Songs written for other artists
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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) | |
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1 | Abandoned Masquerade | Diana Krall | The Girl In The Other Room, 2004 | music by Diana, lyrics by Elvis | --- | |
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 | --- | |
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 | --- | ||
10 | Departure Bay | Diana Krall | The Girl In The Other Room, 2004 | music Krall, lyrics Krall/Costello | --- | |
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 | --- | ||
15 | Earthbound | Wendy James | Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears, 1993 | EC/O'Riordan composition | --- | |
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. | --- | |
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 | --- | |
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 | --- | |
27 | I've Changed My Address | Diana Krall | The Girl In The Other Room, 2004 | music Krall, lyrics Krall/Costello | --- | |
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 | ||||
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 | Speak Darkly, My Angel | Anne Sofie von Otter | So Many Things (2016) | ASVO & Brooklyn Rider; Naïve – V5436 | Discogs | |
45 | This Subdues My Passion | Mingus Big Band | EC/Charles Mingus; | |||
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- The Miranda Syndrome (EC/Ruben Blades), for Ruben Blades on Nothing But The Truth [88; CD/LP/CAS; Elektra 960 754-2/1/4], EC plays acoustic guitar.
- Miss Mary (EC/Zucchero), for Zucchero 'Sugar' Fornaciari's on Miserere [92; CD/MC; Polydor 513 682-2/4 (US), London 517 097-2/4 (France)]. EC is possibly part of the backing choir.
- Mistress And Maid (EC/McCartney), for Paul McCartney on Off The Ground [93; CD; Parlophone CDPCSD 125] & OFF THE GROUND-THE COMPLETE WORKS [93; 2xCD; Parlophone CDEQ 5010].
- Narrow Daylight (music Krall & lyrics Krall/Costello), for Diana Krall on The Girl In The Other Room [2004; CD] and Single: Narrow Daylight [2004-05-__; CD5; Verve 9866818 (UK)])
- The Other End Of The Telescope (EC/Aimee Mann), for 'Til Tuesday on Everything's Different Now [89; CD/LP; Epic EPC 460737] & Coming up Close: A Retrospective [CD (enhanced); Epic Legacy EK 64944], EC on bvox
- Passionate Fight, for Ute Lemper on Punishing Kiss [2000-04-04; CD]
- 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]
- Puppet Girl (EC/O'Riordan), for Wendy James on Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears
- Put Away Forbidden Playthings, for Fretwork on Sit Fast, 1997
- Radio Sweetheart, for Carlene Carter on Two Sides To Every Woman [79; LP; Warner BSK 3375 (US)]
- The Scarlet Tide [Costello/T Bone Burnett], for Alison Krauss on Cold Mountain soundtrack [2003-12-__; CD]
- 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])
- Shamed Into Love (EC/Ruben Blades), for Ruben Blades on Nothing But The Truth [88; Elektra 960 754-1]
- Shatterproof, for Billy Bremmer (a-side of single [84; 7"/12"; Arista 557] and on Bash! [Arista 06 179])
- 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)
- St. Stephen's Day Murders, for The Chieftains on The Bells Of Dublin [91; CD; RCA 60824]
- Stranger In The House, for Rachel Sweet on Fool Around [78; LP; Stiff SEEZ 12/Stiff-Teldec 6.23659 (Germany, green vinyl)]
- That Day Is Done (EC/McCartney), for Paul McCartney on Flowers In The Dirt [89; LP/CD; Parlophone PCSD 106] EC on harmonies
- 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]
- This Is A Test, for Wendy James on Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears
- Three Distracted Woman, song cycle for Anne Sofie von Otter and the Brodsky Quartet
- Tommy's Coming Home [McCartney/MacManus], unreleased
- 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 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 Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears
- (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])
- Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?, for Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave) (not recorded)
- You Bowed Down (EC/McGuinn), for Roger McGuinn on Back From Rio [91; CD; Arista ARCD-8648 (US)] EC on bvox.
- 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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