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TIL The Stranglers hit single 'Golden Brown' peaked at #2 in the U.K. Lead singer Hugh Wilson said it could have been #1 if their bassist hadn't mentioned that it was about heroin. "I would have waited till it got to Number 1 and THEN said it," he commented.

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