Invasion Hit Parade

Now that you set everybody free Whatcha gonna do about me? Don't want to be treated like some poor grateful clown I'd rather go back to the sweet underground Where I can tell the time by the colour of my skin And I know my neighbour 'cos he's the one, yes he's the one Who always turns me in A woman works the tunnel in the middle of the night Picking up every lost object in sight Handbags, toupees, lost legs and fingernails The black market eats up all your failures Her transistor offers no salvation or regrets No pool, no pets, no cigarettes Just non-stop Disco Tex and the Sex-o-lettes (chorus): There's no name, no name for the place Or pain we'll cause you again and again If you do not cooperate with the Invasion Hit Parade The liberation forces make movies of their own Playing their Doors records and pretending to be stoned Drowning out a broadcast that wasn't authorised Incidentally, the revolution will be televised With one head for business and another for good looks Until they started arriving with their rubber aprons and their butcher's hooks (chorus) They're hunting us down here with Liberty's light A handshaking double-talking procession of the mighty Pursued by a T.V. crew and coming after them A limousine of singing stars and their brotherhood anthem The former dictator was impeccably behaved They're mopping up all the stubborn ones who just refuse to be saved (chorus)

Invasion Hit Parade Written by Declan MacManus Performed by Elvis Costello Produced by Mitchell Froom, Kevin Killen & D.P.A. MacManus Musicians D.P.A. MacManus - vocals Ross MacManus - trumpet Elvis Costello - big stupid guitar, little foolish organ, electric guitar Larry Knechtel - grand piano Pete Thomas - drums T-Bone Wolk - bass Marc Ribot - electric guitar Mitchell Froom - Chamberlain Costello-Froom-Ribot - "Radio Hail, Hail Freedonia Breakthrough" Recorded late 1990-early 1991, Ocean Way, Hollywood & Westside Studios, London Released May 10, 1991 Albums Mighty Like A Rose, 1991 Promos Malice And Magic (Japan), 1994 Length 5:31 First known performance:  May 25, 1991, Santa Barbara, CA Last known performance:  May 27, 2016, Florence, Italy      (14 known performances) Alternate versions Invasion Hit Parade (Home Demo) Performed by Elvis Costello Musicians Elvis Costello - vocals, all instruments Recorded ca. 1990, Elvis' home Released November 18, 2002 Albums Mighty Like A Rose (Rhino reissue), 2002 Length 4:18 Invasion Hit Parade (iTunes Originals Version) Performed by Elvis Costello Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar Recorded March 2007, Vancouver Released June 19, 2007 Downloads iTunes Originals, 2007 Length 4:33

Covers

Erich Sellheim

home studio production, sung in German

2020

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