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| [[I Ran Down Every Dream]]
| [[Tommy McLain]]
| ''[[Tommy McLain: I Ran Down Every Dream|I Ran Down Every Dream]]'', 2022
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| [[I Want To Stand Forever]]
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| [[I Wonder How She Knows]]
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| [[I've Changed My Address]]  
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| [[Diana Krall]]
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| Indigo Moon   
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| [[Indoor Fireworks]]  
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|  Nick Lowe
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| [[Invisible Lady]]
| [[Invisible Lady]]
| [[Charles Mingus Orchestra]]  
| [[Charles Mingus Orchestra]]  
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| [https://www.discogs.com/master/830188-Mingus-Big-Band-Introducing-The-Charles-Mingus-Orchestra-Tonight-At-Noon-Three-Or-Four-Shades-Of-Lov Discogs]
| [https://www.discogs.com/master/830188-Mingus-Big-Band-Introducing-The-Charles-Mingus-Orchestra-Tonight-At-Noon-Three-Or-Four-Shades-Of-Lov Discogs]
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| [[It's Not Too Late]]
| [[It's Not Too Late]]
| [[T-Bone Burnett]]
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| [[Jelly Roll]]
| [[Jelly Roll]]
| Ku-Umba Frank Lacy & [[Mingus Big Band]]
| Ku-Umba Frank Lacy & [[Mingus Big Band]]
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| [[The Lovers That Never Were]]  
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| [https://www.discogs.com/master/93701-Paul-McCartney-Off-The-Ground Discogs]
| [https://www.discogs.com/master/93701-Paul-McCartney-Off-The-Ground Discogs]
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| [[Maureen And Sam]]
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| [[Allan Mayes]]
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| [[The Miranda Syndrome]]
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| [[Rubén Blades]]
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| [[Miss Mary]]  
| [[Miss Mary]]  
| Zucchero 'Sugar' Fornaciari'
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| [[Mistress And Maid]]
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| [[My Brave Face]]   
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| Paul McCartney
| Paul McCartney
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| [[The Nameless One]]
| [[The Nameless One]]
| [[Wendy James]]
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| [https://www.discogs.com/master/74110-Wendy-James-Now-Aint-The-Time-For-Your-Tears Discogs]
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| [[Narrow Daylight]]  
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| [[Diana Krall]]
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| [[The Other End Of The Telescope]]
| [[The Other End Of The Telescope]]
| 'Til Tuesday
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| [[Passionate Fight]]
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| [[Ute Lemper]]
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| [[Punishing Kiss]]
| [[Annie Ross]] and the Low Note Quintet
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| [[Puppet Girl]]
| [[Wendy James]]
| ''[[Wendy James: Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears|Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears]]'' (1993)
|  EC/O'Riordan
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| [[Speak Darkly, My Angel]]
| [[Speak Darkly, My Angel]]
| [[Anne Sofie von Otter]]
| [[Anne Sofie von Otter]]
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| [[This Subdues My Passion]]
| [[This Subdues My Passion]]
| [[Mingus Big Band]]
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# [[Punishing Kiss]] (EC/MacManus/O'Riordan), for Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet on [[Soundtrack : Short Cuts|Short Cuts]] [93: CD; Imago-BMG 72787 210142 (Germany)]), for Ute Lemper on [[Ute Lemper: Punishing Kiss|Punishing Kiss]] [2000-04-04; CD]
# [[Punishing Kiss]] (EC/MacManus/O'Riordan), for Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet on [[Soundtrack : Short Cuts|Short Cuts]] [93: CD; Imago-BMG 72787 210142 (Germany)]), for Ute Lemper on [[Ute Lemper: Punishing Kiss|Punishing Kiss]] [2000-04-04; CD]
# [[Puppet Girl]] (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]]
# [[Put Away Forbidden Playthings]], for Fretwork on [[Fretwork: Sit Fast|Sit Fast]], 1997  
# [[Put Away Forbidden Playthings]], for Fretwork on [[Fretwork: Sit Fast|Sit Fast]], 1997  
# [[Radio Sweetheart]], for Carlene Carter on [[Carlene Carter: Two Sides To Every Woman|Two Sides To Every Woman]] [79; LP; Warner BSK 3375 (US)]
# [[Radio Sweetheart]], for Carlene Carter on [[Carlene Carter: Two Sides To Every Woman|Two Sides To Every Woman]] [79; LP; Warner BSK 3375 (US)]

Revision as of 21:18, 2 October 2022

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 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. ---
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 ---
27 I'm Coming Through Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room, 2004 music Krall, lyrics Krall/Costello Amazon
28 I've Changed My Address Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room, 2004 music Krall, lyrics Krall/Costello Amazon
29 Indigo Moon --- yet to be released (EC/ Paul McCartney) ---
30 Indoor Fireworks Nick Lowe The Rose Of England, 1985 CD, F-Beat ZL70765/Demon FIENDCD 73, also on King Of America ---
31 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
32 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 ---
33 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
36 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
37 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.
38 The Miranda Syndrome Rubén Blades Nothing But The Truth (1988) Amazon
39 Miss Mary Zucchero 'Sugar' Fornaciari'
40 Mistress And Maid Paul McCartney Off The Ground (1993) EC/McCartney
41 My Brave Face Paul McCartney Flowers In The Dirt (1989) MacManus/McCartney, LP/CD; Parlophone PCSD 106 --
42 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
43 Narrow Daylight Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room (2004) and Single: Narrow Daylight (2004) Music Krall & lyrics Krall/Costello Amazon
44 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
45 Passionate Fight Ute Lemper Punishing Kiss (2000) Costello (lyrics) / Nieve (music) Amazon
46 Punishing Kiss Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet
47 Puppet Girl Wendy James Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears (1993) EC/O'Riordan Amazon
48 Speak Darkly, My Angel Anne Sofie von Otter So Many Things (2016) ASVO & Brooklyn Rider; Naïve – V5436 Discogs
49 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. Put Away Forbidden Playthings, for Fretwork on Sit Fast, 1997
  3. Radio Sweetheart, for Carlene Carter on Two Sides To Every Woman [79; LP; Warner BSK 3375 (US)]
  4. The Scarlet Tide [Costello/T Bone Burnett], for Alison Krauss on Cold Mountain soundtrack [2003-12-__; CD]
  5. 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])
  6. Shamed Into Love (EC/Ruben Blades), for Ruben Blades on Nothing But The Truth [88; Elektra 960 754-1]
  7. Shatterproof, for Billy Bremmer (a-side of single [84; 7"/12"; Arista 557] and on Bash! [Arista 06 179])
  8. 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)
  9. St. Stephen's Day Murders, for The Chieftains on The Bells Of Dublin [91; CD; RCA 60824]
  10. Stranger In The House, for Rachel Sweet on Fool Around [78; LP; Stiff SEEZ 12/Stiff-Teldec 6.23659 (Germany, green vinyl)]
  11. That Day Is Done (EC/McCartney), for Paul McCartney on Flowers In The Dirt [89; LP/CD; Parlophone PCSD 106] EC on harmonies
  12. 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]
  13. This Is A Test, for Wendy James on Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears
  14. Three Distracted Woman, song cycle for Anne Sofie von Otter and the Brodsky Quartet
  15. Tommy's Coming Home [McCartney/MacManus], unreleased
  16. Unwanted Number, performed by For Real on Soundtrack: Grace Of My Heart [96; CD; MCA MCAD 11510 (US)]
  17. 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".
  18. We Despise You (EC/O'Riordan), for Wendy James on Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears
  19. (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])
  20. Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?, for Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave) (not recorded)
  21. You Bowed Down (EC/McGuinn), for Roger McGuinn on Back From Rio [91; CD; Arista ARCD-8648 (US)] EC on bvox.
  22. 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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