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|lyrics = {{Clowntime Is Over}} | |||
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|title = Clowntime Is Over | |||
|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 = 2:57 | |||
|albums = [[Get Happy!!]], 1980 | |||
|singles = | |||
|collections = [[Girls Girls Girls]] (cassette), 1989 | |||
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|promos = [[Get Happy!! (Promo Album)]], 1980 | |||
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|first = [[Concert 1979-08-28 Copenhagen|August 28, 1979, Copenhagen, Denmark]] | |||
|last = [[Concert 2023-06-27 Interlochen|June 27, 2023, Interlochen, MI]] | |||
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==Alternate versions== | |||
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|title = Clowntime Is Over No. 2 | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] | |||
|producer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums | |||
|record_info = October 1979, Eden Studios, London | |||
|release_info = April 1980 | |||
|length = 3:43 | |||
|albums = [[Get Happy!! (Rykodisc/Demon reissue)]], 1994<br>[[Get Happy!! (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2003 | |||
|singles = [[Single: High Fidelity|High Fidelity]], 1980 | |||
|collections = [[Taking Liberties]], 1980<br>[[Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers]], 1980<br>[[Singles, Volume 2]], 2003 | |||
|promos = [[Punch The Clock, Trust & Get Happy!! Sampler]], 2003 | |||
}}<br> | |||
{{song credits | |||
|title = [[Alison]] / [[Living A Little, Laughing A Little]] / [[Tracks Of My Tears]] / [[Tears Of A Clown]] / [[No More Tearstained Make-Up]] / [[Clowntime Is Over]] (Live 1996) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello|Costello]] & [[Steve Nieve|Nieve]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards | |||
|record_info = [[Concert 1996-05-22 New York (early)|May 22, 1996, New York, NY]] | |||
|release_info = December 3, 1996 | |||
|length = 6:16 | |||
|albums = [[Costello & Nieve]], 1996 | |||
|promos = [[Live At The Supper Club, New York]], 1996 | |||
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{{thumb: Singles, Volume 2}} | |||
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|covers = {{:Clowntime Is Over covers}} | |||
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==Chords== | ==Chords== | ||
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==Internal | ==Internal links== | ||
*[ | *[[Template: Clowntime Is Over|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Clowntime Is Over covers|Covers]] | ||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/gh.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Get Happy!!] | |||
[[Category:1980]] | |||
[[Category:Get Happy!!]] | |||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Lyrics]] | [[Category:Lyrics]] | ||
[[Category:Chords]] | [[Category:Chords]] | ||
[[Category:Alternate versions]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:30, 5 October 2023
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Tears on your blackmail |
First known performance: Alternate versions
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Covers
| Steve Nieve | instrumental, performed live, 2020-04-24, The Daily Improvisation, France | 2020 | Facebook - 8:55 |
| Radio Costello | performed live, 2023-10-01, The Rhodehouse, Sutton Coldfield, England | 2023 |
| Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2014 | YouTube |
Chords
[C] [F] [C] [Ab] [C]Tears on your [F]blackmail [Am]Written turn to [Dm]ransom [C]A point of the [F]fingernail [Am]Says he's so [Dm]handsome Chorus: [C]Clowntime is [F]over [Ab]Time to take [Fm]over [C]While others just [F]talk and talk [Am]Somebody's [Dm]watching where the others don't walk[G] [G]Clowntime is over [C] [F] [C] [Ab] [C]A voice in the [F]shadows [Am]Says that his [Dm]men know [C]He don't step [F]back as expected [Am]He's otherwise [Dm] unprotected (Chorus) [C]Almost too [F]good to be true [Am]Who do you [Dm]What do you Why do you [C]do? While everybody's [F]hiding under covers [Am]Who's making lover's lane [Dm]safe again for lovers? (Chorus)
