"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]
[edit] Track listings
- "Evil" – 3:36
- "Leif Erikson" (Zane Lowe BBC session)
- "Evil" – 3:36
- "Song Seven" – 4:50
- "Evil" – 3:36
- "Narc" (Zane Lowe BBC session) – 4:08
- "Evil" (Zane Lowe BBC session) – 3:33
- "Slow Hands" (video)
- "Evil" – 3:36
- "Song Seven" – 4:49
- "Leif Erikson" (Zane Lowe BBC session) – 3:53
- "Narc" (Zane Lowe BBC session) – 4:08
- "Evil" (Zane Lowe BBC session) – 3:33
The puppet from the 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.
- "Evil" was played in the episode "Shake Your Groove Thang" (1-05) of the TV show Grey's Anatomy. It was also played in an episode of the teen drama The O.C..
- The video was #25 on Yahoo!'s Top 25 Scariest Videos.[6]
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