Veronica (song)

"Veronica"
Single by Elvis Costello
from the album Spike
B-side"You're No Good" / "The Room Nobody Lives In" (12" single only)
Released20 February 1989
Recorded1987–1988
Genre
Length3:09
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney
Producer(s)Elvis Costello, Kevin Killen, T-Bone Burnett
Elvis Costello singles chronology
"A Town Called Big Nothing"
(1987)
"Veronica"
(1989)
"Baby Plays Around EP"
(1989)

"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.

  1. ^ a b Rolli, Bryan (11 January 2024). "Top 35 Songs of 1989". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Veronica". Pump It Up: Elvis Costello's 10 Greatest Tunes. Entertainment Weekly. 9 October 2004. Archived from the original on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)