Spike is the 12th studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released on compact disc as Warner Brothers 25848. It was his first album for the label. It peaked at No. 5 on the UK album chart. It also reached No. 32 on the Billboard 200 thanks to the single and his most notable American hit, "Veronica," which reached No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No.1 on the US Modern Rock chart.

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In 1987, Costello began writing with Paul McCartney for the latter's Flowers in the Dirt album. They composed a dozen songs together, which showed up on multiple albums by McCartney and Costello. Two of those songs appear on this album, "Pads, Paws and Claws" and the hit single " Veronica".

As his first album for a new label, in his own words Costello had the budget of "a small independent movie," and having in mind the blueprint for five different albums, decided to make all of them. He brought back his foil from King of America, T-Bone Burnett, to facilitate the sessions and produce the album. Studio time was booked in four different locations: Ocean Way in Hollywood; Southland Studios in New Orleans; Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin; and AIR Studios in London. Four different groups of musicians were assembled in each location. Writing credits on the album are given to both Declan MacManus and Elvis Costello.

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"This Town" is a song by American rock band O.A.R.. It was released as a single from their 2009 album All Sides. It is the unofficial song of the 2010 Atlanta Braves, played before and after every game on Fox Sports South, as well as the theme song for the all 2010 and 2011 Chicago Cubs broadcasts on the Chicago Cubs Radio Network. It was also used as a theme song of Fox Sports' NASCAR coverage.

Fox Sports North also uses this song after the 8th inning of every Minnesota Twins game accompanying a montage of scoring plays and key outs from the game.

The NCAA Men's College World Series used this song to accompany clips from games played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

Fox Sports Houston uses this song in commercials for the Houston Astros.

Daniel Murphy (baseball) of the New York Mets uses this song as his walk up music for his second at-bat during home games.

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