Everyday I Write the Book

"Everyday I Write the Book"
UK cover art
Single by Elvis Costello and the Attractions
from the album Punch the Clock
B-side"Heathen Town"
Released1983 (1983)
GenreNew wave, soul
Length3:54
LabelF-Beat
Songwriter(s)Elvis Costello
Producer(s)Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley assisted by Gavin Greenaway, Colin Fairley
Elvis Costello and the Attractions singles chronology
"Pills and Soap"
(1983)
"Everyday I Write the Book"
(1983)
"Let Them All Talk"
(1983)

"Everyday I Write the Book" is a song written by Elvis Costello, from Punch the Clock, an album released in 1983 by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It peaked at 28 on the UK Singles Chart and was their first top 40 hit single in the U.S.,[1][2] peaking at No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3]

  1. ^ Holden, Stephen (14 September 1983). "THE POP LIFE - NYTimes.com". Select.nytimes.com. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. ^ "REVIEW: Elvis Costello DVD - The Right Spectacle". Morethings.com. 13 October 2005. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Elvis Costello - Biography". Billboard. Retrieved 9 May 2014.