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A list of ELVIS COSTELLO songs
(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes (1977)
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding (1978)
45 (2002)
A Voice In The Dark (2010)
Accidents Will Happen (1979)
Alison (1977)
All These Strangers (2010)
Almost Blue (1982)
Beyond Belief (1982)
Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter (2018)
Everyday I Write The Book (1983)
Hetty O'Hara Confidential (2020)
Hey Clockface/How Can You Face Me? (2020)
High Fidelity (1980)
I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (1980)
I'm In The Mood Again (2003)
Imperial Bedroom (1994)
Jimmie Standing in the Rain (2010)
Less Than Zero (1977)
Let Him Dangle (1989)
My Lovely Jezebel (2010)
Mystery Dance (1977)
National Ransom (2010)
New Lace Sleeves (1981)
No Flag (2020)
Oliver's Army (1979)
One Bell Ringing (2010)
Peace in Our Time (1984)
Penelope Halfpenny (2022)
Pump It Up (1978)
Radio Radio (1978)
Red Cotton (2009)
Shipbuilding (1983)
Someone Took the Words Away (2003)
Sulphur to Sugarcane (2009)
The Crooked Line (2009)
The Death Of Magic Thinking (2022)
The Puppet Has Cut His Strings (2013)
The Spell That You Cast (2010)
This Year's Girl (1978)
Tramp The Dirt Down (1989)
Under Lime (2018)
Veronica (1989)
Watching The Detectives (1977)
When I Was Cruel No. 2 (2002)
Winter (1969)
You Hung the Moon (2010)
You Shouldn't Look At Me That Way (2017)
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Good year for the roses
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Days
Accidents Will Happen

If Days doesn't count:

(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
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An absolutely impossible task to narrow it down to three.

Here's how I'm feeling at the moment.........

Miracle Man
Town Cryer
13 Steps Lead Down

And a special mention for the song that should be near and dear to every Leeds fan's heart:

(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea
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Good Year For The Roses
In The Darkest Place
This House Is Empty Now

The latter two songs from the album, Elvis joined up with Burt Bacharach.
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Elvis Costello Scoreboard

23 Oliver's Army
17 Good Year For The Roses
08 I Don't Wanna Go To Chelsea
06 Watching The Detectives
06 Alison
06 Accidents Will Happen
06 Shipbuilding
04 Radio Radio
04 Pump It Up
03 Every Day I Write The Book
03 Veronica
03 I can't Stand Up For Falling Down
03 Miracle Man
03 (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love & Understanding
02 Painted From Memory
02 My Funny Valentine
02 Days
02 Town Cryer
02 Watch Your Step
02 In The Darkest Place
01 This House Is Empty Now
01 King Horse
01 13 Steps Lead Down
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