacques-burnel"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice_'n'_Sleazy" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox song"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Nice 'n' Sleazy |
| type | single |
| artist | The Stranglers |
| album | Black and White |
| B-side | Shut Up |
| released | 21 April 1978 |
| * Progressive rock<ref name | "AllMusic Thomas" |
| * punk rock<ref name | "AllMusic Thomas"/ |
| length | |
| label | United Artists |
| writer | Hugh Cornwell, Jean Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield, Jet Black |
| producer | Martin Rushent |
| prev_title | 5 Minutes |
| prev_year | 1978 |
| next_title | Walk On By |
| next_year | 1978 |
| :: |
::callout[type=note] the Stranglers song ::
| name = Nice 'n' Sleazy | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = The Stranglers | album = Black and White | B-side = Shut Up | released = 21 April 1978 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre =
- Progressive rock
- punk rock | length = | label = United Artists | writer = Hugh Cornwell, Jean Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield, Jet Black | producer = Martin Rushent | prev_title = 5 Minutes | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = Walk On By | next_year = 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.{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 535}} The single's cover pictured a victim of the Boston Strangler.
Strippers embellished the song during the band's headline set at Battersea Park on 16 September 1978. "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."
Cultural references
A punk festival named after the song is held annually in Morecambe, Lancashire.
A bar located on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street is named after the song. It was first opened in 1991.
Charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (1978) | Peak position | |---|---| ::
References
References
- "Music Week".
- Thomas, Fred. "The Stranglers - ''Essential'' (2011) Review".
- (2000-03-16). "UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts".
- (25 January 2016). "The Stranglers' live performance of 'Nice 'n' Sleazy' with a bunch of strippers from 1978".
- "Flashback"; ''[[Classic Rock (magazine). Classic Rock]]'' #48, Christmas 2002, p28
- (25 May 2014). "The Nice N Sleazy punk music festival - in pictures". The Guardian.
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