For He's a Jolly Good Felon

"For He's a Jolly Good Felon"
Song

"For He's a Jolly Good Felon" is the third single from the album The Betrayed, the fourth album by Welsh alternative rock band Lostprophets. According to the band's mailing list, the single is set to be released on 11 April 2010. The single's formats will include 7" vinyl (to be released on 12 April), a digital download, an iTunes single (including a live version of "Dirty Little Heart"), and a remix version by L'Amour La Morgue (Ian Watkins' side project). The cover for the single was posted to Dragonninja.com on 1 March 2010.

Frontman Ian Watkins admitted that the song, the music video and most of their current album The Betrayed are based on their upbringing. He told the Sun: "The song is about us growing up on council estates in Wales. The lyrics are about that way of life, I am not condoning it. We were good boys, it was just that our environment exposed us to anti-social behaviour. In this new album I have been very honest lyrically without a filter or producer. I have already covered areas like the conditioning of society and my anger towards it, so I suppose I just didn't want to repeat myself."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lostprophets

iTunes UK Single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"For He's a Jolly Good Felon" (radio edit)	3:11
2.	"Dirty Little Heart" (acoustic live at Union Chapel)	4:04

L'Amour la Morgue Rinse and ReFix Edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"For He's a Jolly Good Felon" (L'Amour la Morgue Rinse and ReFix Edition)	5:33

Standard Digital Download Single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"For He's a Jolly Good Felon" (radio edit)	3:11

7" vinyl (Limited to 1000 copies)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"For He's a Jolly Good Felon" (radio edit)	3:11

Music video

The music video was released on 12th March 2010 to YouTube by Visible Noise and follows the storyline of the song. Just like the previous video, "Where We Belong", it is filmed in greyscale.

Lostprophets also released a video showing the making of 'For He's a Jolly Good Felon'. This was avaliable on Youtube on 24th March 2010.The band have also released a full-length cinematic version of the orginal music video. This included dialogue of the video and was released on 6th April. It also featured Alan Ford, known as the character Brick Top from the film Snatch.

Personnel

• Ian Watkins – lead vocals
• Lee Gaze – lead guitar
• Mike Lewis – rhythm guitar
• Stuart Richardson – bass
• Jamie Oliver – synth, turntables, samples, backing vocals
• Ilan Rubin – drums, percussion

Chart Performance

"For He's A Jolly Good Felon" first debuted on the UK Rock Chart on 4 April 2010, at #19. then on 11 April 2010, the single climbed 10 places to #9. On 18 April 2010, the single climbed a further 5 places to #4. The single also entered the UK Indie Chart last week at #30. it charted at #9 this week on the indie chart. The single performed poorly in the UK singles chart entering at #99 one of the bands lowest yet despite a campaign by the band to get the single to #1.

Chart (2010)	Peak Position
UK Indie Chart	9
UK Rock Chart	4
UK Singles Chart	99

Notes

• "For He's a Jolly Good Felon" OFFICIAL Music Video
• The Making of "For He's a Jooly Good Felon"
• "For He's A Jolly Good Felon" Extended Edition