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|lyrics = {{No Dancing}} | |||
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{{song credits header}} | |||
{{song credits | |||
|title = No Dancing | |||
|writer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|producer = [[Nick Lowe]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitar<br>[[John McFee]] - guitar<br>[[Sean Hopper]] - keyboards, backing vocals<br>[[Johnny Ciambotti]] - bass, backing vocals<br>[[Mickey Shine]] - drums<br>[[Nick Lowe]] - backing vocals | |||
|record_info = late 1976-early 1977, Pathway Studios, London | |||
|release_info = July 22, 1977 | |||
|albums = [[My Aim Is True]], 1977<br>[[Viva England]], 1982 (Spain) | |||
|singles = | |||
|collections = [[2½ Years]], 1993 | |||
|soundtracks = | |||
|various_artists = | |||
|promos = [[Selections From My Aim Is True, Spike And All This Useless Beauty]], 2001 | |||
|videos = | |||
|length = 2:41 | |||
}}<br> | |||
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|first = [[Concert 1977-07-21 Manchester|July 21, 1977, Manchester, England]] | |||
|last = [[Concert 2023-02-09 New York|February 9, 2023, New York, NY]] | |||
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==Alternate versions== | |||
{{song credits | |||
|title = No Dancing (Live 1977) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums | |||
|record_info = [[Concert 1977-08-07 London|August 7, 1977, London, England]] | |||
|release_info = September 11, 2007 | |||
|albums = [[My Aim Is True (2007 Hip-O deluxe edition)|My Aim Is True: Deluxe Edition]], 2007 | |||
|length = 2:57 | |||
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{{thumb: My Aim Is True}} | |||
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{{thumb: 2½ Years}} | |||
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{{song covers | |||
|covers = {{:No Dancing covers}} | |||
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==Chords== | ==Chords== | ||
Tabbed by | Tabbed by Roy M. Randall | ||
D A | D A | ||
Oh, I know that she has made a fool of him, | Oh, I know that she has made a fool of him, | ||
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He's getting down on his knees. | He's getting down on his knees. | ||
Dm Bb Dm | Dm Bb Dm | ||
He finds that | He finds that the girl is not so easy to please, oh, oh. | ||
Bb F | Bb F | ||
After all, his nights were just a paper striptease. | After all, his nights were just a paper striptease. | ||
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Bb F Eb D | Bb F Eb D | ||
There's gonna be no dancing on my own. | There's gonna be no dancing on my own. | ||
==Internal links== | ==Internal links== | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: My Aim Is True] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: My Aim Is True] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/mait.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/mait.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a01.htm MAIT info page] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a02.htm Viva England] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a03.htm Rykodisc/Demon MAIT reissue] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a04.htm Rhino/Edsel MAIT reissue] | ||
*[[Template:No Dancing]] | *[[Template: No Dancing|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[No Dancing (français)|Lyrics (français)]] {{-}} [[No Dancing covers|Covers]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.inanotherroom.com/mait.php Elvis Costello Reissues: My Aim Is True] | ||
[[Category:1977]] | [[Category:1977]] | ||
[[Category:My Aim Is True]] | |||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Lyrics]] | [[Category:Lyrics]] | ||
[[Category:Chords]] | [[Category:Chords]] | ||
[[Category:Alternate versions]] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:42, 10 February 2023
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Oh I know that she |
First known performance: Alternate versions
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Covers
| Tommy Lee James - with The Long Players | performed live, My Aim Is True tribute show, 2006-01-13, Nashville | 2006 | TheLongPlayers.com |
| Charles Jenkins | performed live, 2013-02-02, Pure Pop Records, Melbourne, Australia | 2013 | YouTube • Charlesjenkins.com.au |
| Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2013 | YouTube |
Chords
Tabbed by Roy M. Randall
D A
Oh, I know that she has made a fool of him,
D
Like girls have done so many nights before,
A
Time and time again.
D A
Life is so strange. I don't know why,
D Gm
But somebody, somebody has to cry.
D A G D
There's gonna be no dancing when they get home.
G A
There's gonna be no dancing, no,
G A
There's gonna be no dancing,
G A Bb D
There's gonna be no dancing when they get home.
Now he's telling her ev'ry little thing he's done.
Once he glanced at the jackets of some paperbacks.
Now he's read ev'ry one.
He's such a drag. He's not insane.
It's just that ev'rybody has to feel his pain.
There's gonna be no dancing when they get home.
Bb
He's getting down on his knees.
Dm Bb Dm
He finds that the girl is not so easy to please, oh, oh.
Bb F
After all, his nights were just a paper striptease.
A7sus4 A7
She's caught it like some disease.
Tacit
If he says no dancing, there's gonna be no dancing,
G A Bb D
There's gonna be no dancing on my own.
She can't even speak to him. He can't face her now.
He says, "Even though I wanna shake your hand,
All I ever do is bow.
So now you see how it can be.
Why can't you give me ev'rything but sympathy?
D A
There's gonna be no dancing,
D A
There's gonna be no dancing,
Bb F
There's gonna be no dancing,
Bb F
There's gonna be no dancing
Bb F
There's gonna be no dancing
Bb F Eb D
There's gonna be no dancing on my own.
Internal links
- Elvis Costello Home Page: My Aim Is True • lyrics • chords • MAIT info page • Viva England • Rykodisc/Demon MAIT reissue • Rhino/Edsel MAIT reissue
- Lyrics • Lyrics (français) • Covers
