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|first = [[Concert 1998-10-13 New York|October 13, 1998, New York, NY]] | |first = [[Concert 1998-10-13 New York|October 13, 1998, New York, NY]] | ||
|last = [[Concert 2023- | |last = [[Concert 2023-09-07 Dublin|September 7, 2023, Dublin, Ireland]] | ||
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| quote = This song is about a man who has the same dream every night – it’s a bad dream, it’s a haunting dream. He dreams of the woman that’s left him, but he hopes that every night this dream will come to him, because that’s all that he has left of her. | | quote = This song is about a man who has the same dream every night – it’s a bad dream, it’s a haunting dream. He dreams of the woman that’s left him, but he hopes that every night this dream will come to him, because that’s all that he has left of her. | ||
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|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] with [[Burt Bacharach]] | |performer = [[Elvis Costello]] with [[Burt Bacharach]] | ||
|musicians = | |musicians = | ||
|record_info = [[TV 1998-10-18|October 18, 1998, Sony Music Studios, New York]] | |record_info = [[TV 1998-10-18 Sessions At West 54th|October 18, 1998, Sony Music Studios, New York]] | ||
|release_info = December 8, 1998 | |release_info = December 8, 1998 | ||
|videos = [[Sessions At West 54th]], 1998 | |videos = [[Sessions At West 54th]], 1998 | ||
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{{song credits | {{song credits | ||
|title = | |title = My Thief (Live 1999) | ||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] with [[Steve Nieve]] | |performer = [[Elvis Costello]] with [[Steve Nieve]] | ||
|musicians = | |musicians = |
Latest revision as of 22:52, 17 February 2024
When I go to sleep, you become my thief |
First known performance:
“This song is about a man who has the same dream every night – it’s a bad dream, it’s a haunting dream. He dreams of the woman that’s left him, but he hopes that every night this dream will come to him, because that’s all that he has left of her.” — Elvis' spoken introduction to My Thief on Sessions At West 54th.
Alternate versions
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Covers
Cole Fortier & Jon Longtin | performed live, July 2021, The Space, SUNY Potsdam, New York. | 2021 | YouTube |
Don Byron & Bill Frisell | The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello | 2023 | AllMusic • YouTube • Amazon |
Bill Frisell | The Sweetest Punch | 1999 | AllMusic • Wikipedia • Amazon |
Gwyneth Herbert & Will Rutter | First Songs | 2003 | AllMusic • Amazon |
Gwyneth Herbert & Will Rutter | performed live, Pizza Express Jazz Club, London | 2003 | link |
Steve Nieve | instrumental performed live, 2020-12-10, The Immobile Tour, France | 2020 |