Can't Help Falling in Love

"Can't Help Falling In Love" er en komposition fra 1961, skrevet af George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti og Luigi Creatore. Sangen er indsunget af Elvis Presley til filmen Blue Hawaii.

"Can't Help Falling In Love" blev indspillet hos Radio Recorders i Hollywood den 23. marts 1961. Udover at udkomme på filmens soundtrack, Blue Hawaii, udkom sangen som A-side på en single med "Rock-A-Hula Baby" (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Dolores Fuller) som B-side. Både LP og single blev udsendt i oktober 1961, kort før filmens premiere i november.

"Can't Help Falling In Love" er endvidere på CD'en fra 18. juli 1995 Command Performances – The Essential 60's Masters, vol. 2[1], som er en samling af de bedre af Elvis' filmsange fra 1960'ernes spillefilm.

Den 24. september 2002 udgav RCA en CD med titlen "ELV1S 30 #1 HITS" (bemærk at 'i' i Elvis er erstattet af et 1-tal), hvor "Can't Help Falling In Love" var med.[2] Denne nye CD blev, ligesom i sin tid sangene på den, nummer 1 på hitlisterne rundt om i verden.

Elvis Presley lavede gennem årene et utal af pladeindspilninger af sangen, idet den efterhånden blev til et fast slut-nummer ved hans mange koncerter op gennem 1970'erne og dermed kom til at indgå i de mange pladeudgivelser fra koncerterne. Han optrådte med sangen under sine "Dinner Show"-koncerter på The Hilton Hotel i Las Vegas i 1975. En indspilning herfra findes på Presleys live-album Dinner At Eight, som kom på gaden den 15. november 2002[3].

Oprindelse

"Can't Help Falling In Love" baserer sig på en melodi fra det 18. århundrede, skrevet af den franske komponist og dirigent Jean-Paul-Égide Martini (1741-1816). Melodien fik fransk tekst af Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755 – 1794) og er verdenskendt under titlen "Plaisir d'Amour".

Andre indspilninger

"Can't help Falling in Love" (og "Plaisir d'Amour") er indspillet af en lang række kunstnere, herunder:


Referencer

  1. ^ Oversigt over Command Performances
  2. ^ Oversigt over CD'en ELV1S 30 #1 HITS
  3. ^ "Oversigt over sangene på Dinner At Eight". Arkiveret fra originalen 14. februar 2013. Hentet 3. december 2012.
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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)
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"
1959
  • "I Need Your Love Tonight" / "A Fool Such as I"
  • "A Big Hunk o' Love" / "My Wish Came True"
1960
  • "Stuck on You" / "Fame and Fortune"
  • "It's Now or Never" / "A Mess of Blues"
  • "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
1961
1962
1963
  • "One Broken Heart for Sale" / "They Remind Me Too Much of You"
  • "(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
  • "Bossa Nova Baby" / "Witchcraft"
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"
1965
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" / "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"
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"
1969
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"
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"
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"
1973
  • "Steamroller Blues" / "Fool"
  • "Raised on Rock" / "For Ol' Times Sake"
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"
1975
  • "My Boy" / "Thinking About You"
  • "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"
  • "Bringing It Back" / "Pieces of My Life"
1976
  • "For the Heart" / "Hurt"
  • "Moody Blue" / "She Thinks I Still Care"
1977
  • "Way Down" / "Pledging My Love"
  • "My Way" / "America the Beautiful"
1978
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  • "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)