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Latest revision as of 14:05, 16 May 2023
As recorded by Aimee Mann on Bachelor No. 2
There's no charity in you From the Elvis Costello demo on All This Useless Beauty (Rhino reissue)
There's no charity in you |
Only known performance:
“What a joust of verses to sing and tangle of fingers to play. Must practice and reprise quite soon. Your humble co-writer” — EC in Twitter exchange with Aimee Mann, June 2015
Aimee Mann version
“I wrote this song with Elvis Costello, one of my musical heroes. I'm the optimist in the song, and I'm having a sad realization that someone who was on a pedestal has fallen off.” — Aimee Mann - in liner notes for 20th anniversary reissue of Batchelor No.2, November 2020.
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Covers
Aimee Mann | Bachelor No. 2 | 1999 | Discogs • Amazon |
Aimee Mann | performed live, 2003-03-27, EC tribute, Knitting Factory, Los Angeles | 2003 | archive.org |