Editing This Year's Model (section)

===Side one===
[[File:Rolling Stones 1967.jpg|thumb|alt=The Rolling Stones in 1967|Several tracks on ''This Year's Model'' are influenced by [[the Rolling Stones]] ''(pictured in 1967)''; Costello himself cited their album ''[[Aftermath (Rolling Stones album)|Aftermath]]'' (1966) as a major influence.]]
"No Action" begins with Costello's solo voice.{{sfn|Hinton|1999|loc=chap. 3}} The lyrics detail the regret of a failed relationship. Gouldstone said that the song is the first example of Costello's use of "thematic punning", meaning the incorporation of references that indirectly relate to the song's main subject; "No Action", in this case, uses a telephone as comparisons to the narrator's companion.{{sfn|Gouldstone|1989|loc=chap. 3}} According to Costello, "This Year's Girl" was written as an "answer song" to the Rolling Stones' "[[Stupid Girl (Rolling Stones song)|Stupid Girl]]" (1965).<ref name="2002 liner notes" />{{sfn|Costello|2015|pp=314–319}} Other influences included the mid-1960s works of [[the Beatles]].{{sfn|Hinton|1999|loc=chap. 3}}<ref name="Troper PM" />{{sfn|Thomson|2004|loc=chap. 5}} In his 2015 memoir, Costello wrote that the song discusses how men see women and what they desire from them.{{sfn|Costello|2015|pp=190–191}} The song's subject has achieved fame through fashion but it is only temporary, as by the next year, another girl will take her place. Once she realises it as time runs out, she feels cheated but by then it is too late.{{sfn|Gouldstone|1989|loc=chap. 3}} "The Beat" is primarily led by Nieve's keyboard and the rhythm section of Bruce and Pete Thomas.<ref>{{cite web |last=Maginnis |first=Tom |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/the-beat-mt0002980530/ |title='The Beat' – Elvis Costello |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924122858/http://www.allmusic.com/song/the-beat-mt0002980530 |url-status=live }}</ref> The song explores the uncertainties and pains of adolescence and early manhood,{{sfn|Gouldstone|1989|loc=chap. 3}} and Hinton regards it as the closest thing on the album to romantic love.{{sfn|Hinton|1999|loc=chap. 3}} It quotes [[Cliff Richard]]'s "[[Summer Holiday (song)|Summer Holiday]]" (1963) as a way to express enjoyment before the narrator is sought after by vigilantes.{{sfn|Gouldstone|1989|loc=chap. 3}}<ref name="Troper PM" />

"Pump It Up" was based on the stylings of [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[Subterranean Homesick Blues]]" (1965) and [[Chuck Berry]]'s "[[Too Much Monkey Business]]" (1956).{{sfn|Gouldstone|1989|loc=chap. 3}}{{sfn|Thomson|2004|loc=chap. 5}} An energetic attack on a female [[chic]] society's member, the song takes place in a nightclub, where its self-important members aspire to fit into high society, seeking purpose.{{sfn|Gouldstone|1989|loc=chap. 3}} The vocals are fuelled by obsessive sexual desire,{{sfn|Hinton|1999|loc=chap. 3}} while the rhythmic guitar riff is likened by Gouldstone to [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]].{{sfn|Gouldstone|1989|loc=chap. 3}} Writing for AllMusic, Mark Deming stated that the song "perfectly captures the giddy but terrifying feeling of a wild, adrenaline-fueled all-night party that's dangling on the verge of collapse."<ref>{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/pump-it-up-mt0004611550 |title='Pump It Up' – Elvis Costello |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=22 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322012929/http://www.allmusic.com/song/pump-it-up-mt0004611550 |url-status=live }}</ref> A softer track changing from soft [[Soul music|soul]] to [[Burt Bacharach]],{{sfn|Hinton|1999|loc=chap. 3}} "Little Triggers" is about a failing relationship caused by the woman's indifference.{{sfn|Gouldstone|1989|loc=chap. 3}} The 'little triggers' refer to the small things that occur in the beginning of a relationship that make it meaningful, such as kissing, body-brushing and lip expressions.<ref name="Troper PM" /> ''[[Rock Australia Magazine]]''{{'s}} [[Anthony O'Grady]] called it "a hypnotic, frustrated, hurt love song that's almost the mirror image of '[[Alison (song)|Alison]]' [from ''My Aim Is True'']."<ref name="Kent NME" /><ref name="RAM" /> "You Belong to Me" is heavily in debt to the Rolling Stones,{{sfn|Hinton|1999|loc=chap. 3}}<ref name="Troper PM" /> using the same riff as "[[The Last Time (Rolling Stones song)|The Last Time]]" (1965).{{sfn|Thomson|2004|loc=chap. 5}}{{sfn|Perone|2015|pp=16–25}} Lyrically, it is a plea for sexual freedom and is full of resentment and anger.{{sfn|Gouldstone|1989|loc=chap. 3}} Musically, AllMusic's Stewart Mason likens it to 1960s [[garage rock]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Mason |first=Stewart |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/you-belong-to-me-mt0000959447 |title='You Belong to Me' – Elvis Costello Song Review |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150158/http://www.allmusic.com/song/you-belong-to-me-mt0000959447 |url-status=live }}</ref>