She Was No Good

She Was No Good Written by Elvis Costello Performed by Elvis Costello Produced by T Bone Burnett Recorded March 31-April 2, 2008, Sound Emporium Studio, Nashville Released June 2, 2009 Albums Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, 2009 Background:  Written for Elvis' unfinished chamber opera The Secret Songs. First known performance:  October 8, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark      (29 known performances) “Tales of duels and fisticuffs over unpaid bills and a star who was rather more the tenacious businesswoman than her pure reputation suggested, provided the background for, ‘She Was No Good’.” — elviscostello.com, March 23, 2009.