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==Lyrics==
{{King Horse}}


{{song lyrics
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{{song credits
|title = King Horse
|writer      = [[Elvis Costello]]
|performer  = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]]
|musicians  = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums
|producer    = [[Nick Lowe]]
|record_info  = October 1979, Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands and/or Eden Studios, London
|release_info = February 1980
|length      = 2:59
|albums = [[Get Happy!!]], 1980
|singles = [[Single: I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down|I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down]], 1980
|collections  = [[Girls Girls Girls]], 1989<br>[[Rock And Roll Music]], 2007
|soundtracks      =
|various_artists    =
|promos      = [[Get Happy!! (Promo Album)]], 1980<br>[[Humo presents Torhout / Werchter 1977-1981]], 1981<br>[[Punch The Clock, Trust & Get Happy!! Sampler]], 2003
|videos      =
}}<br>


{{song notes
|first = [[Concert 1980-02-06 Liverpool|February 6, 1980, Liverpool, England]]
|last = [[Concert 2019-11-02 Greensboro|November 2, 2019, Greensboro, NC]]
}}


{{song quote
| quote = The armed forces are the only other line of work that encourages such unsuitable people to travel the world. Chaos reigns at 35,000 feet over the Pacific. In my notebook I'd stumbled on some lyrics about tawdry compromise and desperate fun, mostly the work of a very naive nineteen-year-old. Now I'm looking to hang it all on the best insult to the strutting male that I can find. The cult of the stallion with medallion is in full flower. I look at the silly schoolboys making the stewardess' life a misery. I look at myself in the toilet mirror... ‘King Horse’.
| source = [[Girls Girls Girls]] liner notes, 1989.
}}


==Alternate versions==
{{song credits
|title = King Horse (Demo)
|performer  = [[Elvis Costello]]
|musicians  = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, all instruments
|producer    = [[Elvis Costello]]
|record_info  = 1979, Archipelago Studios, London
|release_info = July 28, 2003
|length      = 2:43
|albums = [[Get Happy!! (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2003
}}<br>


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{{song credits
|title = [[Back Stabbers]] / King Horse (Live 1983)
|performer  = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] (with [[The TKO Horns]])
|musicians  = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums<br>[[Jim Paterson]] - trombone<br>[[Jeff Blythe]] - saxophone<br>[[Paul Speare]] - saxophone<br>[[Dave Plews]] - trumpet
|record_info  = [[Concert 1983-09-07 Austin|September 7, 1983, Austin, TX]]
|release_info = July 28, 2003
|length      = 4:47
|albums = [[Punch The Clock (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2003
}}


==Credits==
{{thumbs header}}
* Written by: '''[[Elvis Costello]]'''
{{thumb: Get Happy!!}}
* Produced by: '''[[Nick Lowe]]'''
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* Musicians:
{{thumb: Single: I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (4-track EP)}}
:'''[[Elvis Costello]]''' - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|guitar]]
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:'''[[Steve Nieve]]''' - [[Keyboardists|keyboards]]
{{thumb: Girls Girls Girls}}
:'''[[Bruce Thomas]]''' - [[Bassists|bass]]
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:'''[[Pete Thomas]]''' - [[Drummers|drums]]
{{thumb: Punch The Clock}}
 
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==Discography==
{{thumb: Rock And Roll Music}}
'''Albums:'''
*'''[[Get Happy!!]]''', [[1980]]
*[[Get Happy!! (reissue)]], [[Rykodisc]]/[[Demon]], [[1994]]
*[[Get Happy!! (Deluxe Edition)]], [[Rhino]]/[[Edsel]], [[2003]]
 
'''Singles:'''
*[[Single: I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down|I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down]], [[1980]]
 
'''Collections:'''
*[[Girls Girls Girls]], [[1989]]
 
'''Soundtracks:'''
*none
 
'''Various Artists collections:'''
*none
 
'''Alternate Versions:'''
*'''King Horse (Demo)'''
:[[Get Happy!! (Deluxe Edition)]], [[Rhino]]/[[Edsel]], [[2003]]
::Produced by: '''[[Elvis Costello]]'''
::Musicians:
:::'''[[Elvis Costello]]''' - [[Singers|vocals]], all instruments
*'''Back Stabbers / King Horse (live at the University of Texas, Austin [[Concert 1983-09-07|1983-09-07]])'''
:[[Punch The Clock (Deluxe Edition)]], [[Rhino]]/[[Edsel]], [[2003]]
::Produced by: (none credited)
::Musicians:
:::'''[[Elvis Costello]]''' - [[Singers|vocal]], [[Guitarists|guitar]]
:::'''[[Steve Nieve]]''': [[Keyboardists|keyboards]]
:::'''[[Bruce Thomas]]''': [[Bassists|bass]]
:::'''[[Pete Thomas]]''': [[Drummers|drums]]
:::'''[[The TKO Horns]]''':
::::'''[[Jim Patterson]]''': [[Trombonists|trombone]]
::::'''[[Jeff Blythe]]''': [[Saxophonists|saxophone]]
::::'''[[Paul Speare]]''': [[Saxophonists|saxophone]]
::::'''[[Dave Plews]]''': [[Trumpet players|trumpet]]
 
==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==
{{song covers
* ''This section is incomplete.''
|covers = {{:King Horse covers}}
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==Internal Links==
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/albums.php Elvis Costello Home Page: index to lyrics and chords]
*[[Template:King Horse]]


==External Links==
==Internal links==
*[[Template: King Horse|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[King Horse covers|Covers]]


==External links==
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/gh.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Get Happy!!]


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Cheap cut satin and bad perfume
Showtime is almost here
Teased up by a strip cartoon
Laughing up your sleeve
Sniggering in your beer
He'd seen the bottom of a lot of glasses
But he'd never seen love so near
He'd seen love get so expensive
But he'd never seen love so dear

(chorus):
Now I know that you're all King Horse
Between tenderness and brute force
Now I know that you're all King Horse
Between tenderness and brute force

She can turn upon a sixpence in the mouth and trousers set
Hit the till, ring the bell, never spill a sip
And still she knows the kind of tip that she is gonna get
A lot of loose exchanges, precious little respect
When it's someone else's weekend
That's the best you can expect

(chorus)

So fond of the fabric
So fond of fabrication
From comic books to tragic
Through the heart of complications

Meanwhile back in some secluded spot
He says, "Will you please?" and she says, "Stop"
If I ever lose this good thing that I've got
I never want to hear the song you dedicated tonight
'Cause you see I knew that song so long before we met
That it means much more than it might

(chorus)
King Horse
Written byElvis Costello
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions
Produced byNick Lowe
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocals, guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
RecordedOctober 1979, Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands and/or Eden Studios, London
ReleasedFebruary 1980
AlbumsGet Happy!!, 1980
SinglesI Can't Stand Up For Falling Down, 1980
CollectionsGirls Girls Girls, 1989
Rock And Roll Music, 2007
PromosGet Happy!! (Promo Album), 1980
Humo presents Torhout / Werchter 1977-1981, 1981
Punch The Clock, Trust & Get Happy!! Sampler, 2003
Length2:59

First known performance:
 February 6, 1980, Liverpool, England
Last known performance:
 November 2, 2019, Greensboro, NC
     (314 known performances)


Eye.jpg
“The armed forces are the only other line of work that encourages such unsuitable people to travel the world. Chaos reigns at 35,000 feet over the Pacific. In my notebook I'd stumbled on some lyrics about tawdry compromise and desperate fun, mostly the work of a very naive nineteen-year-old. Now I'm looking to hang it all on the best insult to the strutting male that I can find. The cult of the stallion with medallion is in full flower. I look at the silly schoolboys making the stewardess' life a misery. I look at myself in the toilet mirror... ‘King Horse’.” — Girls Girls Girls liner notes, 1989.

Alternate versions

King Horse (Demo)
Performed byElvis Costello
Produced byElvis Costello
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocals, all instruments
Recorded1979, Archipelago Studios, London
ReleasedJuly 28, 2003
AlbumsGet Happy!! (Rhino/Edsel reissue), 2003
Length2:43

Back Stabbers / King Horse (Live 1983)
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions (with The TKO Horns)
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocal, guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
Jim Paterson - trombone
Jeff Blythe - saxophone
Paul Speare - saxophone
Dave Plews - trumpet
RecordedSeptember 7, 1983, Austin, TX
ReleasedJuly 28, 2003
AlbumsPunch The Clock (Rhino/Edsel reissue), 2003
Length4:47
Get Happy!!GH album cover large.jpg
I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down singleI Can't Stand Up For Falling Down US 7" single front sleeve.jpg
Girls Girls GirlsGGG album cover 300.jpg
Punch The ClockPunch The Clock Rhino album cover.jpg
Rock And Roll MusicRock And Roll Music album cover.jpg

Covers

Robbie Fulks performed live, 2015-03-30, The Hideout, Chicago 2015 AllMusic  •  YouTube
Jason Martin performed live, 2002-08-10, Brilliant Mistakes tribute, Albany, NY 2002 review
Steve Nieve performed live, 2020-04-24, The Daily Improvisation, France 2020 FaceBook  •  EC Fan Forum
Erich Sellheim home studio production, sung in German 2014 YouTube
Thee Skiffle Kings home studio production 2011 YouTube

Internal links

External links

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