Stranger in the House (song)

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"Stranger in the House"
Song by George Jones, Elvis Costello
from the album My Very Special Guests
Released	1979
Recorded	July 18, 1978
Genre	Country
Length	3:37
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Elvis Costello
Producer(s)	Billy Sherrill

"Stranger in the House" is a song composed by Elvis Costello. Costello recorded the song as a duet with country music star George Jones in the summer of 1978 for Jones' 1979 album My Very Special Guests. Costello recorded an earlier solo version which surfaced as a free 7" single with the first 1000 copies of his second album This Year's Model which was released in the United Kingdom in March 1978. A third version was recorded with the Attractions for a John Peel session on 23rd October 1978. According to Holly Jones-Warren's liner notes to the 2005 Legacy Records reissue of My Very Special Guests, Costello wrote the song specifically with Jones in mind, with the new wave star stating, "George Jones was my guiding light whenever I wrote in the country idiom".

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Studio albums	Grand Ole Opry's New Star Hillbilly Hit Parade Long Live King George Country Church Time White Lightning and Other Favorites The Crown Prince of Country Music George Jones Salutes Hank Williams Sings Country and Western Hits Sings from the Heart George Jones Sings Bob Wills Homecoming in Heaven My Favorites of Hank Williams I Wish Tonight Would Never End Blue & Lonesome George Jones Sings Like the Dickens! I Get Lonely in a Hurry Mr. Country & Western Music New Country Hits Old Brush Arbors Country Heart Love Bug I'm a People We Found Heaven Right Here on Earth at "4033" Walk Through This World with Me Sings the Songs of Dallas Frazier If My Heart Had Windows I'll Share My World with You Where Grass Won't Grow Will You Visit Me on Sunday George Jones with Love George Jones Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne George Jones (We Can Make It) A Picture of Me (Without You) Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You) In a Gospel Way The Grand Tour Memories of Us The Battle Alone Again I Wanta Sing Bartender's Blues I Am What I Am Still the Same Ole Me Shine On Jones Country You've Still Got a Place in My Heart Ladies' Choice Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes Wine Colored Roses Too Wild Too Long One Woman Man You Oughta Be Here with Me And Along Came Jones Walls Can Fall High-Tech Redneck I Lived to Tell It All It Don't Get Any Better Than This Cold Hard Truth The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001 The Gospel Collection Hits I Missed...And One I Didn't
Collaborative albums	What's in Our Hearts A King & Two Queens Bluegrass Hootenanny Famous Country Duets George Jones and Gene Pitney: For the First Time! Two Great Singers George Jones and Gene Pitney (Recorded in Nashville!) It's Country Time Again! We Go Together Me and the First Lady We Love to Sing About Jesus Let's Build a World Together We're Gonna Hold On George & Tammy & Tina Golden Ring My Very Special Guests Double Trouble Together Again A Taste of Yesterday's Wine Friends in High Places The Bradley Barn Sessions George and Tammy Super Hits One God's Country: George Jones and Friends Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again Burn Your Playhouse Down – The Unreleased Duets
Compilations	Hits by George Anniversary – 10 Years of Hits By Request First Time Live Super Hits Super Hits, Volume 2 16 Biggest Hits Live with the Possum 50 Years of Hits
Related articles	Albums discography Singles discography Discography with Tammy Wynette Awards Tammy Wynette

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Discography The Imposters: Steve Nieve Pete Thomas Davey Faragher The Attractions: Steve Nieve Pete Thomas Bruce Thomas
Studio albums	My Aim Is True This Year's Model Armed Forces Get Happy!! Trust Almost Blue Imperial Bedroom Punch the Clock Goodbye Cruel World King of America Blood & Chocolate Spike Mighty Like a Rose The Juliet Letters Brutal Youth Kojak Variety All This Useless Beauty Painted from Memory When I Was Cruel North Il Sogno The Delivery Man The River in Reverse Momofuku Secret, Profane & Sugarcane National Ransom Wise Up Ghost Look Now Hey Clockface
Live albums	Live at the El Mocambo Deep Dead Blue Costello & Nieve My Flame Burns Blue Live at Hollywood High
Compilations	Taking Liberties Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions The Man Out of Our Idiot Girls Girls Girls 2½ Years The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977–86 Extreme Honey Costello Album (bootleg) The Very Best of Elvis Costello Cruel Smile Rock and Roll Music The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years
Singles	"Less Than Zero" "Alison" "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" "Watching the Detectives" "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" "Pump It Up" "Radio Radio" "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" "Oliver's Army" "Accidents Will Happen" "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" "High Fidelity" "New Amsterdam" "Clubland" "From a Whisper to a Scream" "Watch Your Step" "A Good Year for the Roses" "Sweet Dreams" "You Little Fool" "Man Out of Time" "Everyday I Write the Book" "Green Shirt" "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" "I Want You" "Veronica" "The Other Side of Summer" "13 Steps Lead Down" "The Other End of the Telescope" "45"
Other songs	"This Year's Girl" "Lipstick Vogue" "Senior Service" "Stranger in the House" "Girls Talk" "New Lace Sleeves" "Almost Blue" "Shipbuilding" "Brilliant Mistake" "I Hope You're Happy Now"
Collaborations	Terror & Magnificence The Sweetest Punch For the Stars Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes
Scores	G.B.H. Jake's Progress
Other works	Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink

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