“God Give Me Strength” introduced the world to the musical partnership of Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach. That song would inspire an entire album of material, as well as various live ...

Their initial song later spawned a great album, but even if it had been limited to “God Give Me Strength,” the collab would still be iconic. Costello probably didn’t actually mean the song ...

In the mid 1990s, Costello sent Bacharach ideas for a song called “God Give Me Strength,” and Bacharach responded by sharpening a few lines and adding a new bridge, which turned out to be the ...