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Nick Lowe wrote and performed the 1979 hit "Cruel to be Kind." Wrong!

Nick Lowe and Ian Gomm wrote Cruel To Be Kind when they were both members of Brinsley Schwarz. The Brinsleys even recorded the tune which was released on their last album, "It's All Over Now" which was hastily withdrawn.

The tune then resurfaced, by the Brinsleys, on the B side of an Elvis Costello single in the U.K. - it was listed as "Elvis Costello and His Sound"

Nick rerecorded (with influence from Dave Edmunds) the song which became a hit for him.

The Brinsley Schwarz version is still readily available.

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