Elvis Costello - My Funny Valentine Lyrics

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I've heard the song on 2 programmes: the Vicar of Dibley, and the Simpsons. Imagine how perfect life would be for a girl with Alice's beauty, and Lisa Simpson's brains; although the reverse (Lisa's beauty & Alice's brains) would be catastrophic!

A wonderful interpretation of that classic!

This song is how I feel about Everton Football Club....wouldn't change a thing.

❤️My favorite Valentine ever?

Each day is google the beautiful pups day- my funny valentine- I miss you so much x

Rest in peace Emma Chambers (Alice)

Love this and always will!!!!!!!

the man owns that song

Costello did the entire song by himself: the arrangement, the production, and the performance, it's just him. He recorded it at a small demo studio in the outskirts of London somewhere, I think it was Pathway Studio. He was in a pub drinking and heard the song playing on the bartender's transistor radio and so he took a taxi to the studio and emerged into the cool morning air with this performance on a reel of tape (probably 1/4"). Who does that nowadays???

Wow. That's epic. Love that you shared this. Thanks. My all time favourite song and all time favourite version.

It was Eden Studio. Sorry to bust the romance but it was in the afternoon stone cold sober. A beautiful session that I cherish to this day.l

@Aldo Bocca Wow. Given the artists you've worked with, it must have been something really special!

I love this version, one of the best.

I hadn't heard this song in about 30 years when I had it on single as the b-side to Oliver's Army. It just popped into my memory today and I played it over and over in my mind from start to finish. I remembered every nuance of the song perfectly. I decided to look for it on YouTube when I got the chance and wow, it is exactly as I remembered in detail. This song and version is memorable for sure.

Just too beautiful for words ...

This has been my lullaby to my oldest son since he was born. He's almost 13 now. Thanks for the cover, Elvis. Beautiful.

I love that

Sweet cover :)

I first heard this as the B side to Olivers Army on vinyl.... Elvis sings this with such emotion .. And i love it as much now as i did then..Awesome.

great cover

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1.29 minutes of absolute perfection, just beautiful. 

:) Your comment is probably what helped me find this, Thank you. I can just see Alice in her pink fairy outfit and gold christmas ornament earrings.

vicar of dibly brought me here loved it when i was 11 and I am 21 and finally found it :) my all time fave's

My husband to-be intro'd me to Elvis circa 1980's......albeit far removed from my Disco Era !... Exposed me to a plethora of journeys of Elvis. In addition we took every live show when Elvis visited Boston. To celebrate our wedding, "My Funny Valentine" was "our" song. Hendrix also made an 'appearance'

Class. What a distinctive voice

Always reminds me of the Vicar of Dibly.

I was just going to put something on the same lines, but I couldn't remember what it was the b side to. This one was played over and over, just left the arm off the record player. God showing my age now. Such a great voice I love this one

Just wonderful. Still got the seven inch somewhere.

I think this is my favourite version

@snicky58 Adele's voice shivers me timbers! What soul for such a young woman. There is good and bad out there like any other time in history. I cringe at some of what my boys like but my first album was 'If Wishes Were Horses' by Sweeney Todd. Nothing to gloat over there!

@rudimamaify :-D I think you did, too! (These youngsters today and their "music.") ;-) You were a great sport to take your kid to the LMFAO show! (I have a daughter who's almost 13, and seriously, I have to admit that I actually like a lot of the music I hear on "her" radio station, especially Adele and Foster the People.)

@snicky58 It was! Squeeze opened which was fun for me at 14 but they didn't compare. I took my 11-year old to LMFAO last week for his first big concert. I think I did WAY better ;)

@rudimamaify What a great first concert!

Thank you so much for sharing this. I absolutely love this version of this song.

heard this on vicar of dibley.. soooo cool
only heard this version will listen to others

heard this on vicar of dibley.. soooo cool

my first concert in 1980 and still perfection. love hearing this again. TYVM

This is by far my favourite version!

@gtrrs71 yr welcome

makes me cry

Thanks for posting!