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==Credits==
|title = Worthless Thing
* Written by: '''[[Elvis Costello]]'''
|writer = [[Elvis Costello]]
* Produced by: '''[[Clive Langer]]''' and '''[[Alan Winstanley]]'''
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]]
* Musicians:
|producer = [[Clive Langer]] & [[Alan Winstanley]]
:'''[[Elvis Costello]]''' - [[Singers|vocals]] and [[Guitarists|guitar]]
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve|Maurice Worm (''a.k.a.'' Steve Nieve)]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums<br>''see [[Goodbye Cruel World#Credits|Goodbye Cruel World credits]] for possible additional musicians''
:'''[[Steve Nieve]]''' - [[Keyboardists|keyboards]]
|record_info = February 1984, SARM West Studios, London
:'''[[Bruce Thomas]]''' - [[Bassists|bass]]
|release_info = June 18, 1984
:'''[[Pete Thomas]]''' - [[Drummers|drums]]
|albums = [[Goodbye Cruel World]], 1984
:'''[[Gary Barnacle]]''' - [[Saxophonists|saxophone]]
|singles = [[Single: I Wanna Be Loved|I Wanna Be Loved]], 1984
:'''[[Jim Paterson]]''' - [[Trombonists|trombone]]
|collections = [[Girls Girls Girls]], 1989 (CD only)<br>[[The Very Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions]], 1994
:'''[[Luis Jardim]]''' - [[Percussionists|percussion]]
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:''This section may need edits''
|various_artists =
|promos = [[Selections From Almost Blue, Goodbye Cruel World, Kojak Variety]], 2004
|videos =
|length = 3:03
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==Discography==
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'''Albums:'''
|first = [[Concert 1984-04-10 Charlottesville|April 10, 1984, Charlottesville, VA]]
*'''[[Goodbye Cruel World]]''', [[1984]]
|last = [[Concert 2015-03-05 Kansas City|March 5, 2015, Kansas City, MO]]
*[[Goodbye Cruel World (reissue)]], [[Rykodisc]]/[[Demon]], [[1995]]
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*[[Goodbye Cruel World (Deluxe Edition)]], [[Rhino]], [[2004]]
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'''Singles:'''
==Alternate versions==
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
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'''Collections:'''
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]]
*[[Discography|Album Name]], [[Discography|Year]]
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
|record_info = [[Concert 1984-04-28 San Francisco|April 28, 1984, San Francisco, CA]]
 
|release_info = February 28, 1995
'''Soundtracks:'''
|albums = [[Goodbye Cruel World (Rykodisc/Demon reissue)]], 1995<br>[[Goodbye Cruel World (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2004
* none
|length = 3:10
 
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'''Various Artists collections:'''
* none
 
==Covers==
'''Recorded by:'''
* none
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
 
'''Performed by:'''
* none
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
 
==Bootlegs==
* ''This section is incomplete.''


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==Chords==
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==Internal links==  
==Internal links==
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Goodbye Cruel World] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/gcw.html lyrics] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/gcw.html chords] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_a01.htm GCW info page 1]
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Goodbye Cruel World] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/gcw.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/gcw.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_a01.htm GCW info page 1]
*[[Template:Worthless Thing]]
*[[Template: Worthless Thing|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Worthless Thing covers|Covers]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/rhino.html Elvis Costello on Rhino] [http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/gcw.html Goodbye Cruel World resissue page]
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/gcw.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Goodbye Cruel World]
 


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Latest revision as of 05:13, 31 July 2020

How many times can you jump out of the cupboard
Before someone gets suspicious or someone gets discovered
You can live forever in a split second of fame
Come on down, the price is right, what's your name
While a crocodile makes good shoes and a dog may change his coat
I can't change what's written on your face tonight and I quote

Chorus:
Oh I wish you could see
Quite how much you could mean to me
You worthless thing
If you were ten feet taller and almost handsome
I might pay this king's ransom
You worthless thing

They commit blue murder along Union Avenue
Then they sell you souvenir matches
Nightclubs full of grave robbers from Memphis, Tennessee
And Las Vegas body snatchers
And he's carrying a warning, can't you see how his eyes glint?
Keep your bloody hands off my life, your affectionate fingerprint

(Chorus)

All the cars and pills and girls who tore his shirt to tatters
Do you know how tall he was 'cos that is all that really matters?
Do you know his mother's last name, do you think that he's divine?
You've seen the film, you've read the book
You're drinking vintage Elvis Presley wine

Bored out of your tiny mind while life is twice as large
They'll cut her down to size on television
She's available and beautiful, but with more time to devote
They're going to take this cable now and stick it down your throat
So this is an obituary which should be right and fitting
For every clockwork cat and conceivable kitten

(Chorus)
Worthless Thing
Written byElvis Costello
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions
Produced byClive Langer & Alan Winstanley
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocals, guitar
Maurice Worm (a.k.a. Steve Nieve) - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
see Goodbye Cruel World credits for possible additional musicians
RecordedFebruary 1984, SARM West Studios, London
ReleasedJune 18, 1984
AlbumsGoodbye Cruel World, 1984
SinglesI Wanna Be Loved, 1984
CollectionsGirls Girls Girls, 1989 (CD only)
The Very Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1994
PromosSelections From Almost Blue, Goodbye Cruel World, Kojak Variety, 2004
Length3:03

First known performance:
 April 10, 1984, Charlottesville, VA
Last known performance:
 March 5, 2015, Kansas City, MO
     (100 known performances)


Alternate versions

Worthless Thing (Live 1984)
Performed byElvis Costello
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocal, guitar
RecordedApril 28, 1984, San Francisco, CA
ReleasedFebruary 28, 1995
AlbumsGoodbye Cruel World (Rykodisc/Demon reissue), 1995
Goodbye Cruel World (Rhino/Edsel reissue), 2004
Length3:10
Goodbye Cruel WorldGCW album cover large.jpg

Covers

Erich Sellheim home studio production, sung in German 2019 YouTube

Internal links

External links

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