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==Lyrics==
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{{song credits
|title = Black And White World
|writer      = [[Elvis Costello]]
|performer  = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]]
|musicians  = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums
|producer    = [[Nick Lowe]]
|record_info  = October 1979, Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands and/or Eden Studios, London
|release_info = February 1980
|length      = 1:55
|albums = [[Get Happy!!]], 1980
|singles =
|collections  = [[Girls Girls Girls]], 1989
|soundtracks      =
|various_artists    =
|promos      = [[Get Happy!! (Promo Album)]], 1980
|videos      =
}}<br>


{{song notes
|first = [[Concert 1980-02-29 Norwich|February 29, 1980, Norwich, England]]
|last = [[Concert 2023-02-13 New York|February 13, 2023, New York, NY]]
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{{song quote
| quote = A view from a place in the stalls. I think there's a girl somewhere in the picture.
| source = [[Girls Girls Girls]] liner notes, 1989.
}}


==Alternate versions==
{{song credits
|title = Black And White World (Demo)
|performer  = [[Elvis Costello]]
|musicians  = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, all instruments
|producer    = [[Elvis Costello]]
|record_info  = 1979, Archipelago Studios, London
|release_info = November 1980
|length      = 1:49
|albums = [[Taking Liberties]], 1980<br>[[Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers]], 1980<br>[[Get Happy!! (Rykodisc/Demon reissue)]], 1994<br>[[Get Happy!! (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2003
|promos = [[Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers promo]], 1980
}}<br>


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==Credits==
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* Written by: '''[[Elvis Costello]]'''
{{thumb: Taking Liberties}}
* Produced by: '''[[Nick Lowe]]'''
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* Musicians:
{{thumb: Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers}}
:'''[[Elvis Costello]]''' - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|guitar]]
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:'''[[Steve Nieve]]''' - [[Keyboardists|keyboards]]
{{thumb: Girls Girls Girls}}
:'''[[Bruce Thomas]]''' - [[Bassists|bass]]
:'''[[Pete Thomas]]''' - [[Drummers|drums]]
 
==Discography==
'''Albums:'''
*'''[[Get Happy!!]]''', [[1980]]
*[[Get Happy!! (reissue)]], [[Rykodisc]]/[[Demon]], [[1994]]
*[[Get Happy!! (Deluxe Edition)]], [[Rhino]]/[[Edsel]], [[2003]]
 
'''Singles:'''
*none
 
'''Collections:'''
*[[Girls Girls Girls]], [[1989]]
 
'''Soundtracks:'''
*none
 
'''Various Artists collections:'''
*none
 
'''Alternate Versions:'''
*'''Black And White World (Demo)'''
:[[Taking Liberties]], [[1980]]
:[[Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers]], [[1980]]
:[[Get Happy!! (reissue)]], [[Rykodisc]]/[[Demon]], [[1994]]
:[[Get Happy!! (Deluxe Edition)]], [[Rhino]]/[[Edsel]], [[2003]]
::Produced by: '''[[Elvis Costello]]'''
::Musicians:
:::'''[[Elvis Costello]]''' - [[Singers|vocals]], all instruments
 
==Covers==
'''Recorded by:'''
* '''[[Bonnie Brett]]''' on '''[[Bonnie Brett: The Elvis Costello Songbook|The Elvis Costello Songbook]]''', [[2004]] [http://www.bonniebrett.com/ (website)]<br>
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
 
'''Performed by:'''
* none
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
 
==Bootlegs==
* ''This section is incomplete.''


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==Chords==
{{song covers
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|covers = {{:Black And White World covers}}
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==Internal Links==
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/albums.php Elvis Costello Home Page: index to lyrics and chords]
*[[Template:Black And White World]]


==External Links==
==Internal links==
*[[Template: Black And White World|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Black And White World covers|Covers]]


==External links==
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/gh.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Get Happy!!]


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Latest revision as of 04:26, 14 February 2023

I was looking at the black and white world
It seemed so exciting
If you'd only put me back to back with that girl
When the night's inviting
With just a little lighting
There'll never be days like that again
When I was just a boy and men were men
You never go from moment to moment
You're the living double of a single fiction
You're very colourful with your compliments
As you feel the finger's friction
It's a freeze-frame
Still it's real life
You don't want to look
'Cause you've seen the film and you've read the book

I was looking at the black and white world
Trying to name some pin-up
Those days she was just a beautiful girl
Now she's framed and hung up
I thought she was young
Up until I saw her last night in close detail
Though they all fade away when you're so pale
It's more than just a physical attraction
It starts with a face and ends up a fixation
But you're never gonna feel a fraction
Of the way it used to work on your imagination
When you were looking at the black and white world...
Black And White World
Written byElvis Costello
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions
Produced byNick Lowe
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocals, guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
RecordedOctober 1979, Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands and/or Eden Studios, London
ReleasedFebruary 1980
AlbumsGet Happy!!, 1980
CollectionsGirls Girls Girls, 1989
PromosGet Happy!! (Promo Album), 1980
Length1:55

First known performance:
 February 29, 1980, Norwich, England
Last known performance:
 February 13, 2023, New York, NY
     (19 known performances)


Eye.jpg
“A view from a place in the stalls. I think there's a girl somewhere in the picture.” — Girls Girls Girls liner notes, 1989.

Alternate versions

Black And White World (Demo)
Performed byElvis Costello
Produced byElvis Costello
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocals, all instruments
Recorded1979, Archipelago Studios, London
ReleasedNovember 1980
AlbumsTaking Liberties, 1980
Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers, 1980
Get Happy!! (Rykodisc/Demon reissue), 1994
Get Happy!! (Rhino/Edsel reissue), 2003
PromosTen Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers promo, 1980
Length1:49
Get Happy!!GH album cover large.jpg
Taking LibertiesTL album cover 200.jpg
Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers10BM album cover 280.jpg
Girls Girls GirlsGGG album cover 300.jpg

Covers

Bonnie Brett The Elvis Costello Songbook 2003
Erich Sellheim home studio production, sung in German 2014 YouTube  

Internal links

External links

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