Jack of All Parades

"Jack of All Parades"
Song by Elvis Costello
from the album King of America
Released21 February 1986 (1986-02-21)
Recorded1985–86
StudioOcean Way, Sunset Sound, & Sound Factory, Los Angeles
Length5:18
LabelF-Beat
Songwriter(s)Elvis Costello
Producer(s)T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello (as Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus) and Larry Kalman Hirsch
Official audio
"Jack of All Parades" on YouTube

"Jack of All Parades" is a song by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, which was released on his tenth studio album King of America (1986). The song was written by Costello, credited under his real name Declan MacManus, and produced by T Bone Burnett, Costello and Larry Kalman Hirsch. As a musician, Costello is credited on the track as "The Little Hands of Concrete". It is a love song, inspired by his new relationship with Cait O'Riordan of the Pogues, and is unusual in Costello's catalogue for being a positive love song.

The song has been positively reviewed by critics, some of whom commented that the lyrics were straightforward and affecting. A demo version was issued on the 2005 Rhino re-release of King of America.


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