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Elvis Presley singles discography
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Elvis Presley singles discography
Publicity photo for Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Singles
111
No.1 Singles
33
The discography of Elvis Presley starts on July 19, 1954, with the release of his first commercial single, and ends in February 1978. Presley's final album, Elvis in Concert, and final two singles, "My Way" and "Unchained Melody", although released after his death are considered part of the discographical canon as they were projects Presley himself knew about in the planning stages.[1] All other releases are included in the posthumous sections, and obviously all compact disc box sets were also released after Presley's death. Without including album reissues, during this period of 1954 to 1978 American Presley releases consisted of 108 singles, 30 extended-play singles, 70 albums on RCA Records, four albums on the Pickwick budget label, and five singles on the Sun Records label.
Contents
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1 RIAA certifications and sales
2 Singles
2.1 The 1950s
2.2 The 1960s
2.3 The 1970s
2.4 Posthumous singles
3 International chart information
3.1 1956–1958
3.2 1958–1964
3.3 1964–1967
3.4 1968–1977
3.5 1978–1999
3.6 2000–present
4 See also
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links
RIAA certifications and sales[edit]
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) began to certify gold albums and singles in 1958,[2] and Elvis Presley's first RIAA award, a gold single for "Hard Headed Woman", was certified on August 11, 1958.[3] In August 1992, he was awarded with 110 gold, platinum and multi-platinum albums and singles, the largest presentation of gold and platinum record awards in history.[4] According to Presley's record label, RCA, he is the best selling artist of all time, with sales over 1 billion records worldwide in all formats (600 million in the United States alone).[5][6]
The number of hits Elvis Presley had in the US became a topic of discussion in several news articles when it was announced by Billboard magazine in April 2008 that Mariah Carey and Madonna had surpassed Elvis Presley in the number of "Number 1" and "Top Ten" hits, with 18 and 37 hits respectively.[7]
Both of these claims were disputed by music historian Joel Whitburn and Elvis Presley Enterprises. Whitburn lists Elvis as having 18 number 1 hits (placing him in a tie with Mariah Carey at that time) and 38 top ten hits (one more than Madonna at that time).[8] Elvis Presley Enterprises claims Elvis had 40 top ten hits.[9] The differences depend on whether a double-sided hit single is counted as one hit single, or two hit songs.
Before the age of compact discs and digital music downloads, singles were released on vinyl 45 RPM records, with one song on each side (an A-side and a B-side or flip side). Both songs of many Elvis singles became hits and were listed on the charts. "Hound Dog / Don't Be Cruel" was a double sided hit single that topped the Billboard Sales chart for 11 weeks in 1956. At the time, "Hound Dog" was listed as the number 1 A-side for the first five weeks, and "Don't Be Cruel" was listed as the number 1 A-side for the last six weeks. Now Billboard lists it as a single double sided hit. This article lists Elvis Presley’s hits, both A-sides and B-sides, on the Billboard singles charts (Pop/Hot 100, Country, Easy Listening/Adult Contemporary, and Rhythm and Blues), as well as rival music publications, Cash Box and Record World.
Another measure of an artist’s popular impact is sales. While Elvis is recognized by many in the recording industry as the best selling artist of all time, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the U.S. recording industry’s official certifying agent for sales, stirred up controversy in November 2007 when it announced that country singer Garth Brooks had become the best selling solo artist in U.S. history.[10]
Elvis Presley Enterprises has disputed the RIAA’s claim, pointing out several omissions in the RIAA’s figures.[11] The RIAA bases its claim on album sales only, and does not include single sales in determining the highest selling solo artist, despite the fact that the RIAA also certifies single sales. While Elvis’ album sales are significant, his single sales were also significant as can be seen in the tables below. During much of Elvis’ career in the 1950s and 1960s, single sales were considered the primary market for the industry, while albums were a secondary market. It was not until the late 1960s and early 1970s that albums became the primary market for the industry.
RIAA does not certify sales of less than 500,000 units for albums and singles.[12] Elvis has had numerous albums and singles which have sold hundreds of thousands of units each but have not reached the 500,000 threshold. Taken together, these could add up to millions in total sales that are not recognized by the RIAA.
RIAA sales certifications are not automatic. The record company must pay a fee and request an audit from the RIAA in order to certify sales. During Elvis’ life, RCA submitted few of Elvis’ recordings for RIAA certification. Instead of paying for RIAA certification, RCA and other companies would simply award their own “Gold Record” to artists based on their internal sales figures. As a consequence, some of Elvis’ early sales information has been lost. RCA and BMG have researched archives and old files in an effort to reconstruct Elvis’ sales figures. This has led to Elvis receiving numerous RIAA certifications posthumously.[13]
Also included in this article is a list of Elvis’ hit extended play (EP) releases, also known as "short-form albums. EPs were smaller than a full album but contained more songs than a single; usually four songs, though some EPs had as many as eight.
Singles[edit]
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The 1950s[edit]
Year
Single (A-side, B-side)
Both sides (including EP tracks) from same album except where indicated
Chart positions
RIAA
[14]
Album
US Hot
[15]
US Country
[16]
US R&B
[17]
1954 "That's All Right"
b/w "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (from A Date with Elvis) — — — Gold For LP Fans Only
"Good Rockin' Tonight" / — — — Gold A Date with Elvis
"I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine" 74 — — — The Sun Sessions
"You're a Heartbreaker"
b/w "Milkcow Blues Boogie" (from A Date with Elvis) — — — — For LP Fans Only
1955 "Baby Let's Play House" / — 5 — — A Date with Elvis
"I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" — flip — — For LP Fans Only
"Mystery Train" / — 10 — —
"I Forgot to Remember to Forget" — 1 — — A Date with Elvis
1956 "Heartbreak Hotel" / 1 1 3 2× Multi-Platinum Elvis' Golden Records
"I Was the One" 19 8 — — For LP Fans Only
"Blue Suede Shoes"
from Elvis Presley EP; also includes "Tutti Frutti", "I Got a Woman" and "Just Because" 20 — — Gold Elvis Presley
"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" / 1 1 3 Platinum Elvis' Golden Records
"My Baby Left Me" 31 13 — — For LP Fans Only
"Don't Be Cruel"* / 1 1 1 4× Multi-Platinum Elvis' Golden Records
"Hound Dog"* 1 1 1 4× Multi-Platinum
"Tutti Frutti"
b/w "Blue Suede Shoes" (see above for chart positions) — — — — Elvis Presley
"I Got a Woman"
b/w "I'm Counting on You" — — — —
"I'll Never Let You Go (Lil' Darlin')"
b/w "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)" — — — —
"I Love You Because"
b/w "Tryin' to Get to You" — — — —
"Blue Moon"
b/w "Just Because" 55 — — —
"Money Honey"
b/w "One Sided Love Affair" 76 — — —
"Shake, Rattle and Roll"
b/w "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" — — — — For LP Fans Only
"Love Me Tender" / 1 3 3 3× Multi-Platinum Elvis' Golden Records
"Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)" 27 flip 12 —
"Love Me" / 2 10 7 — Elvis
"When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" / 19 — — —
"Paralyzed"
Above 3 tracks from Elvis EP; also includes "Rip It Up" 59 — — —
"Old Shep"
From Elvis, Vol. II EP; also includes "So Glad You're Mine", "Ready Teddy" and "Anyplace Is Paradise" 47 — — —
"Poor Boy"
from Love Me Tender (EP)|Love Me Tender EP, also includes "Love Me Tender" (from Elvis' Golden Records) "Let Me" (Non-album track) and "We're Gonna Move" (from A Date with Elvis) 24 — — — For LP Fans Only
1957 "Too Much" / 1 3 3 Platinum Elvis' Golden Records
"Playing for Keeps" 21 8 — — For LP Fans Only
"All Shook Up" / 1 1 1 2× Multi-Platinum Elvis' Golden Records
"That's When Your Heartaches Begin" 58 — — —
"Peace in the Valley"
From Peace in the Valley EP; also includes "It Is No Secret", "I Believe" and "Take My Hand Precious Lord" 25 — — — Elvis' Christmas Album
"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" / 1 1 1 2× Multi-Platinum Loving You
"Loving You" 20 15 — —
"Mean Woman Blues"
From Loving You, Vol. II EP; also includes "Lonesome Cowboy", "Hot Dog" and "Got a Lot O'Livin' to Do" — 11 11 —
"Jailhouse Rock" / 1 1 1 2× Multi-Platinum Elvis' Golden Records
"Treat Me Nice" 18 11 — —
"(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care"
From Jailhouse Rock EP; also includes "Jailhouse Rock" (from Elvis' Golden Records, see above) "Young and Beautiful" "Don't Leave Me Now" (from Loving You), and "I Want to Be Free" — — 14 — A Date with Elvis
1958 "Don't" / 1 2 4 Platinum 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong:
Elvis' Gold Records Volume 2
"I Beg of You" 8 4 — —
"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" / 2 3 1 Platinum
"Doncha' Think It's Time" 15 flip 10 —
"Hard Headed Woman" / 1 2 2 Platinum King Creole
"Don't Ask Me Why" 25 flip 9 —
"One Night" / 4 24 10 Platinum 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong:
Elvis' Gold Records Volume 2
"I Got Stung" 8 — — —
1959 "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" / 2 — 16 Platinum
"I Need Your Love Tonight" 4 — — —
"A Big Hunk o' Love" / 1 — 10 Gold
"My Wish Came True" 12 — 15 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or have not been certified.
Note: * "Don't Be Cruel" b/w "Hound Dog" double A-side on post-1965 re-releases.
The 1960s[edit]
Year
Single (A-side, B-side)
Both sides (including EP tracks) from same album except where indicated
Chart positions
RIAA
[14]
First Album Appearance
US Hot
[15]
US Country
[16]
US R&B
[16]
US AC
[18]
CA
[19]
CA AC
[19]
1960 "Stuck on You" / 1 27 6 — — — Platinum Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3
"Fame and Fortune" 17 — — — — — —
"It's Now or Never" / 1 — — — — — Platinum
"A Mess of Blues" 32 — — — — — — Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" / 1 22 3 — — — 2× Multi-Platinum Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3
"I Gotta Know" 20 — — — — — —
1961 "Surrender" / 1 — — — — — Platinum
"Lonely Man" 32 — — — — — — Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4
"Flaming Star"
From Elvis by Request: Flaming Star and 3 Other Great Songs EP; also includes "Summer Kisses, Winter Tears" (From Elvis for Everyone), and the recent hits "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" and "It's Now or Never" (both from Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3; see above for chart positions) 14 — — — — — — Elvis Presley Sings Flaming Star
"I Feel So Bad" / 5 — — — — — Gold Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3
"Wild in the Country" 26 — — — — — — The Other Sides: Worldwide Gold Award Hits Volume 2
"(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" / 4 — — 2 — — Gold Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3
"Little Sister" 5 — — — — — —
"Can't Help Falling in Love" / 2 — — 1 — — Platinum Blue Hawaii
1962 "Rock-A-Hula Baby" 23 — — — — — —
"Good Luck Charm" / 1 — — — — — Platinum Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3
"Anything That's Part of You" 31 — — 6 — — —
"Follow That Dream"
From Follow That Dream EP; also includes "Angel", "What A Wonderful Life" (from I Got Lucky), and "I'm Not the Marrying Kind" 15 — — 5 — — — C'mon Everybody
"She's Not You" / 5 — 13 2 — — Gold Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3
"Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" 55 — — 14 — — — Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4
"King of the Whole Wide World"
From Kid Galahad EP; also includes "This Is Living" "Riding the Rainbow" (from I Got Lucky), "Home Is Where the Heart Is" (from I Got Lucky), "I Got Lucky" (from I Got Lucky), and "A Whistling Tune" 30 — — — — — — C'mon Everybody
"Return to Sender" / 2 — 5 — — — Platinum Girls! Girls! Girls!
"Where Do You Come From" 99 — — — — — —
1963 "One Broken Heart for Sale" / 11 — 21 — — — Gold It Happened at the World's Fair
"They Remind Me Too Much of You" 53 — — — — — —
"(You're The) Devil in Disguise"
b/w "Please Don't Drag That String Around" 3 — — — — — Gold Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4
"Bossa Nova Baby" / 8 — 20 — — — Gold Fun in Acapulco
"Witchcraft" 32 — — — — — — Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4
1964 "Kissin' Cousins" / 12 — — — — — Gold Kissin' Cousins
"It Hurts Me" 29 — — — — — — Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4
"Kiss Me Quick" / 34 — — — — — — Pot Luck
"Suspicion" 103 — — — — — —
"What'd I Say" / 21 — — — — — — Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4
"Viva Las Vegas" 29 — — — 29 — Gold Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits Volume 1
"Such a Night" / 16 — — — 14 — — Elvis Is Back!
"Never Ending" 111 — — — — — — Double Trouble
"Ask Me" / 12 — — — — — — Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4
"Ain't That Loving You Baby" 16 — — — 1 — Gold
"Wooden Heart"
b/w "Blue Christmas" (from Elvis' Christmas Album) 107 — — — — — — G.I. Blues
1965 "Do the Clam" / 21 — — — 10 — — Girl Happy
"You'll Be Gone" 121 — — — 35 — —
"Crying in the Chapel"
b/w "I Believe in the Man in the Sky" (from His Hand in Mine) 3 — — 1 3 — Platinum How Great Thou Art
"(Such An) Easy Question" / 11 — — 1 4 — — Pot Luck
"It Feels So Right" 55 — — — — — — Elvis Is Back!
"I'm Yours" / 11 — — 1 2 — Gold Pot Luck
"(It's A) Long Lonely Highway" 112 — — — — — — Kissin' Cousins
"Puppet on a String"
b/w "Wooden Heart" (from G.I. Blues; see above for chart position) 14 — — 3 3 — Gold Girl Happy
"Santa Claus Is Back in Town"
b/w "Blue Christmas" — — — — — — — Elvis' Christmas Album
1966 "Tell Me Why" / 33 — — — 6 — Gold The Other Sides: Worldwide Gold Award Hits Volume 2
"Blue River" 95 — — — — — — Double Trouble
"Joshua Fit the Battle"
b/w "Known Only to Him" — — — — — — — His Hand In Mine
"Milky White Way"
b/w "Swing Down, Sweet Chariot" — — — — — — —
"Frankie and Johnny" / 25 — — 3 14 — Gold Frankie and Johnny
"Please Don't Stop Loving Me" 45 — — — — — —
"Love Letters" / 19 — — 38 29 — — Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4
"Come What May" 109 — — — — — — Collectors Gold
"Spinout" / 40 — — — 27 — — Spinout
"All That I Am" 41 — — 9 — — —
"If Every Day Was Like Christmas"
b/w "How Would You Like to Be" (from It Happened at the World's Fair) — — — — — — — Elvis' Christmas Album (1970 RCA Camden reissue)
1967 "Indescribably Blue" / 33 — — — — — — Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4
"Fools Fall in Love" 102 — — — — — — I Got Lucky
"Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)" / 63 — — — — — — Double Trouble
"That's Someone You Never Forget" 92 — — — — — — Pot Luck
"There's Always Me" / 56 — — — — — — Something for Everybody
"Judy" 78 — — — — — —
"Big Boss Man" / 38 — — — — — — Clambake
"You Don't Know Me" 44 — — 34 — — —
1968 "Guitar Man" / 43 — — — — — —
"Hi-Heel Sneakers" flip — — — — — — Elvis Aron Presley
"U.S. Male" / 28 55 — — 10 — — Almost in Love
"Stay Away" 67 — — — — — —
"You'll Never Walk Alone" / 90 — — — 55 — — You'll Never Walk Alone
"We Call on Him" 106 — — — — — —
"Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby" / 72 50 — — — — — Speedway
"Let Yourself Go" 71 — — — 42 — —
"A Little Less Conversation" / 69 — — — 25 — — Almost in Love
"Almost in Love" 95 — — — — — —
"If I Can Dream" / 12 — — — 6 — Gold Elvis (NBC TV Special)
"Edge of Reality" 112 — — — — — — Almost in Love
1969 "Memories"
b/w "Charro" (from Almost in Love) 35 56 — 7 15 7 — Elvis (NBC TV Special)
"How Great Thou Art"
b/w "His Hand in Mine" (from His Hand in Mine) 101 — — — — — — How Great Thou Art
"In the Ghetto"
b/w "Any Day Now" 3 60 — 8 2 8 Platinum From Elvis in Memphis
"Clean Up Your Own Backyard"
b/w "The Fair Is Moving On" (from From Memphis to Vegas – From Vegas to Memphis (Back in Memphis) 35 74 — 37 23 — Gold Almost in Love
"Suspicious Minds"
b/w "You'll Think of Me" (from From Memphis to Vegas – From Vegas to Memphis (Back in Memphis) 1 — — 4 1 3 Platinum Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits Volume 1
"Don't Cry Daddy" / 6 13 — 3 4 3 Platinum
"Rubberneckin'" flip — — — — — — Almost in Love
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or have not been certified.
The 1970s[edit]
Year
Single (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
Chart positions
RIAA
Album
US Hot
[15]
US Country
[16]
US AC
[18]
CA
[19]
CA Country
[19]
CA AC
[19]
1970 "Kentucky Rain"
b/w "My Little Friend" (from Almost in Love) 16 31 3 10 1 4 Gold Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits Volume 1
"The Wonder of You" / 9 37 1 7 17 — Gold On Stage: February 1970
"Mama Liked the Roses" flip — — — — — — Elvis' Christmas Album (1970 RCA Camden re-issue)
"I've Lost You" / 32 57 5 10 — — Gold That's the Way It Is
"The Next Step Is Love" flip flip flip — — — —
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" / 11 56 1 10 — — Gold
"Patch It Up" flip — — — — — —
"I Really Don't Want to Know" / 21 23 2 9 — 7 Gold Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)
"There Goes My Everything" flip 9 flip — — — —
1971 "Rags to Riches" / - — — — — — — Elvis Aron Presley
"Where Did They Go, Lord" 33 55 18 21 — — — He Walks Beside Me
"Life" / 53 34 8 41 — — — Love Letters from Elvis
"Only Believe" flip — — — — — —
"I'm Leavin'" / 36 — 2 33 — 33 — Elvis Aron Presley
"Heart of Rome" flip — — — — — — Love Letters from Elvis
"It's Only Love" / 51 — 19 46 — — — Elvis Aron Presley
"The Sound of Your Cry" — — flip — — — — Elvis' Greatest Hits Volume 1
"Merry Christmas Baby"
b/w "O Come All Ye Faithful" — — — — — — — Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas
1972 "Until It's Time for You to Go" / 40 68 9 37 — — — Elvis Now
"We Can Make the Morning" — — flip — — — —
"He Touched Me"
b/w "Bosom of Abraham" — — — — — — — He Touched Me
"An American Trilogy"
b/w "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (from Elvis Aron Presley) 66 — 31 — — — — Elvis Aron Presley
"Burning Love" / 2 — flip 2 37 — Platinum Burning Love and Hits from His Movies, Volume 2
"It's a Matter of Time" — 36 9 — 64 — —
"Separate Ways" / 20 flip 3 27 — — Gold Separate Ways
"Always on My Mind" — 16 — — 4 — —
1973 "Steamroller Blues" / 17 flip — 15 — — — Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite
"Fool" flip 31 12 — 20 19 — Elvis (1973 album)
"Raised on Rock" / 41 — 27 55 — 60 — Raised on Rock / For Ol' Times Sake
"For Ol' Times Sake" flip 42 — — — — —
1974 "I've Got a Thing About You Baby" / 39 4 flip 27 96 7 — Good Times
"Take Good Care of Her" flip flip 27 — — — —
"If You Talk in Your Sleep" / 17 flip 6 19 — — — Promised Land
"Help Me" — 6 — — 4 — —
"Promised Land" / 14 flip flip 19 — — —
"It's Midnight" — 9 8 — 6 10 —
1975 "My Boy"
b/w "Thinking About You" (from Promised Land) 20 14 1 21 27 1 — Good Times
"T-R-O-U-B-L-E"
b/w "Mr. Songman" (from Promised Land) 35 11 42 26 26 49 — Today
"Bringing It Back" / 65 — — 91 — — —
"Pieces of My Life" — 33 — — — — —
1976 "Hurt" / 28 6 7 45 — 11 — From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee
"For the Heart" flip 45 — — — — —
"Moody Blue" / 31 1 2 57 3 2 — Moody Blue
"She Thinks I Still Care" flip flip — — — — —
1977 "Way Down" / 18 1 14 15 1 23 Platinum
"Pledging My Love" — flip — — — — —
"My Way" / 22 2 6 32 1 1 Gold Elvis in Concert
"America" flip — — — — — — Elvis Aron Presley
1978 "Unchained Melody" / — 6 — — 6 — —
"Softly as I Leave You" 109 flip — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or have not been certified.
Posthumous singles[edit]
Year
Single
Chart positions
Certifications
Album
US Hot
[15]
US Country
[16]
US AC
[18]
AUS
AUT
CA
CA Country
IRL
ITA
NZ
SWE
UK
1978 "Puppet on a String" / — 78 — — — — — — — — — — Elvis Sings for Children and Grownups Too
"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" (re-release) 105 flip — — — — — — — — — —
1979 "Are You Sincere" / — 10 — — — — 4 — — — — — Our Memories of Elvis
"Solitaire" — flip — — — — — — — — — —
"There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)" / — 6 — — — — 3 — — — — — Our Memories of Elvis Volume 2
"I Got a Feelin' in My Body" — flip — — — — — — — — — —
1981 "Guitar Man"
b/w "Faded Love" 28 1 16 — — — 1 — — — — — Guitar Man
"Lovin' Arms" / — 8 — — — — 10 — — — — —
"You Asked Me To" — flip — — — — — — — — — —
1982 "You'll Never Walk Alone" / — 73 — — — — — — — — — — Greatest Hits Volume 1
"There Goes My Everything" (re-release) — flip — — — — — — — — — —
"The Elvis Medley"
b/w "Always On My Mind" 71 31 31 — — 42 23 — — — — — The Elvis Medley
1983 "I Was the One" (re-release) / — 92 — — — — — — — — — — I Was the One
"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" (re-release) — flip — — — — — — — — — —
1996 "Heartbreak Hotel" (re-release) — — — — — — — — — — — — Heartbreak Hotel (CD Single)
1998 "Blue Christmas" (re-release) — 55 — — — — — — — — — — Blue Christmas
2002 "A Little Less Conversation" (JXL remix)
b/w original version of A-side 50 — — 1 3 1 — 1 3 1 1 1
RIAA: Gold[14]
ARIA: 2× Platinum[20]
BPI: Platinum[21]
RMNZ: Gold
ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits
2003 "Rubberneckin'" (remix)
b/w original version of A-side 94 — — — — — — — — — — — ELV1S: 2nd to None
2008 "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (with Carrie Underwood) — 54 14 — — — — — — — — — Christmas Duets
"Blue Christmas" (with Martina McBride) — 36 22 — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or have not been certified.
International chart information[edit]
Elvis Presley had a worldwide impact on popular music and culture, as shown through his success on pop music charts throughout the world. His international success is even more remarkable considering that except for three 1957 Canadian concerts, Elvis did not perform outside of the United States.
While most of the international singles are the same as those that were released in the US, there are some singles that were international hits that were not hits in the US, such as “Party” and “Wooden Heart”.
Abbreviations for charts:
UK: United Kingdom chart[22]
CAN: Canadian chart[23]
AUS: Australian chart[24]
ASTR: Austrian chart[23]
BEL: Belgian chart[23]
DEN: Denmark chart[23]
FRN: French chart[23]
GER: German chart[25]
IRE: Ireland chart[23]
IT: Italian chart[23]
NED: Netherlands chart[23]
NZ: New Zealand chart[23]
NOR: Norwegian chart[23]
SA: South African chart[23]
SPN: Spain Kingdom chart[23]
SWE: Sweden chart[23]
SWT: Switzerland chart[23]
The numbers below represent the highest position for a song on each respective chart. 45 rpm singles were normally released with one song on each side, The "A-side" was generally considered to be the primary side, while the "B-side" or "flip-side" was considered secondary. Elvis frequently had both sides become hits and appear on the charts. The sides and their chart positions are distinguished by a " / ", A-side / B-side. Extended Plays (EP) usually had two songs per side and would sometimes make the singles chart. The numbers in parentheses are the number of weeks that a song remained at number 1.
1956–1958[edit]
Some countries did not develop recognized, national charts until the 1960s.
Year
Song Title - A-Side / B-Side
UK
CAN
AUS
ASTR
GER
IT
SA
SWE
Comments
1956 "Heartbreak Hotel" / "I Was the One" 2 / 1 / 3 / 40 - 12 / 1 / - 8 / -
"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" / "My Baby Left Me" 14 / - 19 / - - - - - -
"Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel" 2 / 1 / 17 / 12 - / 12 1 / - 10 / 10 -
"Blue Suede Shoes" / “Tutti Frutti” 9 / - 18 - / 9 2 / 1 - 4 / 4 -
"Blue Moon" / “Just Because” 9 / - - - - - - - 1954 recording
"Love Me Tender"/ "Anyway You Want Me" 11 / 1 / 6 / 10 / 16 / - - - -
1957 "I Forgot To Remember To Forget" / "Mystery Train" - / 25 - - - - - - - 1955 recording
"Good Rockin' Tonight" / "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine" / 23 - - - - - - 10 / 1954 recording
"Love Me" / "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" / "Paralyzed" / “Rip It Up” - / - / 8 / 27 - 27 / - - - - - Elvis, Volume 1 EP
"Too Much" / "Playing for Keeps" 6 / - 14 / - - - - - -
"All Shook Up" / "That's When Your Heartaches Begin" 1 (7) / 1 / 5 / 7 / 16 / 1 / - - -
"Trying to Get to You" / “I Love You Because” 16 / - - - - - - - 1955 recording
"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" / “Shake, Rattle & Roll” 15 / - - - - - - - -
"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" / "Loving You" 3 / 24 1 (7) / 15 8 / 22 - - - - 4 -
"Party" / "Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do" 2 / 17 - - - - - - - 1 UK Melody Maker Top 40 Singles
"Have I told You Lately that I Love You" - 13 - - - - - - -
"Jailhouse Rock" / "Treat Me Nice" 1(3) / 1 / 13 3 / 44 8 / 10 / 5 / 1 / 2 / 10 -
“Jailhouse Rock” EP 18 - - - - - - - EP
"Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)" 7 - - - - - - - -
1958 "Don't" / "I Beg of You" 2 / 1 9 / 34 - 17 / 4 / 1 / 12 / Last single released before Elvis enters the US Army
"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" / "Doncha' Think It's Time" 3 / 1 / 10 4 / - - - - 5 / -
"Baby,Let's Play House" / "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" - / 21 - - - - - - - 1955 recording
"Old Shep" - 25 25 - - - - - -
"Hard Headed Woman" / "Don't Ask Me Why" 2 / 1 / 4 2 / - - - - 4 / -
1958–1964[edit]
Elvis Presley returns from US Army duty in 1960. The focus of much of his work after his return is on his movie career and recording associated soundtracks.
Year
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1958 "King Creole” / “Dixieland Rock” 2 / 15 / 51 / - - - - - - - 4 / 3 / - - 1 / - -
"One Night" / "I Got Stung" 1 (3) 1 33/10 - - - - - 7 / - - / 2 - - 9 / 5 - -
1959 "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" / "I Need Your Love Tonight" 1 (5) 1 (3) 1 (6) / 18 - 13 / - - / 15 15 / - - 5 / 2 1 / - 17/ 4 - -
"A Big Hunk o' Love" / "My Wish Came True" 4 / 1 2 / 37 - 8 / - - 23 / 15 / - - 2 / - - 4 / - -
1960 "Strictly Elvis" EP 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - EP
"Stuck on You" / "Fame and Fortune" 3 / 1 1 - 4 / 10 / - 23 / 10 / - 1 / 12 2 / - - 3 / - Elvis discharged from US Army
”A Mess of Blues" / “The Girl of My Best Friend” 2 - 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"It's Now or Never" / "A Mess of Blues" 1 (8) / 1 (7) 1 (7) / 1 (3) / 1 / 20 - - 2 / 2 / - 2 / 11 1 (7) / 1 / 1 / 1 / 6 1 (8) / South African single of the year. Elvis’ biggest international hit at the time.
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" / "I Gotta Know" 1 (4) / 1 1 (6) 5 / 1 / - - 4 / 4 / - 3 / 12 3 / 1 / - 2 / 3 / -
1961 "G.I. Blues" - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - - From the movie G.I. Blues
"Wooden Heart” / “Tonight Is So Right for Love” 1 (6) / 2 / 1 (4) / 1 (6) / 1 / - - 2 / 1 / - - 3 / 1 / - 12/ - South African single of the year. From the movie G.I. Blues
"Surrender" / "Lonely Man" 1 (4) / 1 1 (3) / 3 / 1 / 7 / 5 / 6 / 3 / - - 2 / 1 / - 1 / - -
"Flaming Star" - 4 4 - - 10 - - - - 4 - - - 4 - From the "Flaming Star" EP
"I Feel so Bad" / "Wild in the Country" 4 6 27 26 / / 4 - - 19 / 24 13 / - 10 / - - - 11 / - / 1 UK N.M.E Singles Chart
"(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" / "Little Sister" 1 (4) 1 2 23 / / 1 - / 39 3 5/ 25 8 - / 6 6 / 4 - - 6 / 6 - -
"Can't Help Falling in Love" / "Rock-a-Hula Baby" 1 (4) 4 1 (5) 20 / / 9 - - 22 / 26 11 / - 11 / 2 / 6 1 / - 2 / 12 - From the movie “Blue Hawaii”
1962 "Good Luck Charm" / "Anything That's Part of You" 1 (5) / 1 1 (6) 6 3 / - 7 / 6 / 2 / - 3 / 1 (11) / 1 / - 1 / - -
”No More” / "Sentimental Me" - - - - 7 / - - 12 26/ - 1 / - - - 2 / - -
"Follow That Dream" 34 12 11 - 10 - - - 17 - 17 - - - 9 - From the "Follow That Dream" EP
" Swing Down Sweet Chariot " - - - - - - - - - - 8 - - - - - -
"She's Not You" / "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" 1 (3) / 3 5 9 / 3 / - 25/ 15/ 5 / 1 / - 1 (6) / - - 2 / - -
"King of the Whole Wide World" / "I Got Lucky"[citation needed] 23/ 5 / 24 - 15/15 - 25/ 26/ - - - 1 (3) / - - 4 / - From the "Kid Galahad" EP
"Return to Sender" / "Where Do You Come From" 1 (3) / 1 / 1 (3) / 9 / 2 / - 26 / 15 / 5 / 1 / 2 / 1 (11) / - 1 / 1 / - -
1963 "One Broken Heart for Sale" / "They Remind Me Too Much of You" 12 / 10 9 / - 9 / - - 23/ 16/ 5 / - 2 / - - 11/ - -
"Night Rider" / " Girls, Girls, Girls " - - - - - - 22/27 - - - - - - - - - -
"(You're the) Devil in Disguise" / "Please Don't Drag That String Around" 1 / 1 / 2 / 7 / 1 / - 1 / 2 / 1 / 1 / - 1 (6) / - - 1 / - -
"Bossa Nova Baby" / "Witchcraft" 13/ 21 4 15/ 1 / 5 / 6 /28 12 8 / - - 2 / - - 4 / 5 6 / -
1964–1967[edit]
After The Beatles' rise to worldwide fame in 1964, Elvis' chart performance falls off.
Year
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ASTR
BEL
DEN
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1964 "Kissin' Cousins" / "It Hurts Me" 10 / 15 7 - 12 / 2 / 8 / 27 / 15 / 6 / - - 6 / - - - -
"Kiss Me Quick" / “Suspicion” 14 / 3 / 56 13 / 2 / 6 - - 3 / 12 / 9 - - - 3 / 9 - - 3 / 8 Songs recorded in 1961
"Fun in Acapulco" / "Mexico" - - 28 / - / 7 - - / 23 / 9 - - - / 7 - - - -
"What'd I Say" / "Viva Las Vegas" / 15 21 / 14 4 - / 12 / 3 16 / / 21 / 18 - / 8 - / 6 - - / 5 -
If You Think I Don’t Need You / C’mon Everybody /Today Tomorrow and Forever - 5 / 29 / - - - / 34 / - - - - - - - - - From the "Viva Las Vegas" EP
"Such a Night" / "Never Ending" 13 / 4 / 3 / 5 / 2 / 5 / - 40 / 13 / - 9 / - 4 / - - 6 / recorded in 1960
"Ask Me" / "Ain't That Loving You Baby" / 15 3 1 (3) - / 5 / 5 / 18 - / 23 - / 5 - / 4 / 1 - / 3 B-side recorded in 1958
" One Track Heart " - - - - - - 24 - - - - - - - - - 3 in Israel
"Blue Christmas" / “Wooden Heart” 11/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A-side recorded in 1957/B-side recorded in 1960
1965 "Do the Clam" / "You'll Be Gone" 19 / 16 4 / - 10 / 2 / - - 30 / - - - - - - - 4 / Israel
"Crying in the Chapel" / “I Believe In The Man In The Sky” 1 (2) / 1 / 1 (6) / 6 / 4 / 2 / - 23 / 13 / 1 / - 3 / 1 (2)/ 1 / 1 / 2 / 1 / Israel and Hong Kong. Recorded in 1960.
"(Such an) Easy Question" / "It Feels so Right" - 4 / 6 / - - 2 / - - 37 / - - - - - - 10 / 2 / Hong Kong. A-side recorded in 1962 /B-side 1960
"I'm Yours" / "Long Lonely Highway" - 2 / 9 - 8 / 4 / - - - - - - - - - / 11 3 / Hong Kong. Recorded in 1962
”I Feel That I’ve Known You Forever” /”Slowly But Surely”/”Put the Blame on Me” - - 42 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 Hong Kong. Tickle Me EP
"Puppet on a String" / "Tell Me Why" / 15 3 / 7 28 - / 16 - - - - - - / 9 - - - - B side recorded 1957
1966 "Blue River" / “Do Not Disturb” 22 / - 37 - 15 / - - - - - - / 9 - - - - -
" Joshua Fit The Battle " / “Known Only To Him” - - 91 / - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 / -
"Milky White Way " / “Swing Down Sweet Chariot” - - 59 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"Frankie and Johnny" / "Please Don't Stop Loving Me" 21 / 4 / 40 / - - - - - - - - 13 / - - - - -
"Love Letters" / "Come What May" 6 / 12 / 27 - 20 / - - - 25 / 7 / - 7 / - - - 13 -
"Spinout" / "All That I Am" / 18 13 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"If Every Day Was Like Christmas" / "How Would You Like To Be" 9 / 17 / 92 / - - - - - - 9 / - - - - - - -
1967 "Indescribably Blue" / "Fools Fall In Love" 21 / 38 / 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"Easy Come Easy Go" / " Suppose " - - 78 / - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"Long Legged Girl" / "That's Someone You Never Forget" 49 / 24 / 38 / - - - - - - - - - - - - - B-side recorded in 1961
"You Gotta Stop" / "Love Machine" 38 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"There's Always Me" / "Judy" - - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - recorded in 1961
"Big Boss Man" / "You Don't Know Me" - / 20 24 - - - 16 / - - - - - - - - - -
1968–1977[edit]
Elvis begins his musical comeback in late 1968 with his NBC TV Special. In 1973 his "Aloha from Hawaii" TV special is broadcast worldwide and seen by more than 1 billion viewers. He dies in 1977. Soon after his death, another TV special, "Elvis In Concert" is broadcast in the US.
Year
Song Title – A-side / B-side
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1968 "Guitar Man" / "High Heel Sneakers" 19 / 10 26 - - - 25 / - - - - - - - - - -
"U.S. Male" / "Stay Away" 15 / 25 12 - - - 27 / - 37 12 / - - - - - - -
"You'll Never Walk Alone" / "We Call On Him" 44 / - 79 / - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"Let Yourself Go" / "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" / 22 - 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"If I Can Dream" / "Memories" 11 / 7 / 2 / 19 - - - - - - 13 / - 6 / - 7 / - - Featured in Elvis’ TV Comeback Special
1969 "In the Ghetto" / "Any Day Now" 2 / 2 / 1 (4)/ 6 / 1 / 9 / - 1 (2)/ 4 / 1 / 25 / 1 / 1 (7)/ - 1 / 1 / 1 UK N.M.E Top 40 Singles. First of several Elvis hits produced by Chips Moman.
"Clean up Your Own Back Yard" / "The Fair Is Moving On" 21 / - 27 / - - - - - - - - 15 / - - - - -
"Suspicious Minds" / "You'll Think of Me" 2 / 1 / 1 (3)/ 13 / 1 / 3 / - 7 / 6 / 2 / - 1 / 10 / 1 / 5 / 4 / South African single of the year
"Don't Cry Daddy" / "Rubberneckin'" 8 / 5 / 3 10 / 2 / 6 / - 14 / 23 / 4 / - 2 / 4 / 3 / - 13 / -
1970 "Kentucky Rain" / "My Little Friend" 21 / 6 / 9 / - - - - 40 / - 14 / - - - - - - -
"The Wonder of You" / "Mama Liked the Roses" 1 (6)/ 4 / 3 / - 8 / - - 22 / - 1 / - - - 8 / - 6 / -
"I've Lost You" / "The Next Step Is Love" 9 / 26 / 6 - 9 / - - 40 / - 15 / - - - - - - -
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" / "Patch It Up" 9 / 6 / 7 - 16 / - 1 / - - 17 / - - - - - - -
"I Really Don't Want to Know" / "There Goes My Everything" / 6 28 / 13 - 19 / - - - - - - - - - - - -
1971 "Where Did They Go, Lord" / "Rags to Riches" / 9 - 34 - - - - - - / 12 - - - - - - -
"Heartbreak Hotel" / "Hound Dog" 10 - 81 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-releases
"Jailhouse Rock" 42 - 71 - 9 - - - 5 - - - - - - - Re-release
"Life" / "Only Believe" - - 44 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"I'm Leavin'” / "Heart of Rome" 23/ - 83 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"I Just Can't Help Believing" / “How the Web Was Woven” 6 / - - - 10 / - - - 4 / 12 / - - - 6 / - 3 / -
"It's Only Love" / "The Sound Of Your Cry" - - 59 / - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1972 "Until It's Time for You to Go" / "We Can Make The Morning" 5 / 12 / 90 / - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"An American Trilogy" / "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" 8 / - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 / A-side medley of "Dixieland"/"Battle Hymn Of The Republic"/"All My Trials"
"That’s Alright" - - - - - - 25 - - - - - - - - - Re-release
"Burning Love" / "It's A Matter Of Time" 7 / 4 / 3 / 7 / - - 7 / 31 / 19 / 6 / - 6 / - 7 / - 12/ -
"Separate Ways" / "Always on My Mind" / 9 - 8 / - - - - - - / 9 - - - - - - -
1973 "Steamroller Blues" / "Fool" /15 - 17 / 21 - - - - - - / 8 - - - - - - A-side recorded during “Aloha” TV Special
"Polk Salad Annie" / “See See Rider” 23 / - - - - - / 28 - - 16 / - - - - - - Recorded February, 1970 from the album "On Stage". UK release.
"Raised on Rock" / "For Ol' Times Sake" 36 / - 37 / - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1974 "I've Got a Thing About You Baby" / "Take Good Care of Her" 33 / - 43 - - - - - - 20 / - - - / 18 - - -
"If You Talk in Your Sleep" / "Help Me" 40 / - 37 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"Promised Land" / "It's Midnight" 9 / - 41 / - - - 25 / - - 7 / - - - - - -
1975 "My Boy" / "Thinking About You" 5 / 27 / 10 / - 5 / - - - 9 / 4 / - 12 / - - - - -
"T-R-O-U-B-L-E" / "Mr. Songman" 31 / - 43 / - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"Green, Green Grass of Home" / “Make the World Go Away” 29 / - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1976 "Hurt" / "For the Heart" 37 / - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 / - - -
"Suspicion" / "The Girl Of My Best Friend" 9 - - - - - - - - 5 / 7 - - - - - - Re-releases. #3 U.S. hit for Elvis-soundalike Terry Stafford in 1963 / #18 U.S. hit for Elvis-soundalike Ral Donner in 1961
1977 "Moody Blue" / "She Thinks I Still Care" 6 / - 17 / - 4 / - 4 / - 14 / 7 / - 5 / 6 / 9 / - 2 / -
"Way Down" / "Pledging My Love" 1 (5) / - 6 19 / 16 / - 6 / 15 / 9 / 1 / - 7 / 10 / 13 / - - Released a few weeks before Presley's death.
"In the Ghetto" - - - - - - - 39 - - - - - - - - Re-release.
"Love Me Tender " - - - - - - - 40 - - - - - - - - Re-release.
"It's Now or Never " 39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-release.
" All Shook Up " 41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-release.
" Are You Lonesome Tonight " 46 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-release.
" Crying in the Chapel" 43 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-release.
"Jailhouse Rock" 44 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-release.
" Return to Sender" 42 - 74 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-release.
" The Wonder of You" 48 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-release.
"Wooden Heart" 49 - - - 6 - - - 2 - - - - - - - Re-release.
"My Way" / "America The Beautiful" 9 / 14 / 63 / - - - - - 24 / 6 / - - - - - - Released after Presley’s death. A-side recorded live 6/21/77; B-side recorded live 12/13/75.
1978–1999[edit]
After Elvis' death numerous singles were re-released or remixed and released.
Year
Song Title – A-side / B-side
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CAN
AUS
ASTR
BEL
DEN
FRN
GER
HOL
IRE
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NZ
NOR
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SWE
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1978 "Unchained Melody" / “Softly, As I Leave You” - - 93 / 52 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"Don't Be Cruel" 24 - - - - - - - - 12 - - - - - - Re-release.
1980 "It's Only Love" / "Beyond the Reef" 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"Santa Claus Is Back In Town" 41 - - - - - - - - 25 - - - - - - -
1981 "Guitar Man" / "Faded Love" 43 / - 73 / - - - - 12 / - - - - - - - - Both songs re-mixed by Elvis’ long time producer, Felton Jarvis
"Lovin' Arms" / "You Asked Me To" 47 / - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Felton Jarvis re-mixes
"It Won't Seem Like Christmas (Without You)" 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1982 "The Elvis Medley" / “Always On My Mind” 51 / - 48 / - 30 / - - - - - - - - - - - Medley of "Jailhouse Rock"/"Teddy Bear"/Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel"/"Burning Love"/"Suspicious Minds"
"The Sound of Your Cry" 59 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" / "From A Jack To A King" 25/ - 41/ - 19/ - - 27/ 15/ 16/ - - 9 / - - 3 / "laughing" live version
1983 "Jailhouse Rock" 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Baby I Don’t Care " 61 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"I Can Help" (short version) / “I Can Help” (long version) 30 / - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1984 "The Last Farewell" 48 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1985 "Always On My Mind" / “My Boy” 59 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A-side a slight remix
1987 "Ain't That Loving You Baby" / “Bossa Nova Baby” 47/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-releases
"Love Me Tender" / “If I Can Dream” 56/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-releases
1991 "Are You Lonesome Tonight" 68 - 72 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Live recording.
1992 "Don't Be Cruel" / “Ain't That Loving You, Baby” 42 / - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Reissue
1992 "Don't Be Cruel" / "Fame and Fortune" - - - - - - 37 / - - - - - - - - - Reissue
1994 "Jailhouse Rock" - - - - - - - - 15 - - - - - - - Re-release
1995 "The Twelfth of Never" / "Walk A Mile In My Shoes" 21/ - - - - - - - 15/ - - - - - - - -
1996 "Heartbreak Hotel" / “I Was The One” 45 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
1997 "Always on My Mind" 13 - - - - - - - 15 - - - - - - - Re-issue
2000–present[edit]
Elvis experiences a resurgence in popularity after the release of “Elv1s 30 Number 1 Hits” CD and the "A Little Less Conversation" remix in 2002, the 25th anniversary of his death. In anticipation of the expiration of the European copyrights on Elvis’ early recordings, BMG re-releases many of Elvis’ singles on CD. Billboard begins publishing a European Hot 100 singles chart (EUR).[citation needed]
Year
Song Title
EUR
UK
CAN
AUS
BEL
DEN
FRN
GER
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IRE
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NZ
NOR
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2001 "Suspicious Minds" - 15 - - - - - - 28 - - - - - - - live recorded at The International Hotel, Las Vegas, August 1970. UK release
"America the Beautiful" / “If I Can Dream” - 69
[26] - 91 - - - - 15 - - - - - - - released following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, proceeds donated to American Red Cross.
2002 "A Little Less Conversation" - 1 (4) 1 1 (4) 3 1 15 8 1 1 3 - 1 - - 1 remix by Junkie XL. 1 MTV Europe Singles
”Burning Love” - 86
[26] - 37 - - - - - - - - - - - - Reissue
2003 "Rubberneckin'" - 5 2 3 - - - 51 - - - - - - - - Paul Oakenfold Remix. 7 MTV Europe Singles
2004 "That's All Right" / "Blue Moon of Kentucky" - 3 5 31 - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
2005 "Jailhouse Rock" / "Treat Me Nice" 2 1 (1) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"One Night" 2 1 (1) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"A Fool Such As I" 6 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"It's Now or Never" 6 1 (1) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" 9 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Wooden Heart" 13 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Surrender" 8 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" 9 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Rock-a-Hula Baby" / "Can't Help Falling in Love" 11 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Good Luck Charm" - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"She's Not You" - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Return to Sender" 17 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"(You're the) Devil in Disguise" 11 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Crying in the Chapel" 10 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"The Wonder of You" 16 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Way Down" - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"A Little Less Conversation" - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue of the JXL remix
2006 "Heartbreak Hotel" / "I Was the One" - - - 2 - - - 90 - - - - - - - - Re-issue
2007 "Suspicious Minds" - 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Blue Suede Shoes" / "Tutti Frutti" - 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"My Baby Left Me" - 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue, Number 1 UK Indie Chart
"Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel" - 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" - 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Party" - 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Don't" - 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Hard Headed Woman" - 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"King Creole" - 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"A Big Hunk o' Love" - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" - 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"If I Can Dream" - 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Viva Las Vegas" - 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"In the Ghetto" - 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" - 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Always on My Mind" - 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"An American Trilogy" - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Blue Christmas" - 195
[27] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"Burning Love" - 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Re-issue
"In the Ghetto" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Remixed duet with Lisa Marie Presley
2008 "Baby Let's Play House" - 84
[28] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - remix by Spankox.
See also[edit]
Elvis Presley portal
For a list of Presley's albums, see Elvis Presley albums discography.
For a list of Presley's hit albums, see Elvis Presley hit albums.
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^ Jump up to: a b c "Elvis Presley: Charts & Awards – Billboard Singles". AllMusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e "RPM Search Engine" (PHP). Library and Archives Canada. March 31, 2004.
Jump up ^ "ARIA Certification 2002 – Songs". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on November 5, 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
Jump up ^ "BPI > Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
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^ Jump up to: a b Zobbel (2007-06-16). "Chart Log UK". Zobbel. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
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Further reading[edit]
Guralnick, Peter and Jorgensen, Ernst (1999). Elvis: Day By Day - The Definitive Record of His Life and Music. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-42089-6
Jorgensen, Ernst (1998). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music - The Complete Recording Sessions. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-18572-3
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Elvis Presley portal
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Elvis Presley Canadian Billboard Information Canadian Billboard Information on Music Legends
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Studio albums
Elvis Presley
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Peace in the Valley (EP)
Elvis' Christmas Album
For LP Fans Only
A Date with Elvis
Elvis Is Back!
His Hand in Mine
Something for Everybody
Pot Luck
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How Great Thou Art
From Elvis in Memphis
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Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)
Love Letters from Elvis
Elvis sings The Wonderful World of Christmas
Elvis Now
He Touched Me
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Raised on Rock / For Ol' Times Sake
Good Times
Promised Land
Today
From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee
Moody Blue
Live albums
On Stage
As Recorded at Madison Square Garden
Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite
Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis
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An Afternoon in the Garden
Soundtrack albums
and EPs
Love Me Tender (EP)
Loving You
Jailhouse Rock (EP)
King Creole
G.I. Blues
Flaming Star (EP)
Blue Hawaii
Follow That Dream (EP)
Kid Galahad (EP)
Girls! Girls! Girls!
It Happened at the World's Fair
Fun in Acapulco
Kissin' Cousins
Viva Las Vegas (EP)
Roustabout
Girl Happy
Tickle Me (EP)
Harum Scarum
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Paradise Hawaiian Style
Spinout
Easy Come, Easy Go (EP)
Double Trouble
Clambake
Speedway
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Elvis' Golden Records
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Let's Be Friends
Almost in Love
C'mon Everybody
I Got Lucky
Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 1
Elvis' 40 Greatest
Pure Gold
Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2
The Sun Sessions
Welcome to My World
Mahalo from Elvis
Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 3
Greatest Hits Volume 1
Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5
Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances
Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II
Elvis 56
Tiger Man
Memories: The '68 Comeback Special
Sunrise
Suspicious Minds: The Memphis 1969 Anthology
ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits
2nd to None
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Hitstory
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If I Can Dream
Way Down in the Jungle Room
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It Happened at the World's Fair
Fun in Acapulco
Kissin' Cousins
Viva Las Vegas
Roustabout
Girl Happy
Tickle Me
Harum Scarum
Frankie and Johnny
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
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Easy Come, Easy Go
Double Trouble
Clambake
Stay Away, Joe
Speedway
Live a Little, Love a Little
Charro!
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"Heartbreak Hotel"
"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"
"Don't Be Cruel"
"Hound Dog"
"Love Me Tender"
"Love Me"
"Too Much"
"All Shook Up"
"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"
"Jailhouse Rock"
"Don't"
"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"
"Hard Headed Woman"
"One Night"
"I Got Stung"
"(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I"
"I Need Your Love Tonight"
"A Big Hunk o' Love"
"Stuck on You"
"It's Now or Never"
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
"Surrender"
"I Feel So Bad"
"(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame"
"Little Sister"
"Can't Help Falling in Love"
"Good Luck Charm"
"She's Not You"
"Return to Sender"
"(You're The) Devil in Disguise"
"Bossa Nova Baby"
"Crying in the Chapel"
"In the Ghetto"
"Suspicious Minds"
"Don't Cry Daddy"
"The Wonder of You"
"Burning Love"
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1954
"That's All Right" / "Blue Moon of Kentucky"
"Good Rockin' Tonight" / "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine"
"You're a Heartbreaker"
1955
"Baby Let's Play House"
"I Forgot to Remember to Forget" / "Mystery Train"
1956
"Heartbreak Hotel" / "I Was the One"
"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" / "My Baby Left Me"
"Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog"
"Blue Suede Shoes" / "Tutti Frutti"
"Money Honey"
"I Got a Woman"
"Tryin' to Get to You"
"Blue Moon"
"I'll Never Let You Go (Lil' Darlin')" / "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)"
"Shake, Rattle and Roll" / "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"
"Love Me Tender"
1957
"Too Much" / "Playing for Keeps"
"All Shook Up"
"Peace in the Valley
"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"
"Paralyzed" (UK)
"Jailhouse Rock"
"Party" / "Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!" (UK)
1958
"Don't"
"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"
"Hard Headed Woman" / "Don't Ask Me Why"
"King Creole" (UK)
"One Night"
1959
"I Need Your Love Tonight" / "A Fool Such as I"
"A Big Hunk o' Love"
1960
"Stuck on You" / "Fame and Fortune"
"It's Now or Never"
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
1961
"Surrender" / "Lonely Man"
"I Feel So Bad" / "Wild in the Country"
"(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" / "Little Sister"
"Can't Help Falling in Love" / "Rock-A-Hula Baby"
1962
"Good Luck Charm" / "Anything That's Part of You"
"She's Not You"
"Return to Sender" / "Where Do You Come from"
1963
"One Broken Heart for Sale"
"(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
"Bossa Nova Baby" / "Witchcraft"
1964
"Kissin' Cousins" / "It Hurts Me"
"What'd I Say" / "Viva Las Vegas"
"Such a Night" / "Never Ending"
"Ask Me" / "Ain't That Loving You Baby"
"Blue Christmas"
1965
"Do the Clam" / "You'll Be Gone"
"Crying in the Chapel
"(Such an) Easy Question"
"I'm Yours"
"Puppet on a String" / "Wooden Heart"
1966
"Tell Me Why" / "Blue River"
"Frankie and Johnny" / "Please Don't Stop Loving Me"
"Love Letters"
"Spinout" / "All That I Am"
"If Every Day Was Like Christmas"
1967
"Indescribably Blue"
"Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)" / "That's Someone You Never Forget"
"There's Always Me" / "Judy"
"Big Boss Man" / "You Don't Know Me"
1968
"Guitar Man"
"U.S. Male" / "Stay Away"
"You'll Never Walk Alone"
"Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" / "Let Yourself Go"
"Almost in Love" / "A Little Less Conversation"
"If I Can Dream" / "Edge of Reality"
1969
"Memories" / "Charro"
"How Great Thou Art"
"In the Ghetto" / "Any Day Now"
"Clean Up Your Own Backyard"
"Suspicious Minds" / "You'll Think of Me"
"Don't Cry Daddy"
1970
"Kentucky Rain"
"The Wonder of You"
"I've Lost You"
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" / "Patch It Up"
"I Really Don't Want to Know" / "There Goes My Everything"
1971
"Rags to Riches"
"Life" / "Only Believe"
"I'm Leavin'"
"It's Only Love"
"Merry Christmas Baby" / "O Come All Ye Faithful"
1972
"Until It's Time for You to Go"
"He Touched Me"
"An American Trilogy" / "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
"Burning Love" / "It's a Matter of Time"
"Separate Ways" / "Always on My Mind"
1973
"Steamroller Blues" / "Fool"
"Raised on Rock" / "For Ol' Times Sake"
1974
"I've Got a Thing About You Baby"
"If You Talk in Your Sleep" / "Help Me"
"Promised Land" / "It's Midnight"
1975
"My Boy" / "Thinking About You"
"T-R-O-U-B-L-E"
"Bringing It Back" / "Pieces of My Life"
1976
"Hurt" / "For the Heart"
"Moody Blue"
1977
"Way Down"
"My Way" / "America the Beautiful"
1978
"Unchained Melody" / "Softly as I Leave You"
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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
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Part of a series on the
Frankfurt School
Major works
Reason and Revolution
The Work of Art in the
Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Eclipse of Reason
Escape from Freedom
Minima Moralia
Eros and Civilization
One-Dimensional Man
Negative Dialectics
The Structural Transformation
of the Public Sphere
The Theory of Communicative Action
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Notable theorists
Herbert Marcuse · Theodor Adorno
Max Horkheimer · Walter Benjamin
Erich Fromm · Friedrich Pollock
Leo Löwenthal · Jürgen Habermas
Alfred Schmidt · Axel Honneth Siegfried Kracauer · Otto Kirchheimer
Important concepts
Critical theory · Dialectic · Praxis
Psychoanalysis · Antipositivism
Popular culture · Culture industry
Advanced capitalism
Privatism · Non-identity
Communicative rationality
Legitimation crisis
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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1935, Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit), by Walter Benjamin, is an essay of cultural criticism which proposes that the aura of a work of art is devalued by mechanical reproduction. The subject and themes of the essay have much influenced the fields of art history and architectural theory, and cultural studies and media theory.[1]
During the Nazi regime (1933–45) in Germany, Benjamin wrote the essay to produce a theory of art that is “useful for the formulation of revolutionary demands in the politics of art” in mass culture; that, in the age of mechanical reproduction, and the absence of traditional and ritualistic value, the production of art would be inherently based upon the praxis of politics.[2]
Three editions of The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction were published: (i) the original, German edition in 1935; (ii) the French edition in 1936; and (iii) the revised German edition in 1939, from which derive the contemporary English translations of the essay.[3]
Contents
1 Summary
1.1 Epilogue
2 Influence
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Summary[edit]
The themes of The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1935) are initially presented in a quotation from the essay “The Conquest of Ubiquity” (1928), by Paul Valéry, which establishes that the works of art developed in the past are different from contemporary works of art; that the understanding and treatment of art and of artistic technique must progressively develop in order to understand a work of art in the modern context.
Our fine arts were developed, their types and uses were established, in times very different from the present, by men whose power of action upon things was insignificant in comparison with ours. But the amazing growth of our techniques, the adaptability and precision they have attained, the ideas and habits they are creating, make it a certainty that profound changes are impending in the ancient craft of the Beautiful. In all the arts there is a physical component which can no longer be considered or treated as it used to be, which cannot remain unaffected by our modern knowledge and power. For the last twenty years neither matter nor space nor time has been what it was from time immemorial. We must expect great innovations to transform the entire technique of the arts, thereby affecting artistic invention itself and perhaps even bringing about an amazing change in our very notion of art.[4]
The Preface presents Marxist analyses of the construction of society and of the place of art in a capitalist society; and explains the socio-economic conditions to extrapolate future developments of capitalism, which, ultimately, result in the exploitation of the proletariat, and produce the social conditions that would abolish capitalism.
Benjamin reviews the development of the means of the mechanical reproduction of art — an artist manually copying the work of a master artist; the industrial arts of the foundry and the stamp mill in Ancient Greece; woodcut relief-printing, etching, engraving, lithography, and photography — to establish that artistic reproduction is not a modern human activity, and that the modern means of artistic reproduction permit greater accuracy throughout the process of mass production.
Benjamin discusses the concept of authenticity, of being in accordance with fact, noting that “even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: Its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be.”[5] In the artwork proper, Benjamin argues, the “sphere of authenticity is outside the technical [sphere]” of producing the art work; hence, the original work of art is independent of the copy. The action of mechanical reproduction diminishes the original art work by changing the cultural context (original vs. copy); thus, the aura, the unique aesthetic authority, of an artwork is absent from the mechanically produced copy. Benjamin’s concept of the aura of a work of art derived from the work of Ludwig Klages.[6][7]
That the social value of a work of art changes as society change their value systems, which accounts for the changes in artistic style and in the cultural taste of the public; “the manner in which human sense-perception is organized, the [artistic] medium in which it is accomplished, is determined not only by Nature, but by historical circumstances as well.”[5]
Despite the socio-cultural effects of reproduction-art upon the original work of art, Benjamin said that “the uniqueness of a work of art is inseparable from its being embedded in the fabric of tradition”, which separates the original work of art from the reproduction.[5] He also discusses the ritualization of art-reproduction and the emancipation of “the work of art from its parasitical dependence on ritual.”[5] That the social-value of the exhibition of art progressed from the private sphere to the public sphere of life; historically, works of art were for the private viewing and aesthetic enjoyment of the owner of the artefacts (usually High Art); contemporarily, works of art are exhibited in a public gallery, to provide the enjoyment of aesthetic pleasure to a greater number of people.
Epilogue[edit]
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Influence[edit]
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction much influenced the intellectualism of the Frankfurt School, especially the aesthetic and political analyses of Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, and Herbert Marcuse.[8]
In the late 20th century, in the television program Ways of Seeing (1972), John Berger drew from the themes of Walter Benjamin’s essay, and explained the contemporary representations of social-class and racial-caste in the production of art. That the modern means of artistic production and of artistic reproduction have destroyed the aesthetic, cultural, and political authority of art: “For the first time ever, images of art have become ephemeral, ubiquitous, insubstantial, available, valueless, free”, for lacking the aura of the original work of art.[9]
See also[edit]
Aestheticization of politics
Art for art's sake, the aesthetic doctrine Benjamin criticizes in this essay
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Elliott, Brian. Benjamin for Architects, Routledge, London, 2011.
Jump up ^ Scannell, Paddy. (2003) “Benjamin Contextualized: On ‘The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction’ ”, in Canonic Texts in Media Research: Are There Any? Should There Be? How About These?, Katz et al. (Eds.) Polity Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9780745629346. pp. 74–89.
Jump up ^ Notes on Walter Benjamin, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction", a commentary by Gareth Griffiths, Aalto University, 2011.[permanent dead link]
Jump up ^ Paul Valéry, La Conquête de l’ubiquité (1928)
^ Jump up to: a b c d Walter Benjamin (1968). Hannah Arendt, ed. “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”, Illuminations. London: Fontana. pp. 214–18. ISBN 9781407085500.
Jump up ^ Merquior, J.G. (1986). Western Marxism, London: Palladin, p. 119.
Jump up ^ Hansen, Miriam Bratu (2008). “Benjamin’s Aura”, Critical Inquiry No. 34 (Winter 2008)
Jump up ^ Friedman, George. The Political Philosophy of the Frankfurt School. Cornell University Press, New York, 1988. p. 000.
Jump up ^ Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. Penguin Books, London, 1972, pp. 32–34.
External links[edit]
Complete text of the essay, translated
Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung (1932-1941) - Download the original text in French, "L'œuvre d'art à l'époque de sa reproduction méchanisée", in the Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung Jahrgang V, Félix Alcan, Paris, 1936, pp. 40–68 (23MB)
Complete text in German (in German)
Partial text of the essay, with commentary by Detlev Schöttker (in German)
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