High Fidelity (track)
by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Year: 1980
From the album Get Happy!! (track #10)
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High Fidelity appears on the following album(s) by Elvis Costello And The Attractions:
- Get Happy!! (track #10) (this album) (1980)
- The Very Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions 1977–86 (track #11) (compilation) (1994)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/15/2026 03:33 |  AAL2014 | 40,954 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2026 08:32 | dukeboxkool | 8,464 | 75/100 |
| ! | 02/06/2026 15:49 | bonnequestion | 17,126 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2025 02:47 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,579 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2025 20:31 |  turbottski | 840 | 85/100 |
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One of Costello's greatest songs and one of my favourites. It's easily the best track on, get happy, and is nothing less than genius. A great song.
neilgee 12/20/2015 20:32 | #154843
Some things you never get used to
Even though you're feeling like another man
There's nothing that he can do for you
To shut me away as you walk through
Lovers laughing in their amateur hour
Holding hands in the corridors of power
Even though I'm with somebody else right now
[Chorus:]
High fidelity
Can you hear me?
There's a new kind of dedication
Maybe you'll find it down the tunnel
Maybe I got above my station
Maybe you're only changing channel
Even though you're nowhere near me
And I know you kiss him so sincerely now
Even though the signal's indistinct
And you worry what silly people think
Who just can't wait to feel so frozen out
I bet he thinks that he was chosen out of millions
I suppose he'll never know about
[Chorus]
neilgee 10/29/2015 23:10 | #152243
Amazing to me how on an album with such subdued production everything is switched into top notch gear for this hit single.
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