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“Green Shirt” by Elvis Costello & the Attractions

From the album Armed Forces (1979)

“Green Shirt” by Elvis Costello & the Attractions appears on 16 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2014. It was first released in 1979 on the album Armed Forces. Its best result is #633 on the CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,063 alternative song of all time.

16countdowns
2stations
#633best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1999–2014years charted

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"Green Shirt" lurks on Armed Forces, the 1979 album by Elvis Costello & the Attractions, and it's one of the record's cooler, more paranoid moments: a tense, clipped groove where Steve Nieve's organ, piano and synthesizer do as much of the talking as the singer.

Costello handles guitar and vocal, Bruce Thomas and Pete Thomas lock the bass and drums into a taut, nervy pulse, and Nick Lowe produced it with Roger Bechirian engineering. The writing credit reads Declan Patrick MacManus.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 662 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 662 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 633 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 633 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1321 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 633 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 1216 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 633 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 635 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1030 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 984 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1006 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1044 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1081 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1134 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1134 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Greenshirts.

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