‘I would rather be anywhere else but here today…’

“Oliver’s Army” appeared on Elvis Costello & The Attractions’ Armed Forces album in January of 1979.

The single, an anti-war tune about Northern Ireland and other violence-troubled areas of the world, was a big UK hit for Costello, spending three weeks at #2.

Previously on Playback!: The Kinks, ‘Father Christmas’ (1977)

More Elvis Costello at Cherry Stereo: Playback!: Elvis Costello & The Attractions, ‘Pump It Up’ (1978)