Evil (Interpol song)

"Evil"
Single by Interpol
from the album Antics
B-side
ReleasedJanuary 3, 2005
RecordedMarch – May 2004
StudioTarquin Studios
(Bridgeport, Connecticut)
Genre
Length3:35
LabelMatador
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Interpol singles chronology
"Slow Hands"
(2004)
"Evil"
(2005)
"C'mere"
(2005)

"Evil" is a song by American rock band Interpol. It was released as the second single from their second studio album, Antics (2004), on January 3, 2005. The song is believed to be about Fred and Rosemary West, a married couple who raped and murdered teenage girls together in England between the 1960s and 1980s.[1][2] "Evil" peaked at No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 24 on Billboard magazine's Modern Rock Tracks chart. In Australia, the song was ranked No. 76 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.

  1. ^ Luke Lewis (2009-03-05). "Release The Bats - It's The 20 Greatest Goth Tracks". nme.com. NME. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  2. ^ Erin Thompson (2010-10-27). "The Top 10 Songs About Serial Killers". seattleweekly.com. Seattle Weekly. Archived from the original on 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2011-05-08.