Viva Las Vegas (sang)

"Viva Las Vegas" er en komposition af Doc Pomus og Mort Shuman og er indsunget af Elvis Presley. "Viva Las Vegas" var titelnummer til Elvis Presley-filmen Viva Las Vegas fra 1964. Sangen blev indspillet af Elvis hos Radio Recorders i Hollywood den 10. juli 1963.

Sangen blev udsendt som B-side på en singleplade, hvor A-siden var Ray Charles-klassikeren fra 1959, "What'd I Say". Pladen havde RCA-nummeret 47-8360 og var på gaden den 28. april 1964. Selv om singlen ikke nåede særligt langt op på hitlisterne er "Viva Las Vegas" gennem tiden blevet en af Elvis Presleys meget spillede og lettest genkendelige sange. Den er brugt i et utal af film og TV-sammenhænge, både hvor der refereres til byen Las Vegas, men også ofte i situationer, hvor der blot skal illustreres godt humør og afslappet stemning.

Der blev ikke udsendt et samlet soundtrack fra filmen, men "Viva Las Vegas" er bl.a. udkommet 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 hans mange spillefilm fra 1960'erne. Sangen findes endvidere på CD'en 2nd To None[2], som blev udsendt af RCA i 2003 som en naturlig opfølger på forrige års succesudgivelse ELV1S 30 #1 HITS.

Kopiversioner

Der er lavet et utal af kopiversioner i mere eller mindre omskrevet udgave af "Viva Las Vegas", bl.a.:

  • Punk-bandet Dead Kennedys havde deres version af "Viva Las Vegas" på deres debut album fra 1980[3].
  • Nina Hagen[4] havde sin version af sangen på et album fra 1989.
  • ZZ Top indspillede en udgave af "Viva Las Vegas" i deres umiskendelige stil til deres Greatest Hits-album fra 1992
  • Ann-Margret, der var Elvis' medspiller i filmen, lavede en version af sangen til filmen The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas i 2000 under pseudonymet 'Ann-Margrock' og sangens titel (selvfølgelig) ændret til "Viva Rock Vegas".
  • Bruce Springsteen har haft sangen på sit live-repertoire. Han havde endvidere sin udgave af sangen med på albummet The Last Temptation of Elvis, hvor en række kendte kunstnere synger sange, som Elvis gjorde populære. Springsteens version af "Viva Las Vegas" var også med på soundtracket fra filmen Honeymoon in Vegas samt inkluderet på hans opsamlingsalbum fra 2003, The Essential Bruce Springsteen[5].
  • The Thrills optrådte med "Viva Las Vegas" (sammen med James Burton) ved Elvis' indlemmelse i den britiske udgave af Music Hall of Fame i 2004
  • Wayne Newton har lavet sin version, ligesom fx Dolly Parton, Engelbert Humperdinck, The Blues Brothers, Mort Shuman (komponisten selv) og mange, mange flere.

Links

Referencer

  1. ^ Oversigt over Command Performances
  2. ^ Omtale af 2nd To None-CD'en
  3. ^ Elvis' og Dead Kennedys versioner sammenlignes
  4. ^ Nina Hagens version incl. video-klip
  5. ^ Track-liste over albummet The Essential Bruce Springsteen
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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
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)