Songs written for other artists

This is a list of songs Elvis wrote for other artists. (This list may be incomplete.)

From EC Homepage Discography - Extracurricular Work
No.	Song title	Artist	Album/release	Comments	Link(s)
1	Abandoned Masquerade	Diana Krall	The Girl In The Other Room, 2004	music by Diana, lyrics by Elvis	Amazon
2	All This Useless Beauty	June Tabor	Angel Tiger, 1991 & Essential Folk, 1995		---
3	Almost Blue	Chet Baker	Chet Baker Sings And Plays From The Film "Let's Get Lost"	The version played in the film is not identical to that on record/CD	---
4	Almost Ideal Eyes	David Crosby	not recorded	on All This Useless Beauty (Rhino reissue), 2001	---
5	Back On My Feet	Paul McCartney	Once Upon A Long Ago, 1987 and on the remastered CD version of Flowers In The Dirt, 1993	EC/McCartney composition	---
6	Basement Kiss	Wendy James	Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears, 1993	EC/O'Riordan composition	Amazon
7	Comedians	Roy Orbison	Mystery Girl, 1989 & Black & White Night Live, 1989	The lyrics are different to EC's version on Goodbye Cruel World.	---
8	Complicated Shadows	Johnny Cash	not recorded	recorded by EC on All This Useless Beauty & Secret, Profane & Sugarcane.	---
9	Couldn't You Keep That To Yourself	Ute Lemper	Punishing Kiss, 2004		Amazon
10	Departure Bay	Diana Krall	The Girl In The Other Room, 2004	music Krall, lyrics Krall/Costello	Amazon
11	The Deportees Club	Christy Moore	Voyage, 1989	Alternate version Deportee appears on Goodbye Cruel World	---
12	Dirty Rotten Shame	Ronnie Drew of The Dubliners	Dirty Rotten Shame, 1995	also issued as a CD single	---
13	Don't Be Careless Love	Paul McCartney	Flowers In The Dirt, 1989	EC/McCartney, EC on keys & harmonies	---
14	Do You Know What I'm Saying?	Wendy James	Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears, 1993		Amazon
15	Earthbound	Wendy James	Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears, 1993	EC/O'Riordan composition	Amazon
16	Fake Tin Star	Diana Krall	Single: Narrow Daylight, 2004	Krall/Costello	---
17	Fill In The Blanks	Wendy James	Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears, 1993	This song is unreleased by Elvis Costello, but his demo version is available unofficially.	Amazon
18	Forbidden Nights	Darlene Love	Introducing Darlene Love, 2015		---
19	The Girl In The Other Room	Diana Krall	The Girl In The Other Room, 2004	music & lyrics Krall/Costello	Amazon
20	Girls Talk	Dave Edmunds	Repeat When Necessary, 1979 & A-Side of single	B-Side of Single: I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down	---
21	Having It All	Patsy Kensit	to perform in the ill-fated film Absolute Beginners, 1986	demo version on King Of America Rhino/Edsel reissue	---
22	Hidden Shame	Johnny Cash	Boom Chicka Boom, 1990	on All This Useless Beauty (Rhino reissue), 2001	---
23	I Want To Stand Forever	Wendy James	Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears, 1993	This song is unreleased by Elvis Costello, but his demo version is available unofficially.	---
24	I Want To Vanish	June Tabor	Against The Streams, 1994	recorded on All This Useless Beauty, 1996 & live on Costello & Nieve, 1996	---
25	I Wonder How She Knows	Charles Brown	Someone To Love, 1992	EC/Brown composition	---
26	I'm Coming Through	Diana Krall	The Girl In The Other Room, 2004	music Krall, lyrics Krall/Costello	Amazon
27	I've Changed My Address	Diana Krall	The Girl In The Other Room, 2004	music Krall, lyrics Krall/Costello	Amazon
28	Indigo Moon	---	yet to be released	(EC/ Paul McCartney)	---
29	Indoor Fireworks	Nick Lowe	The Rose Of England, 1985	CD, F-Beat ZL70765/Demon FIENDCD 73, also on King Of America	---
30	Invisible Lady	Charles Mingus Orchestra	Tonight At Noon... Three Or Four Shades Of Love (2002)	music Mingus, lyrics EC; CD, Dreyfus Records DRY-CD-36633	Discogs
31	It's Not Too Late	T-Bone Burnett	The Criminal Under My Own Hat (1992)	EC/T-Bone Burnett/Bob Neuwirth, CD/CAS; Columbia 4679782/4	---
32	Jelly Roll	Ku-Umba Frank Lacy & Mingus Big Band	Mingus Sings (2015)	EC/Charles Mingus, CD; Sunnyside – SSC 1407	Discogs
34	Losing You (Just A Memory)	Dusty Springfield	White Heat (1982)	This is the song "Just A Memory" with an extra verse or so written especially for Dusty; LP, Casablanca	Discogs
35	London's Brilliant	Wendy James	Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears (1993)	EC/O'Riordan, CD, LP, Cass; MCA Records, MCA 10800	Discogs
35	The Lovers That Never Were	Paul McCartney	Off The Ground & Off The Ground - The Complete Works (1993)	MacManus/McCartney, for Paul McCartney CD; Parlophone CDPCSD 125, 2xCD; Parlophone CDEQ 5010. A demo of this song exists with EC singing the choruses is on the expanded remastered edition of Flowers In The Dirt.	Discogs
36	Maureen And Sam	Allan Mayes	Stumbling In The Aisle (1986)	EC/Mayes LP; U.S. STC 86-2-1001 - The lyrics of Ghost Train were adapted to create this song.
39	The Miranda Syndrome	Rubén Blades	Nothing But The Truth (1988)		Amazon
40	Miss Mary	Zucchero 'Sugar' Fornaciari'
41	Mistress And Maid	Paul McCartney	Off The Ground (1993)	EC/McCartney
42	My Brave Face	Paul McCartney	Flowers In The Dirt (1989)	MacManus/McCartney, LP/CD; Parlophone PCSD 106	--
43	The Nameless One	Wendy James	Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears (1993)	EC/O'Riordan CD, LP, Cass; MCA Records, MCA 10800	Discogs
44	Narrow Daylight	Diana Krall	The Girl In The Other Room (2004) and Single: Narrow Daylight (2004)	Music Krall & lyrics Krall/Costello	Amazon
45	The Other End Of The Telescope	'Til Tuesday	Everything's Different Now (1989) and Coming up Close: A Retrospective, (1996) CD, Enhanced	EC / Aimee Mann EC on bvox	Amazon
46	Passionate Fight	Ute Lemper	Punishing Kiss (2000)	Costello (lyrics) / Nieve (music)	Amazon
47	Speak Darkly, My Angel	Anne Sofie von Otter	So Many Things (2016)	ASVO & Brooklyn Rider; Naïve – V5436	Discogs
48	This Subdues My Passion	Mingus Big Band		EC/Charles Mingus;
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1. Punishing Kiss (EC/MacManus/O'Riordan), for Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet on Short Cuts [93: CD; Imago-BMG 72787 210142 (Germany)]), for Ute Lemper on Punishing Kiss [2000-04-04; CD]
2. Puppet Girl (EC/O'Riordan), for Wendy James on Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears
3. Put Away Forbidden Playthings, for Fretwork on Sit Fast, 1997
4. Radio Sweetheart, for Carlene Carter on Two Sides To Every Woman [79; LP; Warner BSK 3375 (US)]
5. The Scarlet Tide [Costello/T Bone Burnett], for Alison Krauss on Cold Mountain soundtrack [2003-12-__; CD]
6. Shadow And Jimmy (EC/David Was), for Was Not Was on What Up, Dog? [88; LP; Fontana SFLP4], [88; CAS; SFMC4] & [88; CD; 834 291-2])
7. Shamed Into Love (EC/Ruben Blades), for Ruben Blades on Nothing But The Truth [88; Elektra 960 754-1]
8. Shatterproof, for Billy Bremmer (a-side of single [84; 7"/12"; Arista 557] and on Bash! [Arista 06 179])
9. Shipbuilding (EC/Langer), for Robert Wyatt on Nothing Can Stop Us [82; CD; Rough Trade (some CDs do not include this track!)], [82; 7" a-side; Rough Trade RTT 115], [82; 12" a-side; Rough Trade RTT 115T]. EC on bvox)
10. St. Stephen's Day Murders, for The Chieftains on The Bells Of Dublin [91; CD; RCA 60824]
11. Stranger In The House, for Rachel Sweet on Fool Around [78; LP; Stiff SEEZ 12/Stiff-Teldec 6.23659 (Germany, green vinyl)]
12. That Day Is Done (EC/McCartney), for Paul McCartney on Flowers In The Dirt [89; LP/CD; Parlophone PCSD 106] EC on harmonies
13. That's What Friends Are For, for Georgie Fame on That's What Friends Are For [79; LP/CAS; Pye N119], GEORGIE FAME AT HIS BEST [95; CD; Castle Communications MAT CD 323] & _JAZZ '81_ (various artists) [CD]
14. This Is A Test, for Wendy James on Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears
15. Three Distracted Woman, song cycle for Anne Sofie von Otter and the Brodsky Quartet
16. Tommy's Coming Home [McCartney/MacManus], unreleased
17. Unwanted Number, performed by For Real on Soundtrack: Grace Of My Heart [96; CD; MCA MCAD 11510 (US)]
18. Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue, for Mary Coughlan on Love For Sale [93; CD; Demon FIENDCD 730]. This is the original version of the EC/Charles Brown song "I Wonder How She Knows".
19. We Despise You (EC/O'Riordan), for Wendy James on Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears
20. (I Love You) When You Sleep, for Tracie (on Far From The Hurting Kind [84; LP; Respond RRL 502/Respond-Teldec 6.26033 (Germany)] and a-side single [84; 7"/12"; Respond KOB 710])
21. Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?, for Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave) (not recorded)
22. You Bowed Down (EC/McGuinn), for Roger McGuinn on Back From Rio [91; CD; Arista ARCD-8648 (US)] EC on bvox.
23. You Want Her Too (EC/McCartney), for Paul McCartney on Flowers In The Dirt [89; LP/CD; Parlophone PCSD 106] EC on 2nd vox & keys

The Jo Marshall Demos

• I don't know if these are fake or not, but apparently EC wrote the following songs early in his career for a woman called Jo Marshall (These titles may not be 100% correct, and the versions I have heard of are performed by Jo and not EC). If anyone has further information on these demos then please contact me).:
  • He Doesn't Look Like You
  • Big Brown Eyes
  • I Want To Talk To You
  • True Love
•  14 tracks  - 43:02

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