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Elvis Costello wrote this on the fire escape at a Newcastle hotel during Stiff Records 1977 tour. At the time he was upset that his road-mates were taking the sex and drugs and rock n roll philosophy rather too literally.
The guitar riff was sampled in Rogue Traders' 2005 UK #3 single "Voodoo Child." (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England, for above 2)
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