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|lyrics = {{My Thief}} | |||
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{{song credits | |||
|title = My Thief | |||
|writer = [[Burt Bacharach]] & [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] with [[Burt Bacharach]] | |||
|producer = [[Burt Bacharach]] & [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|arranger = [[Burt Bacharach]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - voice<br>[[Burt Bacharach]] - grand piano, conductor<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - second grand piano<br>[[Jim Keltner]] - drums<br>[[Greg Cohen]] - bass<br>[[Dean Parks]] - guitar<br>[[Lisa Taylor]] - vocal solo<br>''plus [[Painted From Memory#Credits|additional musicians]]'' | |||
|record_info = June-July 1998, Ocean Way, Los Angeles | |||
|release_info = September 28, 1998 | |||
|albums = [[Painted From Memory]], 1998<br> | |||
[[The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello]], 2023 | |||
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|various_artists = | |||
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|length = 4:17 | |||
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{{song notes | |||
|first = [[Concert 1998-10-13 New York|October 13, 1998, New York, NY]] | |||
|last = [[Concert 2023-09-07 Dublin|September 7, 2023, Dublin, Ireland]] | |||
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| quote = This song is about a man who has the same dream every night – it’s a bad dream, it’s a haunting dream. He dreams of the woman that’s left him, but he hopes that every night this dream will come to him, because that’s all that he has left of her. | |||
| source = Elvis' spoken introduction to [[My Thief]] on [[Sessions At West 54th]]. | |||
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== | ==Alternate versions== | ||
{{song credits | |||
|title = My Thief (Live 1998) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] with [[Burt Bacharach]] | |||
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|record_info = [[TV 1998-10-18 Sessions At West 54th|October 18, 1998, Sony Music Studios, New York]] | |||
|release_info = December 8, 1998 | |||
|videos = [[Sessions At West 54th]], 1998 | |||
|length = | |||
}} | |||
{{song credits | |||
|title = My Thief (Live 1999) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] with [[Steve Nieve]] | |||
|musicians = | |||
|record_info = [[Concert 1999-02-08 Tokyo|February 8, 1999, Nakano Sun Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, Japan]] | |||
|release_info = March 3, 2023 | |||
|albums = [[The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello]], 2023 | |||
|length = 5:20 | |||
}} | |||
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{{thumb: Painted From Memory}} | |||
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{{thumb: Sessions At West 54th}} | |||
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[[image:The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello album cover.jpg|99px|center|link=The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello]] | |||
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|covers = {{:Elvis Costello covers: My Thief}} | |||
}} | |||
==Internal links== | ==Internal links== | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/pfm/pfm.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Painted From Memory] | *[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:My Thief]] | *[[Template: My Thief|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Elvis Costello covers: My Thief|Covers]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://inanotherroom.com/pfm.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Painted From Memory] | |||
[[Category:1998]] | [[Category:1998]] | ||
[[Category:Painted From Memory]] | |||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Lyrics]] | [[Category:Lyrics]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Alternate versions]] | ||
[[Category:Burt Bacharach]] |
Latest revision as of 22:52, 17 February 2024
When I go to sleep, you become my thief |
First known performance:
“This song is about a man who has the same dream every night – it’s a bad dream, it’s a haunting dream. He dreams of the woman that’s left him, but he hopes that every night this dream will come to him, because that’s all that he has left of her.” — Elvis' spoken introduction to My Thief on Sessions At West 54th.
Alternate versions
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Covers
Cole Fortier & Jon Longtin | performed live, July 2021, The Space, SUNY Potsdam, New York. | 2021 | YouTube |
Don Byron & Bill Frisell | The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello | 2023 | AllMusic • YouTube • Amazon |
Bill Frisell | The Sweetest Punch | 1999 | AllMusic • Wikipedia • Amazon |
Gwyneth Herbert & Will Rutter | First Songs | 2003 | AllMusic • Amazon |
Gwyneth Herbert & Will Rutter | performed live, Pizza Express Jazz Club, London | 2003 | link |
Steve Nieve | instrumental performed live, 2020-12-10, The Immobile Tour, France | 2020 |