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==Alternate lyrics== | |||
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''' | {{song credits | ||
|title = The Only Flame In Town | |||
|writer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] | |||
|producer = [[Clive Langer]] & [[Alan Winstanley]] | |||
|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>[[Gary Barnacle]] - saxophone<br>[[Daryl Hall]] - vocals<br>''see [[Goodbye Cruel World#Credits|Goodbye Cruel World credits]] for possible additional musicians'' | |||
|record_info = February 1984, SARM West Studios, London | |||
|release_info = June 18, 1984 | |||
|albums = [[Goodbye Cruel World]], 1984 | |||
|singles = [[The Only Flame In Town (single)|The Only Flame In Town]], 1984 (edit on at least some 7" singles) | |||
|collections = [[The Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions]], 1985 (edit)<br>[[Singles, Volume 3]], 2003 (edit) | |||
|soundtracks = | |||
|various_artists = | |||
|promos = [[Columbia Retail In-Store Sampler]], 1984 <br>[[Save The Children]], 1985 (excerpt)<br>[[Punch The World]], 1995<br>[[Promo: Visa Sampler|Visa Sampler]], 2007 | |||
|videos = [[The Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The Videos]], 2005 | |||
|length = 4:01 (album version)<br>3:35 (single edit) | |||
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|first = [[Concert 1984-02-13 Strasbourg|February 13, 1984, Strasbourg, France]] | |||
|last = {{2024}} | |||
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==Alternate versions== | |||
{{song credits | |||
|title = The Only Flame In Town (Version Discotheque) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] | |||
|producer = [[Clive Langer]] & [[Alan Winstanley]] | |||
|release_info = August 1984 | |||
|collections = [[Singles, Volume 3]], 2003 | |||
|singles = [[Single: The Only Flame In Town|The Only Flame In Town]], 1984 | |||
|length = 4:38 | |||
|note = This remix is also known as the "Special Mix" and "Long Version". | |||
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{{song credits | |||
|title = The Only Flame In Town (Alternate Version) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] | |||
|producer = [[Clive Langer]] & [[Alan Winstanley]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums | |||
|record_info = February 1984, SARM West Studios, London | |||
|release_info = July 26, 2004 | |||
|albums = [[Goodbye Cruel World (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2004 | |||
|length = 4:04 | |||
}}<br> | |||
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|title = The Only Flame In Town (Live 1984) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar | |||
|record_info = [[Concert 1984-04-28 San Francisco|April 28, 1984, San Francisco, CA]] | |||
|release_info = February 28, 1995 | |||
|albums = [[Goodbye Cruel World (Rykodisc/Demon reissue)]], 1995<br>[[Goodbye Cruel World (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2004 | |||
|length = 4:12 | |||
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== | {{song credits | ||
|title = The Only Flame In Town (Demo) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, all instruments | |||
|record_info = possibly late 1980s-early 1990s, unknown location | |||
|release_info = August 21, 2001 | |||
|albums = [[All This Useless Beauty (Rhino reissue)]], 2001 | |||
|length = 4:11 | |||
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{{thumb: The Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions}} | |||
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{{thumb: Singles, Volume 3}} | |||
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|covers = {{:The Only Flame In Town covers}} | |||
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==Chords== | ==Chords== | ||
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reissues. | reissues. | ||
==Internal links== | ==Internal links== | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Goodbye Cruel World] | *[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:The Only Flame In Town]] | *[[Template: The Only Flame In Town|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Template: The Only Flame In Town (demo)|Alternate lyrics]] {{-}} [[The Only Flame In Town covers|Covers]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.inanotherroom.com/gcw.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Goodbye Cruel World] | ||
[[Category:1984]] | [[Category:1984]] | ||
[[Category:Goodbye Cruel World]] | |||
[[Category:All This Useless Beauty]] | |||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Lyrics]] | |||
[[Category:Duets]] | [[Category:Duets]] | ||
[[Category:Chords]] | [[Category:Chords]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Alternate lyrics]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Alternate versions]] |
Latest revision as of 14:59, 11 April 2024
I know a girl got my mind in a mess
Alternate lyricsAlternate lyrics for verses one and two from the demo version on the 2001 Rhino reissue of All This Useless Beauty
I know a girl got my mind in a mess |
First known performance: Alternate versions
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Covers
Jeff Fowler | home studio session | 2022 | YouTube |
Jafrosax | Tribute To Elvis Costello | 2007 | Amazon • Amazon.co.jp |
Frank Royster | Beyond Belief: A Tribute To Elvis Costello | 2014 | Amazon |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2019 | YouTube |
Chords
C#m G#m F#m (4 times) E F#m I know a girl, got my mind in a mess G#m A G#m F#m I never heard her say goodnight and God bless B E She's not the only flame in town E F#m G#m A G#m F#m E And when we're alone, we never quarrel I'm miles away, now here's the moral E She's not the only flame in town *E G#m F#m A G#m B A Chorus: A B G#m C#m She's not the only flame in town D E She's got to stop thinking that I'm A G#m F#m B Carrying this torch around He struck a match and it lit up her face We should have struck a match, girl To burn down the whole place Now you're not the only flame in town But you blew hot and cold Turn my heart to a cinder And with each passing day You're less tender and more tinder Now you're not the only flame in the town Chorus C#m G#m F#m (4 times) Thought I saw your face in the fire But it's so hard to remember Even an inferno can cool down to an ember B G#m Now you're not the only flame C#m You're not the only flame C B You're not the only flame C#m G#m F#m ... in town C#m G#m F#m (repeat and fade) *The keyboard, the only instrument actually making chords, cuts out here and the bass and saxophone play the root notes of these chords. The easier, and possibly better sounding, alternative for playing on guitar is an E F#m G#m A walkup, as is used on the alternate versions on the Goodbye Cruel World reissues.
Internal links
- Elvis Costello Home Page: Goodbye Cruel World • lyrics • chords • GCW info page 1
- Lyrics • Alternate lyrics • Covers