Veronica (song)
| "Veronica" | ||||
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| Single by Elvis Costello | ||||
| from the album Spike | ||||
| B-side | "You're No Good" / "The Room Nobody Lives In" (12" single only) | |||
| Released | 20 February 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1987–1988 | |||
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| Length | 3:09 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney | |||
| Producer(s) | Elvis Costello, Kevin Killen, T-Bone Burnett | |||
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"Veronica" is a song by Elvis Costello, released in 1989 as the lead single from his album Spike. The song was co-written by Costello with Paul McCartney, was co-produced with T-Bone Burnett and Kevin Killen, and features McCartney on his iconic Höfner bass. In 2004, Entertainment Weekly voted it one of Costello's "10 Greatest Tunes".
"Veronica" was also Costello's highest-charting top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, No. 1 on its Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, and No. 10 on its Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.