Wyatt's version didn't gain traction until the following May, reaching the U.K. Costello and Langer had co-written "Shipbuilding" for Soft Machine's Robert Wyatt, who released the single in August 1982. The pairing wasn't as unlikely back then as it may seem today. I was interested in the whole idea that Elvis could make incredible pop music." "I wasn't very interested in recording the band, you know, as just as a band. "I was really excited by the idea that Elvis Costello could make a calculated pop record," Langer said in 2006's Complicated Shadows: The Life and Music of Elvis Costello. Enter buzzy producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, who were riding high after collaborating on contemporary hits by Madness, Dexys Midnight Runners and others.
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