Singles
The following is a list of all Costello's commercially available singles. The key for the Artist Credit below is as follows:
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| Year | Title | Artist Credit | Chart positions | Album | |||||||
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| U.K. |
AUS |
CA | IRL |
N.Z. |
U.S. Hot 100 |
U.S. MSR |
U.S. Modern Rock |
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| 1977 | "Less Than Zero" | EC | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | My Aim Is True |
| "Alison" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Watching the Detectives" | 15 | 35 | 60 | – | – | 108 | – | – | |||
| 1978 | "(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea" | EC+ATT | 16 | 93 | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | This Year's Model |
| "Pump It Up" | 24 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Radio Radio" | 29 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1979 | "Oliver's Army" | 2 | 24 | – | 4 | 25 | – | – | – | Armed Forces | |
| "Accidents Will Happen" | 28 | – | – | – | – | 101 | – | – | |||
| 1980 | "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" | 4 | – | – | 14 | – | – | – | – | Get Happy!! | |
| "High Fidelity" | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "New Amsterdam" | EC | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Clubland" | EC+ATT | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Trust | |
| 1981 | "From a Whisper to a Scream" | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46 | – | ||
| "Watch Your Step" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "A Good Year for the Roses" | 6 | 34 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | Almost Blue | ||
| "Sweet Dreams" | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1982 | "I'm Your Toy" | EC+ATT+RPO | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| "You Little Fool" | EC+ATT | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Imperial Bedroom | |
| "Man Out Of Time" | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "From Head to Toe" | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | ||
| "Party Party" | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Party Party Soundtrack | ||
| 1983 | "Pills and Soap" | IMP | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Punch the Clock |
| "Everyday I Write the Book" | EC+ATT | 28 | 40 | 40 | 23 | 20 | 36 | 33 | – | ||
| "Let Them All Talk" | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1984 | "Peace In Our Time" | IMP | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Goodbye Cruel World |
| "I Wanna Be Loved" / "Turning The Town Red" | EC+ATT | 25 | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | ||
| "The Only Flame in Town" | 71 | – | – | – | – | 56 | 44 | – | |||
| 1985 | "Green Shirt" | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | The Man - The Best of Elvis Costello | |
| "The People's Limousine" | TCB | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Out of Our Idiot | |
| 1986 | "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" | TCS | 33 | 81 | – | 22 | – | – | 38 | – | King of America |
| "Seven Day Weekend" | JC+EC+ATT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Out of Our Idiot | |
| "Lovable" | TCS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | King of America | |
| "Tokyo Storm Warning" | EC+ATT | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Blood and Chocolate | |
| "I Want You" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1987 | "Blue Chair" | EC | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Out of Our Idiot |
| "A Town Called Big Nothing" | TMG | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1989 | "Veronica" | EC | 31 | 27 | 64 | 22 | – | 19 | 10 | 1 | Spike |
| Baby Plays Around EP | 65 | – | – | 27 | – | – | – | – | |||
| "...This Town..." | – | – | – | – | – | – | 41 | 4 | |||
| 1991 | "The Other Side of Summer" | 43 | 96 | 72 | – | – | – | 40 | 1 | Mighty Like a Rose | |
| "So Like Candy" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1993 | "Jacksons, Monk & Rowe" | EC+BQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | The Juliet Letters |
| 1994 | "Sulky Girl" | EC | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Brutal Youth |
| "13 Steps Lead Down" | 59 | – | – | – | – | 115 | – | 6 | |||
| "You Tripped at Every Step" | EC+ATT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "London's Brilliant Parade" | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1996 | "It's Time" | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | All This Useless Beauty | |
| "Little Atoms" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "The Other End Of The Telescope" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Distorted Angel" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "All This Useless Beauty" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "You Bowed Down" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1999 | "Toledo" | EC+BB | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Painted from Memory |
| "She" | EC | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Notting Hill Soundtrack | |
| 2002 | "Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll Revolution)" | EC | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | When I Was Cruel |
| "45" | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2004 | "Monkey to Man" | EC+IMP | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | The Delivery Man |
| 2005 | "Brilliant Mistake" | EC | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | King of America |
| 2008 | "No Hiding Place" | EC+IMP | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Momofuku |
| "Go Away" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2009 | "Complicated Shadows" | EC | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Secret, Profane & Sugarcane |
| 2010 | "National Ransom" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | National Ransom | |
- Notes
- E ^ "Watching the Detectives" was a stand-alone single in the UK but was subsequently included on U.S. versions of My Aim Is True.
- F ^ "(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea" was not included on U.S. versions of This Year's Model. "Radio Radio" was a stand-alone single in the UK but was subsequently is included on U.S. versions of This Year's Model.
- G ^ The Attractions played on almost all of Costello's singles from 1978 to 1984 (and sporadically thereafter), but note that 1980's "New Amsterdam" was a solo single on which Elvis Costello played all instruments. Accordingly, The Attractions were not credited.
- H ^ "I Wanna Be Loved" / "Turning The Town Red" was tracked as a double A-side in the UK, with both sides charting. "Turning The Town Red" did not initially appear on Goodbye Cruel World, although it has been added as a bonus track to some CD reissues of this album.
- I ^ Although the Attractions played on "Sulky Girl" and "13 Steps Lead Down", these tracks were credited simply to Elvis Costello.
- J ^ The backing musicians on "Tear Off Your Own Head" and "45" were Steve Nieve, Davey Faragher, and Pete Thomas, later to be collectively billed as "The Imposters". However, these releases are credited solely to Costello.
- K ^ "Brilliant Mistake" was released as a UK single in 2005, 19 years after the track first appeared on the album King of America. Though the album was credited to The Costello Show, the single release was credited to Elvis Costello.
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