"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" | |
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Single by Brinsley Schwarz | |
from the album The New Favourites of... Brinsley Schwarz | |
Released | 1974 |
Recorded | April–May 1974 |
Genre | Country rock[1] |
Length | 3:34 |
Label | United Artists |
Songwriter(s) | Nick Lowe |
Producer(s) | Dave Edmunds |
Official audio | |
"[What's so Funny 'Bout] Peace Love and Understanding" on YouTube |
"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" is a 1974 song written by English singer/songwriter Nick Lowe. Initially released by Lowe with his band Brinsley Schwarz on their 1974 album The New Favourites of... Brinsley Schwarz, the song was released as a single and did not chart.
The song was most famously covered by Elvis Costello and the Attractions, who recorded a version of the song that was released as a B-side to Lowe's 1978 solo single "American Squirm". The cover saw great popularity and was later included on the American version of Costello's 1979 album Armed Forces.