Elvis Presleys version
Elvis Presley indspillede sin version af "Always On My Mind" den 29. marts 1972. Sangen blev udsendt som B-side på en single, hvor A-siden var Separate Ways. Pladen blev et hit, hvor det viste sig, at det især var B-siden, der blev populær. Dette medførte, at da den kort tid efter blev lanceret i Europa var der byttet om på A- og B-siderne.
"Always On My Mind" er også med i hans sidste film Elvis On Tour, ligeledes fra 1972. "Always on My Mind" findes endvidere på CD'en 2nd To None[1], som blev udsendt af RCA i 2003 som en naturlig opfølger på forrige års succesudgivelse ELV1S 30 #1 HITS.
Presleys succes med "Always On My Mind" medførte, at Brenda Lees oprindelige version kom på country-hitlisterne i slutningen af 1972.
Teksten
Den enkle, men gribende, tekst er således:
- Maybe I didn't treat you quite as good as I should have,
- Maybe I didn't hold you quite as often as I could have,
- Little things I should have said and done,
- Well, I just never took the time.
- You were always on my mind,
- You were always on my mind.
- Maybe I didn't hold you all those lonely, lonely times,
- And I guess I never told you, I'm so happy that you're mine,
- If I made you feel second best,
- Girl, I'm so sorry, I was blind.
- You were always on my mind,
- You were always on my mind,
- Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died,
- Give me, give me one more chance to keep you satisfied,
- If I made you feel second best,
- Girl, I'm so sorry, I was blind.
- You were always on my mind,
- You were always on my mind.
Andet
Over 30 år efter udgivelsen var Elvis Presleys version en af de officielle sange ved WM i fodbold i 2006 og er at finde på den compilation, Voices from the FIFA World Cup[2], der blev udsendt ved denne lejlighed.
Referencer
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| 1957 |
- "Too Much" / "Playing for Keeps"
- "All Shook Up"
- "Peace in the Valley
- "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" / "Loving You"
- "Paralyzed" (UK)
- "Jailhouse Rock"
- "Party" / "Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!" (UK)
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| 1958 |
- "Don't" / "I Beg of You"
- "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" / "Doncha' Think It's Time"
- "Hard Headed Woman" / "Don't Ask Me Why"
- "King Creole" (UK)
- "One Night" / "I Got Stung"
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| 1959 |
- "I Need Your Love Tonight" / "A Fool Such as I"
- "A Big Hunk o' Love" / "My Wish Came True"
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| 1960 |
- "Stuck on You" / "Fame and Fortune"
- "It's Now or Never" / "A Mess of Blues"
- "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
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| 1963 |
- "One Broken Heart for Sale" / "They Remind Me Too Much of You"
- "(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
- "Bossa Nova Baby" / "Witchcraft"
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| 1964 |
- "Kissin' Cousins" / "It Hurts Me"
- "Kiss Me Quick" / "Suspicion"
- "Viva Las Vegas" / "What'd I Say"
- "Such a Night" / "Never Ending"
- "Ask Me" / "Ain't That Loving You Baby"
- "Blue Christmas"
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| 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"
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| 1967 |
- "Indescribably Blue" / "Fools Fall in Love"
- "You Gotta Stop" / "The Love Machine" (UK)
- "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"
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| 1968 |
- "Guitar Man"
- "U.S. Male" / "Stay Away"
- "We Call on Him" / "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"
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| 1970 |
- "Kentucky Rain"
- "The Wonder of You"
- "I've Lost You" / "The Next Step Is Love"
- "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" / "Patch It Up"
- "I Really Don't Want to Know" / "There Goes My Everything"
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| 1971 |
- "Rags to Riches"
- "Life" / "Only Believe"
- "I'm Leavin'"
- "It's Only Love" / "The Sound of Your Cry"
- "Merry Christmas Baby" / "O Come All Ye Faithful"
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| 1972 |
- "Until It's Time for You to Go" / "We Can Make the Morning"
- "He Touched Me" / "Bosom of Abraham"
- "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"
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| 1973 |
- "Steamroller Blues" / "Fool"
- "Raised on Rock" / "For Ol' Times Sake"
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| 1974 |
- "Take Good Care of Her" / "I've Got a Thing About You, Baby"
- "If You Talk in Your Sleep" / "Help Me"
- "Promised Land" / "It's Midnight"
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| 1975 |
- "My Boy" / "Thinking About You"
- "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"
- "Bringing It Back" / "Pieces of My Life"
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| 1976 |
- "For the Heart" / "Hurt"
- "Moody Blue" / "She Thinks I Still Care"
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| 1977 |
- "Way Down" / "Pledging My Love"
- "My Way" / "America the Beautiful"
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| Posthume singler |
- "Puppet on a String" / "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" (1978)
- "Are You Sincere" / "Solitaire"
- "There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)" / "I Got a Feelin' in My Body"
- "Guitar Man"
- "Loving Arms" / You Asked Me To"
- "You'll Never Walk Alone / "There Goes My Everything" (1982)
- "The Elvis Medley"
- "I Was the One" / "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" (1983)
- "Heartbreak Hotel" (1996)
- "Blue Christmas" (1998)
- "A Little Less Conversation" (JXL remix)
- "Rubberneckin'" (Paul Oakenfold Remix)
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (with Carrie Underwood) (2008)
- "Blue Christmas" (with Martina McBride) (2008)
- "I Got a Feelin' in My Body" (Tommie Sunshine & Wuki Remix)
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