(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea
"(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" | ||||
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Single by Elvis Costello & The Attractions | ||||
from the album This Year's Model | ||||
B-side | "You Belong to Me" | |||
Released | 1978 | |||
Genre | Punk Rock | |||
Length | 3:06 | |||
Label | Radar | |||
Writer(s) | Elvis Costello | |||
Producer(s) | Nick Lowe | |||
Elvis Costello singles chronology | ||||
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"(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" is a 1978 song by Elvis Costello. Released as a single from his album This Year's Model, it reached No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] In his album notes for Girls Girls Girls, Costello wrote that the song "[m]ight have been just a poor relation to 'All of the Day (and All of the Night)', 'I Can't Explain' or even 'Clash City Rockers' had it not been for Bruce Thomas' great bassline. Meanwhile I was trying to fit in this lick from an old Pioneers record, though which one I can't recall."[2]
Video
The video features the band performing in an unfurnished, light-drenched, wholly white set, and uses a simple shrinking square zoom effect. It was directed by Paul Flattery for Jon Roseman Productions. After a photo-montage effect with still photographs of Costello, the video opens with him playing the opening guitar riff in close-up. The video then alternates between the band playing together and shots of Costello singing in an increasingly contorted pose.[3]
The video for "Pump It Up" was shot the same day in London, and all the musicians can be seen wearing the same clothes, although drummer Pete Thomas sports a distinctive Union Jack tracksuit top. Bassist Bruce Thomas had cut his right hand on a bottle a few weeks previously and had needed eight stitches. His bandage can be seen clearly in both of the videos.[4]
References
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 122/3.
- ↑ Costello, Elvis (1989). Girls Girls Girls [CD booklet]. Brentford: Demon Records.
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- ↑ "The Greatest Movie Never Made". /www.brucethomas.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2014.