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Written by: Costello
Produced by: Nick Lowe
Released: Nov. '77 on Columbia
Charts: Did not chart

Some people think "Alison" is a murder ballad. "It isn't," Costello told ROLLING STONE in 2002. "It's about disappointing somebody. It's a thin line between love and hate, as the Persuaders sang." Contrary to myth, the backup band was not Huey Lewis and the News.

Appears on: My Aim Is True (Rhino)

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