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|record_info = June-July 1998, Ocean Way, Los Angeles
|record_info = June-July 1998, Ocean Way, Los Angeles
|release_info = September 28, 1998
|release_info = September 28, 1998
|albums = [[Painted From Memory]], 1998
|albums = [[Painted From Memory]], 1998<br>
|singles = [[Single: This House Is Empty Now|This House Is Empty Now]], 1998<br>[[Single: She|She]], 1999
[[The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello]], 2023
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|singles = [[Single: This House Is Empty Now|This House Is Empty Now]], 1998<br>[[Single: She|She]], 1999<br>[[Single: The Sweetest Punch|The Sweetest Punch]], 1999<br>
|collections = [[Pomp & Pout: The Universal Years]], 2010
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==Internal links==  
==Internal links==  
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/pfm/pfm.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Painted From Memory] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/pfm.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/pfm/pfm_info_a01.htm PFM info page 1]
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/pfm/pfm.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Painted From Memory] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/pfm.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/pfm/pfm_info_a01.htm PFM info page 1]
*[[Template: The Sweetest Punch (song)|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Template: Elvis Costello covers: The Sweetest Punch|Covers]]
*[[Template: The Sweetest Punch (song)|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Elvis Costello covers: The Sweetest Punch|Covers]]


==External links==
==External links==
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[[Category:Songs]]
[[Category:Lyrics]]
[[Category:Lyrics]]
[[Category:Burt Bacharach]]

Latest revision as of 13:28, 20 March 2023

You only saw red after I said, "How can we continue?"
Hidden from your view in the blue corner that I painted myself into
Then we started to fight and it changed everything
Here's the ring

You dropped the band, I can't understand it
Not after all we've been through
Words start to fly, my glass jaw and I
Will find one to walk right into
You knocked me out
It was the sweetest punch
The bell goes...

I can hear it ringing, but I didn't see it coming
We all say things we don't mean
You can't take it back
Now the room is spinning, but was I the last to notice?
I can see I'll never win
So if you're going, then you better go to him
Then you better go to him

I only saw stars, I dropped my guard, and that's how it ended
What was I to do in the blue corner where I seemed to hang suspended?
Then with seconds to go, you delivered the blow
Here I go

You dropped the band, I can't understand it
Not after all we've been through
Words start to fly, my glass jaw and I
Will find one to walk right into
You knocked me out
It was the sweetest punch
The bell goes...

I can hear it ringing, but I didn't see it coming
We all say things we don't mean
You can't take it back
Now the room is spinning, but was I the last to notice?
I can see I'll never win
So if you're going, then you better go to him
Then you better go to him
The Sweetest Punch
Written byBurt Bacharach & Elvis Costello
Performed byElvis Costello with Burt Bacharach
Produced byBurt Bacharach & Elvis Costello
Arranged byBurt Bacharach
MusiciansElvis Costello - voice
Burt Bacharach - piano, conductor
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Jim Keltner - drums
Greg Cohen - bass
Dean Parks - guitar
Donna Taylor, Lisa Taylor, Sue-Ann Carwell - vocal group
plus additional musicians
RecordedJune-July 1998, Ocean Way, Los Angeles
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1998
AlbumsPainted From Memory, 1998
The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello, 2023
SinglesThis House Is Empty Now, 1998
She, 1999
The Sweetest Punch, 1999
CollectionsPomp & Pout: The Universal Years, 2010
Length4:07

First known performance:
 October 13, 1998, New York, NY
Last known performance:
 May 1, 1999, Stockholm, Sweden
     (7 known performances)


Painted From MemoryPFM album cover large.jpg
Single: This House Is Empty NowThis House Is Empty Now CD single front insert.jpg
Single: SheShe (Part 1) UK CD single front insert.jpg
Pomp & Pout: The Universal YearsPomp & Pout The Universal Years album cover.jpg
The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello album cover.jpg

Covers

Luke Kennedy and Bobby Fox performed live 2014-09-24, City Recital Hall, Sydney, Australia 2014 AllMusic  •  info  •  YouTube
Bill Frisell The Sweetest Punch 1999 AllMusic  •  Wikipedia  •  Amazon
Steve Nieve performed live, 2020-12-10, The Immobile Tour, France 2020 Facebook

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External links

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