"Veronica" | ||||
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Single by Elvis Costello | ||||
from the album Spike | ||||
B-side | "You're No Good" / "The Room Nobody Lives In" (12" single only) | |||
Released | 20 February 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1987–1988 | |||
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Length | 3:09 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney | |||
Producer(s) | Elvis Costello, Kevin Killen, T-Bone Burnett | |||
Elvis Costello singles chronology | ||||
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"Veronica" is a song by Elvis Costello, released in 1989 as the lead single from the album Spike. The song was co-written by Costello with Paul McCartney, and was co-produced with T-Bone Burnett and Kevin Killen, and features Paul McCartney on his iconic Höfner bass. In 2004, Entertainment Weekly voted it one of Costello's top ten greatest tunes.[2]
"Veronica" was also Costello's highest-charting top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, No. 1 on its Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, and No. 10 on its Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
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