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| single, and on ''Nothing Can Stop Us'' (1982)
| single, and on ''Nothing Can Stop Us'' (1982)
| EC/Langer, CD; Rough Trade (some CDs do not include this track!)], 7" a-side; Rough Trade RTT 115; 12" a-side; Rough Trade RTT 115T. EC on bvox
| EC/ [[Clive Langer]], CD; Rough Trade (some CDs do not include this track!)], 7" a-side; Rough Trade RTT 115; 12" a-side; Rough Trade RTT 115T. EC on bvox
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| [[Stranger In The House]]
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| ''[[Rachel Sweet: Fool Around|Fool Around]]'' (1978)
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| [[That Day Is Done]]
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| [[That's What Friends Are For]]
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| ''[[Georgie Fame: That's What Friends Are For|That's What Friends Are For]]'' (1979)
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| LP/CAS; Pye N119 also on ''Georgie Fame At His Best'' (1995); CD; Castle Communications MAT CD 323 & ''JAZZ '81'' CD (various artists)
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67 [[Unwanted Number]], performed by For Real on [[Soundtrack: Grace Of My Heart]] [96; CD; MCA MCAD 11510 (US)]
# [[St. Stephen's Day Murders]], for The Chieftains on [[The Chieftains: The Bells Of Dublin|The Bells Of Dublin]] [91; CD; RCA 60824]
68 [[Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue]], for Mary Coughlan on [[Mary Coughlan: Love For Sale|Love For Sale]] [93; CD; Demon FIENDCD 730]. This is the original version of the EC/Charles Brown song "[[I Wonder How She Knows]]".
# [[Stranger In The House]], for Rachel Sweet on [[Rachel Sweet: Fool Around|Fool Around]] [78; LP; Stiff SEEZ 12/Stiff-Teldec 6.23659 (Germany, green vinyl)]
69 [[We Despise You]] (EC/O'Riordan), for Wendy James on [[Wendy James: Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears|Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears]]
# [[That Day Is Done]] (EC/McCartney), for Paul McCartney on [[Paul McCartney: Flowers In The Dirt|Flowers In The Dirt]] [89; LP/CD; Parlophone PCSD 106] EC on harmonies
70 [[(I Love You) When You Sleep]], for Tracie (on [[Tracie: Far From The Hurting Kind|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])
# [[That's What Friends Are For]], for Georgie Fame on [[Georgie Fame: That's What Friends Are For|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]
71 [[Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?]], for Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave) (not recorded)
# [[Three Distracted Woman]], song cycle for Anne Sofie von Otter and the Brodsky Quartet
72 [[You Bowed Down]] (EC/McGuinn), for Roger McGuinn on [[Roger McGuinn: Back From Rio|Back From Rio]] [91; CD; Arista ARCD-8648 (US)] EC on bvox.
# [[Tommy's Coming Home]] [McCartney/MacManus], unreleased
73 [[You Want Her Too]] (EC/McCartney), for Paul McCartney on [[Paul McCartney: Flowers In The Dirt|Flowers In The Dirt]] [89; LP/CD; Parlophone PCSD 106] EC on 2nd vox & keys
# [[Unwanted Number]], performed by For Real on [[Soundtrack: Grace Of My Heart]] [96; CD; MCA MCAD 11510 (US)]
# [[Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue]], for Mary Coughlan on [[Mary Coughlan: Love For Sale|Love For Sale]] [93; CD; Demon FIENDCD 730]. This is the original version of the EC/Charles Brown song "[[I Wonder How She Knows]]".
# [[We Despise You]] (EC/O'Riordan), for Wendy James on [[Wendy James: Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears|Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears]]
# [[(I Love You) When You Sleep]], for Tracie (on [[Tracie: Far From The Hurting Kind|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])
# [[Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?]], for Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave) (not recorded)
# [[You Bowed Down]] (EC/McGuinn), for Roger McGuinn on [[Roger McGuinn: Back From Rio|Back From Rio]] [91; CD; Arista ARCD-8648 (US)] EC on bvox.
# [[You Want Her Too]] (EC/McCartney), for Paul McCartney on [[Paul McCartney: Flowers In The Dirt|Flowers In The Dirt]] [89; LP/CD; Parlophone PCSD 106] EC on 2nd vox & keys


    
    

Revision as of 16:11, 18 March 2024

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 AllMusic
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 AllMusic
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 Amazon
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. Amazon
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 Amazon
12 Dirty Rotten Shame Ronnie Drew of The Dubliners Dirty Rotten Shame, 1995 also issued as a CD single Discogs
13 Don't Be Careless Love Paul McCartney Flowers In The Dirt, 1989 EC/McCartney, EC on keys & harmonies Amazon
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 Ran Down Every Dream Tommy McLain I Ran Down Every Dream, 2022 McLain / C.C. Adcock / EC Amazon
24 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. Amazon
25 I Want To Vanish June Tabor Against The Streams, 1994 recorded on All This Useless Beauty, 1996 & live on Costello & Nieve, 1996 ---
26 I Wonder How She Knows Charles Brown Someone To Love, 1992 EC/Brown composition Amazon
27 I Won't Pretend Vale A Contraluz, 2023 This song is unreleased and unperformed by Elvis Costello. Amazon
28 I'm Coming Through Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room, 2004 music Krall, lyrics Krall/Costello Amazon
29 I've Changed My Address Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room, 2004 music Krall, lyrics Krall/Costello Amazon
30 Indigo Moon --- yet to be released (EC/ Paul McCartney) ---
31 Indoor Fireworks Nick Lowe The Rose Of England, 1985 CD, F-Beat ZL70765/Demon FIENDCD 73, also on King Of America Amazon
32 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
33 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 ---
34 Jelly Roll Ku-Umba Frank Lacy & Mingus Big Band Mingus Sings (2015) EC/Charles Mingus, CD; Sunnyside – SSC 1407 Discogs
35 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
36 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
37 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
38 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' Zucchero: Miserere (1992) EC / Zucchero Discogs
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 Amazon
43 My Hidden Heart Tommy McLain I Ran Down Every Dream (2022) EC/ C.C. Adcock Amazon
44 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
45 Narrow Daylight Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room (2004) and Single: Narrow Daylight (2004) Music Krall & lyrics Krall/Costello Amazon
46 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
47 Passionate Fight Ute Lemper Punishing Kiss (2000) Costello (lyrics) / Nieve (music) Amazon
48 Punishing Kiss Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet Short Cuts (2006) EC/MacManus/O'Riordan; Amazon
49 Punishing Kiss Ute Lemper Punishing Kiss (2000) EC/MacManus/O'Riordan; AllMusic
50 Puppet Girl Wendy James Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears (1993) EC/O'Riordan Amazon
51 Put Away Forbidden Playthings Fretwork Sit Fast (1997) EC Discogs
52 Radio Sweetheart Carlene Carter Two Sides To Every Woman (1979) EC LP; Warner BSK 3375 (US) Amazon
53 The Scarlet Tide Alison Krauss Cold Mountain soundtrack (2003) EC / T Bone Burnett Amazon
54 Shadow And Jimmy Was Not Was What Up, Dog? (1988) EC / David Was - LP; Fontana SFLP4, CAS; SFMC4, & CD; 834 291-2 Amazon
55 Shamed Into Love Rubén Blades Nothing But The Truth (1988) EC/Rubén Blades - LP; Elektra 960 754-1 Amazon
56 Shatterproof Billy Bremner A-side of single, 7"/12" (1984); and on Bash!, (1984) EC - single, Arista 557; LP, Arista 06 179 Amazon
57 Shipbuilding Robert Wyatt single, and on Nothing Can Stop Us (1982) EC/ Clive Langer, CD; Rough Trade (some CDs do not include this track!)], 7" a-side; Rough Trade RTT 115; 12" a-side; Rough Trade RTT 115T. EC on bvox Amazon
58 Speak Darkly, My Angel Anne Sofie von Otter So Many Things (2016) ASVO & Brooklyn Rider; Naïve – V5436 Discogs
59 St. Stephen's Day Murders The Chieftains The Bells Of Dublin (1991) EC/ Paddy Moloney CD- RCA 60824 Amazon
60 Stranger In The House Rachel Sweet Fool Around (1978) EC LP - Stiff SEEZ 12/Stiff-Teldec 6.23659 (Germany, green vinyl) Amazon
61 That Day Is Done Paul McCartney Flowers In The Dirt (1989) EC/ Paul McCartney LP/CD; Parlophone PCSD 106 - EC on harmonies Amazon
62 That's What Friends Are For Georgie Fame That's What Friends Are For (1979) LP/CAS; Pye N119 also on Georgie Fame At His Best (1995); CD; Castle Communications MAT CD 323 & JAZZ '81 CD (various artists) Amazon
63 This Is A Test Wendy James Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears, (1993) EC - CD & Cassette Amazon
64 This Subdues My Passion Mingus Big Band EC/Charles Mingus;
65 Three Distracted Woman Anne Sofie von Otter & The Brodsky Quartet unrecorded song cycle (1996) including "April in Orbit". EC info
66 Tommy's Coming Home Paul McCartney Flowers In The Dirt (2017) McCartney/MacManus - 2CD MPL/Capitol/UMe B0026450-02 (Expanded remastered edition) Amazon
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67 Unwanted Number, performed by For Real on Soundtrack: Grace Of My Heart [96; CD; MCA MCAD 11510 (US)] 68 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". 69 We Despise You (EC/O'Riordan), for Wendy James on Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears 70 (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]) 71 Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?, for Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave) (not recorded) 72 You Bowed Down (EC/McGuinn), for Roger McGuinn on Back From Rio [91; CD; Arista ARCD-8648 (US)] EC on bvox. 73 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" on YouTube 14 tracks  - 43:02

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