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==Lyrics==
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==Credits==
* Written by: '''[[Elvis Costello]]'''
* Produced by: '''[[Clive Langer]] and [[Alan Winstanley]]'''
* Musicians:
:'''[[Elvis Costello]]''' - [[Singers|vocals]] and [[Guitarists|guitar]]
:'''[[Steve Nieve]]''' - [[Keyboardists|keyboards]]
:'''[[Bruce Thomas]]''' - [[Bassists|bass]]
:'''[[Pete Thomas]]''' - [[Drummers|drums]]
:'''[[Afrodiziak]]''':
::'''[[Caron Wheeler]]''' - [[Singers|backing vocals]]
::'''[[Claudia Fontaine]]''' - [[Singers|backing vocals]]
:'''This section may be incomplete.'''


==Discography==
{{song credits
'''Albums:'''
|title = Everyday I Write The Book
*'''[[Punch The Clock]]''', [[1983]]
|writer = [[Elvis Costello]]
*[[Punch The Clock (reissue)]], [[Rykodisc]]/[[Demon]], [[1994]]
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] (with [[Afrodiziak]])
*[[Punch The Clock (Deluxe Edition)]], [[Rhino]], [[2003]]
|producer = [[Clive Langer]] & [[Alan Winstanley]]
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums<br>[[Caron Wheeler]] - backing vocals<br>[[Claudia Fontaine]] - backing vocals
|record_info = January-April 1983, AIR Studios, London
|release_info = June 1983
|albums = [[Punch The Clock]], 1983
|singles = [[Single: Everyday I Write The Book|Everyday I Write The Book]], 1983
|collections = [[The Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions]], 1985<br>[[The Man (The Best Of Elvis Costello)]], 1985<br>[[The Very Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions]], 1994<br>[[The Very Best Of Elvis Costello]], 1999<br>[[Singles, Volume 3]], 2003<br>[[The Best Of Elvis Costello The First 10 Years]], 2007
|soundtracks = [[Soundtrack: The Wedding Singer|The Wedding Singer]], 1998<br>[[Soundtrack: The Wedding Singer Vol. 1|The Wedding Singer Vol. 1]], 1998
|various_artists = [[Before X]], 1997<br>[[Video Hits: Past Hits, Volume 1]], 1997<br>[[The Very Best Of The Tube]], 2002<br>[[Alternative 80's]], 2002
|promos = [[Why Study?]], 1983<br>[[Punch The World]], 1995<br>[[Punch The Clock, Trust & Get Happy!! Sampler]], 2003<br>[[UK Elvis Costello]], 2002
|videos = [[The Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The Videos]], 2005
|length = 3:52
}}<br>


'''Singles:'''
{{song notes
*[[Single: Everyday I Write The Book|Everyday I Write the Book]], [[1983]]
|first = [[Concert 1982-09-24 Leicester|September 24, 1982, Leicester, England]]
|last =
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'''Collections:'''
==Alternate versions==
* [[The Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions]], [[1985]]
{{song credits
* [[The Man (The Best Of Elvis Costello)]], [[1985]]
|title = Everyday I Write The Book (Live 1982)
* [[The Very Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions]], [[1994]]
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]]
* [[The Very Best Of Elvis Costello]], [[1999]]
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums
* [[Singles, Volume 3]], [[2003]]
|record_info = [[Concert 1982-12-24 London|December 24, 1982, London, England]]
* [[The Best Of Elvis Costello The First 10 Years]], [[2007]]
|release_info =
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
|albums = [[Punch The Clock (Rykodisc/Demon reissue)]], 1995
|length = 2:21
}}<br>


'''Alternate Versions:'''
{{song credits
*'''Everyday I Write the Book [extended remix]'''
|title = Everyday I Write The Book (Alternate Version)
:[[Single: Everyday I Write The Book|Everyday I Write the Book]], [[1983]]
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]]
:[[Singles, Volume 3]], [[2003]]
|producer = [[Clive Langer]] & [[Alan Winstanley]]
*'''Everyday I Write the Book [special version]'''
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums
:[[Single: Everyday I Write The Book|Everyday I Write the Book]], [[1983]]
|record_info = January-April 1983, AIR Studios, London
:[[Singles, Volume 3]], [[2003]]
|release_info = July 28, 2003
*'''Everyday I Write the Book [instrumental]'''
|albums = [[Punch The Clock (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2003
:[[Single: Everyday I Write The Book|Everyday I Write the Book]], [[1983]]
|length = 2:20
:[[Singles, Volume 3]], [[2003]]
}}<br>


'''Soundtracks:'''
{{song credits
* none
|title = Everyday I Write The Book (Extended Mix)
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] (with [[Afrodiziak]])
|producer = [[Clive Langer]] & [[Alan Winstanley]]
|release_info = July 1983
|singles = [[Single: Everyday I Write The Book|Everyday I Write The Book]], 1983
|collections = [[Singles, Volume 3]], 2003
|length = 4:55
}}<br>


'''Various Artists collections:'''
{{song credits
* none
|title = Everyday I Write The Book (Special Version)
|producer = [[Clive Langer]] & [[Alan Winstanley]]
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] (with [[Afrodiziak]])
|release_info = August 1983
|singles = [[Single: Everyday I Write The Book|Everyday I Write The Book]], 1983
|collections = [[Singles, Volume 3]], 2003
|length = 5:05
}}<br>


==Covers==
{{song credits
'''Recorded by:'''
|title = Everyday I Write The Book (Instrumental)
* none
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] (with [[Afrodiziak]])
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
|producer = [[Clive Langer]] & [[Alan Winstanley]]
 
|release_info = August 1983
'''Performed by:'''
|singles = [[Single: Everyday I Write The Book|Everyday I Write The Book]], 1983
* none
|collections = [[Singles, Volume 3]], 2003
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
|length = 3:41
 
}}
==Bootlegs==
* ''This section is incomplete.''


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==Chords==
{{song covers
* ''This section is incomplete.''
|covers = {{Elvis Costello covers: Everyday I Write The Book}}
}}
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==Internal links==  
==Internal links==  
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Punch The Clock] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/ptc.html lyrics] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/ptc.html chords] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_a01.htm PTC info page 1]
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Punch The Clock] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/ptc.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/ptc.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_a01.htm PTC info page 1]
*[[Template:Everyday I Write The Book]]
*[[Template: Everyday I Write The Book|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Template: Elvis Costello covers: Everyday I Write The Book|Covers]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/rhino.html Elvis Costello on Rhino] [http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/ptc.html Punch The Clock resissue page]
*[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/ptc.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Punch The Clock]




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Revision as of 08:05, 30 April 2009

Don't tell me you don't know what love is
When you're old enough to know better
When you find strange hands in your sweater
When your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote
I'm a man with a mission in two or three editions

And I'm giving you a longing look
Everyday, everyday, everyday
Everyday I write the book

Chapter One - we didn't really get along
Chapter Two - I think I fell in love with you
You said you'd stand by me in the middle of Chapter Three
But you were up to your old tricks in Chapters Four, Five and Six

And I'm giving you a longing look
Everyday, everyday, everyday
Everyday I write the book

The way you walk
The way you talk, and try to kiss me, and laugh
In four or five paragraphs
All your compliments and your cutting remarks
Are captured here in my quotation marks

And I'm giving you a longing look
Everyday, everyday, everyday
Everyday I write the book
Everyday I write the book

Don't tell me you don't know the difference
Between a lover and a fighter
With my pen and my electric typewriter
Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal
I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel

And I'm giving you a longing look
Everyday, everyday, everyday
Everyday I write the book

Everyday I Write The Book
Written byElvis Costello
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions (with Afrodiziak)
Produced byClive Langer & Alan Winstanley
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocals, guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
Caron Wheeler - backing vocals
Claudia Fontaine - backing vocals
RecordedJanuary-April 1983, AIR Studios, London
ReleasedJune 1983
AlbumsPunch The Clock, 1983
SinglesEveryday I Write The Book, 1983
CollectionsThe Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1985
The Man (The Best Of Elvis Costello), 1985
The Very Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1994
The Very Best Of Elvis Costello, 1999
Singles, Volume 3, 2003
The Best Of Elvis Costello The First 10 Years, 2007
SoundtracksThe Wedding Singer, 1998
The Wedding Singer Vol. 1, 1998
Various Artists collectionsBefore X, 1997
Video Hits: Past Hits, Volume 1, 1997
The Very Best Of The Tube, 2002
Alternative 80's, 2002
PromosWhy Study?, 1983
Punch The World, 1995
Punch The Clock, Trust & Get Happy!! Sampler, 2003
UK Elvis Costello, 2002
VideosThe Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The Videos, 2005
Length3:52


Alternate versions

Everyday I Write The Book (Live 1982)
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocal, guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
RecordedDecember 24, 1982, London, England
AlbumsPunch The Clock (Rykodisc/Demon reissue), 1995
Length2:21

Everyday I Write The Book (Alternate Version)
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions
Produced byClive Langer & Alan Winstanley
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocal, guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
RecordedJanuary-April 1983, AIR Studios, London
ReleasedJuly 28, 2003
AlbumsPunch The Clock (Rhino/Edsel reissue), 2003
Length2:20

Everyday I Write The Book (Extended Mix)
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions (with Afrodiziak)
Produced byClive Langer & Alan Winstanley
ReleasedJuly 1983
SinglesEveryday I Write The Book, 1983
CollectionsSingles, Volume 3, 2003
Length4:55

Everyday I Write The Book (Special Version)
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions (with Afrodiziak)
Produced byClive Langer & Alan Winstanley
ReleasedAugust 1983
SinglesEveryday I Write The Book, 1983
CollectionsSingles, Volume 3, 2003
Length5:05

Everyday I Write The Book (Instrumental)
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions (with Afrodiziak)
Produced byClive Langer & Alan Winstanley
ReleasedAugust 1983
SinglesEveryday I Write The Book, 1983
CollectionsSingles, Volume 3, 2003
Length3:41
Punch The ClockPunch The Clock Rhino album cover.jpg

Single: Everyday I Write The BookEveryday I Write The Book UK 7" single front sleeve.jpg

Single: Everyday I Write The BookEveryday I Write The Book US 7" single front sleeve.jpg

Single: Everyday I Write The BookEveryday I Write The Book US 12" single front sleeve.jpg

The Best Of Elvis Costello & The AttractionsBOEC album cover 200.jpg

The Man (The Best Of Elvis Costello)TMBOEC album cover 170.jpg

The Very Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1994The Very Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions album cover.jpg

The Very Best Of Elvis Costello, 1999The Very Best Of Elvis Costello (2CD) album cover.jpg

Singles, Volume 3Singles Volume 3 album cover.jpg

The Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The VideosTRS dvd cover.jpg

The Best Of Elvis Costello The First 10 YearsThe Best Of Elvis Costello The First 10 Years album cover.jpg

Covers

Template:Elvis Costello covers: Everyday I Write The Book

Internal links

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