So Like Candy (song)

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Album This song officially appears on the Mighty Like a Rose Official album.

Timeline This song has been officially released in 1991

Timeline This song has been written (or started being written) in 1987 (Paul McCartney was 45 years old)

So How Come (No One Loves Me)

Related sessions

This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions

Recording batch 1 of demos with Elvis Costello

Sep 03, 1987

Recording demos of "Twenty Fine Fingers", "So Like Candy", "Playboy To A Man"

Jan 26, 1988

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Officially appears on

Mighty Like a Rose

Official album • Released in 1991

4:37 • Studio version • A

Marc Ribot :: Electric guitar, Spanish guitar

Elvis Costello :: Acoustic rhythm guitar, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals

Mitchell Froom :: Celeste, Chamberlain, Mellotron, Producer

Jim Keltner :: Drums

Larry Knechtel :: Tack piano

Jerry Scheff :: Bass

T-Bone Wolk :: Intro/outro bass figures

Kevin Killen :: Producer

Recording :: Late 1990 - early 1991

Studio :: Ocean Way, Hollywood & Westside Studios, London

Flowers In The Dirt - Archive Collection

Official album • Released in 2017

3:29 • Demo • B • Original Demo

Performed by :
Paul McCartney • Elvis Costello

Paul McCartney :: Producer

Eddie Klein :: Recording engineer

Session Recording:: Sep 03, 1987

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Flowers In The Dirt - Archive Collection

Official album • Released in 2017

3:48 • Demo • C • 1988 Demo

Paul McCartney :: Bass, Guitar, Producer, Vocals

Hamish Stuart :: Guitar, Vocals

Chris Whitten :: Drums

Elvis Costello :: Producer, Vocals

Peter Henderson :: Recording engineer

Kevin Armstrong :: Guitar

Richard Moakes :: Assistant recording engineer

Session Recording:: Jan 26, 1988

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Bootlegs

MoMac's Hidden Tracks Vol.21

Unofficial album

3:28 • Studio version

The McCartney - MacManus Collaboration

Unofficial album • Released in 1998

3:26 • Demo

Unofficial album • Released in 2004

3:29 • Demo • McCartney & Costello demo

Recording :: Spring-Summer '87

Flowers In The Dirt - Ultimate Archive Collection

Unofficial album • Released in 2015

3:28 • Studio version • [demo]

Live performances

Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.

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