In June, Costello had a hit as a songwriter when Dave Edmunds released his recording of " Girls Talk", a song Costello had written but not yet recorded. [244] Edmunds version reached number 4 on the British singles chart and number 65 on Billboard Hot 100. [245] [246] 1980s [ edit ] Smith, Courtney E. "Elvis Costello Opens Up About 1979 Racial Slurs in Interview With ?uestlove". Radio.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015 . Retrieved 10 August 2015.

Armed Forces debuted at number 2 on the UK album chart, its highest position, and spent 28 weeks on the chart. [221] It sold 300,000 copies (BPI certified Platinum) in the UK by June 1979. [222] In the US, Armed Forces sold 500,000 copies (RIAA certified Gold) before the end of February. [178] The albums spent 25 weeks on the US album chart, peaking at number 10 in mid-March. [179] Search the Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association / Irishcharts.ie . Retrieved 12 August 2012. Insert Charles Aznavour in the field Artist , then press Search . Costello, Elvis (2009). The Best Of Bill Frisell, Vol. 1: Folk Songs liner notes (inset). Nonesuch Records.Marinella Venegoni (5 March 2006). "Le glorie canore nazionali alla finale del Festival. Povia sbanca con gli sms dei bambini". La Stampa (in Italian). p.27. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012 . Retrieved 12 August 2012. The song peaked at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for four weeks; it was certified silver for shipments exceeding 300,000 units. It also reached number 1 in the Irish Charts, spending one week at the top. It was less popular outside the UK (where Seven Faces of Woman did not air); in France, the song narrowly missed the top 40, and in the United States, it failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and charted on the lower end of the easy listening charts. Joker Out releases duet with Elvis Costello after successful Eurovision tour". ESCBubble. 21 April 2023 . Retrieved 23 May 2023. Clayton-Lea, Tony (15 January 2022). "Elvis Costello: 'What you get is this face and this voice that has changed' ". The Irish Times.

Costello, Elvis (1983). Everyday I Write the Song. Plangent Visions Music. ISBN 978-0-7119-1842-9. sheet music as "Stone Deaf A&R Man" in The Bullshitters, a movie made by members of the comedy troupe The Comic Strip, first aired on Channel 4 Marziano, Alfredo (1 September 2023). "Carmen Consoli ed Elvis Costello, la sorellina giudiziosa e il fratellone scapestrato". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian) . Retrieved 20 September 2023. Elvis Costello, Singles, Watchin' the Detectives [show Chart Facts]". Official Charts . Retrieved 7 February 2019.

Costello was commissioned to write a chamber opera by the Danish Royal Opera, Copenhagen, on the subject of Hans Christian Andersen's infatuation with Swedish soprano Jenny Lind. Called The Secret Songs, it remained unfinished. [278] In a performance in 2007 directed by Kasper Bech Holten at the Opera's studio theatre ( Takelloftet), finished songs were interspersed with pieces from Costello's 1993 collaborative classical album The Juliet Letters, featuring Danish soprano Sine Bundgaard as Lind. The 2009 album Secret, Profane & Sugarcane includes material from Secret Songs. Elvis Costello made his reputation as a singer/songwriter, but his best song by far is “She”, a song that you may not know is actually a cover. “She” is a song that was written for a TV show overseas. The original is underwhelming, if only because of the heavy accent of the original singer is a bit distracting. Costello delivers the song passionately, though it is slightly overproduced with the string arrangement. She Lyrics Willman, Chris (16 September 2021). "Elvis Costello on the Endurance of 'This Year's Model,' and What's Gained in Translation With New 'Spanish Model' ". Variety. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021 . Retrieved 12 December 2021. Costello, Elvis (January 2014). "The best thing I've heard all year". Mojo. London: Bauer Media Group. Avila, Daniela (10 February 2023). "Burt Bacharach Was Mike Myers' Inspiration Behind the "Austin Powers" Film Franchise". People.com.

Leeteuk (이특) Korean singer and member of the group Super Junior sang it as his solo part in their concert Super Show 4 in 2011/2012 and is recorded on their live album released in July 2013a b Garner, Dwight (9 October 2015). "Review: Elvis Costello's 'Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink,' a Memoir". The New York Times . Retrieved 12 June 2018. Costello, Elvis (2004). Almost Blue (reissue) (CD liner notes). Elvis Costello and the Attractions. US: Rhino Records. R2 76485.