Investigating Elvis Costello’s “Watching The Detectives”

Elvis Costello’s first song to chart in the US was “Watching The Detectives,” a song born out of a night spent listening to The Clash with lyrics that tell two tales. Find out all about it in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Music Producer: Christian Lane Video Director: Eva Empleo Subscribe to the Behind The Song podcast and leave a 5-star review if you like the episode. Apple: https://apple.co/3aXfikP​ Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3rjHeW1​ Google: http://bit.ly/3b4huH7​ PodcastOne: http://bit.ly/2zho2y6​ About Janda: Behind The Song podcast host and creator Janda Lane is a radio DJ at WDRV-FM in Chicago, the city she calls home with her husband and podcast partner, Christian Lane, and their two cats, Ollie and Liam. She is a transplant from Los Angeles, where she was a video director at Fender, Executive Producer at Yahoo Music, playlist curator for Apple Music,, worked in rock management with artists like the Foo Fighters and Beck, was on the radio at KCRW, and she was a DJ at online radio pioneer site Soundbreak. She has not worked a day in her life. Follow Behind The Song on TikTok @behindthesongpodcast. Follow Janda on Facebook and Instagram @jandalaneradio and on Twitter and TikTok @jandalane.

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