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Song · 1978 · Rock

(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding?

Elvis Costello
1978
★ 7.0 editorial score

Nick Lowe wrote it for a pub-rock flop, produced Costello's B-side version, then got rich when The Bodyguard covered it.

From the album
Armed Forces
Genre
Rock
Subject
PeaceCompassion
Scene
United Kingdom

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“Teach me to feel another's wo, To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.”

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