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| album = [[Moody Blue]]
| album = [[Moody Blue]]
| B-side = [[She Thinks I Still Care]]
| B-side = [[She Thinks I Still Care]]
| released = November 29, 1976
| released = *{{start date|1976|11|29|df=yes}} (single)
*{{Start date|1977|06|df=y}} (''[[Moody Blue]]'' album)
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| recorded = February 4, 1976
| recorded = February 4, 1976
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| studio = [[Graceland]], [[Memphis, Tennessee]]
| venue =
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| genre = * [[Disco]]
*[[Country music|Country]]
| length = 2:53
| length = 2:53
| label = [[RCA Records]]
| label = [[RCA Records]]
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| caption = Limited release edition
| caption = US Limited release edition
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"'''Moody Blue'''" is a song made famous by [[Elvis Presley]]. The song was written by [[Mark James (songwriter)|Mark James]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Moody Blue|url={{AllMusic|class=song|id=t3347869|pure_url=yes}}|work=[[Allmusic]]|date=2007-06-21}}</ref> who recorded the original version of the song, which reached #15 in South Africa during the summer of 1976.<ref>{{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(J).html|access-date=1 September 2018}}</ref> James also penned Elvis' "[[Suspicious Minds]]".
"'''Moody Blue'''" is a song made famous by [[Elvis Presley]]. The song was written and originally recorded by [[Mark James (songwriter)|Mark James]] in 1975<ref>{{cite news|title=Moody Blue|url={{AllMusic|class=song|id=t3347869|pure_url=yes}}|work=[[Allmusic]]|date=2007-06-21}}</ref> on the Mercury label, with the B side "Wrong Kind Of Love". James previously penned Elvis' "[[Suspicious Minds]]" and other songs.


"Moody Blue" was Presley's last No. 1 hit in his lifetime, topping the ''[[Billboard magazine]]'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles]] chart in February 1977.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=273}}</ref> "Moody Blue" also peaked at number thirty-one on the [[Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=504}}</ref> [[RCA Records]] also issued an extremely limited quantity of the "Moody Blue" single in an experimental translucent blue vinyl pressing, with "She Thinks I Still Care" as the B-side. Six months after "Moody Blue" topped the chart, Presley was dead.
"Moody Blue" was recorded by Presley in February 1976 in the Jungle Room of his [[Graceland]] home and released as a single that November; it was Presley's last No. 1 hit in his lifetime. It topped the ''[[Billboard magazine]]'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles]] chart in February 1977<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=273}}</ref> and peaked at number 31 on the Billboard [[Hot 100]] in March.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=rfanous |date=2023-10-11 |title=Billboard Hot 100™ |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-hot-100/1977-03-05/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=504}}</ref> [[RCA Records]] issued an extremely limited quantity of the "Moody Blue" single in an experimental translucent blue vinyl pressing, with "She Thinks I Still Care" as the B side. Six months after "Moody Blue" topped the Country chart, Presley was dead.


Elvis' only performance of the song in its entirety was on February 21, 1977, at a concert in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]]; he had sung a portion during the show the night before.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elvis Presley In Concert |url=https://www.elvisconcerts.com/concerts/Concert_expand.php?id=1097 |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=www.elvisconcerts.com}}</ref>
The song was recorded in February 1976 in the Jungle Room of Presley's [[Graceland]] home.
The only time Elvis performed the song in its entirety was on February 21, 1977, at a concert in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]]. He had attempted to perform the song February 20 at the same venue but revealed to the crowd that he had completely forgotten the song; he returned on February 21, [[lead sheet]] in hand, and performed the song with his eyes glued to the lyrics. Both the February 20 false-start and the February 21 performance were recorded on soundboard in good sound quality and were released officially in 2007 by the Follow That Dream label; still photos of the February 21 performance also exist. The complete version was first released on bootleg by the Fort Baxter label in 1995.<ref name=ElvisConcert1>{{cite web|title=February 21, 1977 Concert|url=http://www.elvisconcerts.com/concerts/Concert_expand.php?id=1098|work=Elvis Presley In Concert|access-date=8 January 2012}}</ref>


Both the February 20th false start and the February 21st concerts had [[soundboard recordings]] made that included the song. The recordings were released on [[compact disc]] in 2007 by the Follow That Dream label and in 1995 by Fort Baxter, respectively; audience recordings and still photos of both performances also exist.<ref name=ElvisConcert1>{{cite web|title=February 21, 1977 Concert|url=http://www.elvisconcerts.com/concerts/Concert_expand.php?id=1098|work=Elvis Presley In Concert|access-date=8 January 2012}}</ref>
By May 1977 the song has reached 120,000 sales in Germany.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ziMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT114|magazine=[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]|title=From The Music Capitals of the World - Hamburg|page=73|date=May 7, 1977|issn=0006-2510|accessdate=May 6, 2022}}</ref>


==Chart performance==
==Elvis version chart performance==
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|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="Australian Chart Book 1970–1992">{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|format=doc|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W |year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|title-link=Kent Music Report}}</ref>
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="Australian Chart Book 1970–1992">{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|type=doc|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W |year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|title-link=Kent Music Report}}</ref>
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|New Zealand ([[RIANZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=2735 |title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart &#124; The Official New Zealand Music Chart |website=Nztop40.co.nz |date=1977-04-24 |access-date=8 September 2021}}</ref>
|New Zealand ([[RIANZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/1977-04-22 |title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart &#124; The Official New Zealand Music Chart |website=Nztop40.co.nz |date=1977-04-24 |access-date=8 September 2021}}</ref>
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|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990'' - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref>
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=rfanous |date=2023-10-11 |title=Billboard Hot 100™ |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-hot-100/1977-03-05/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990'' - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref>
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|New Zealand <ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1977-12-31 |title=Top Selling Singles of 1977 &#124; The Official New Zealand Music Chart |website=Nztop40.co.nz |date=1977-12-31 |access-date=2016-10-11}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 05:53, 20 November 2024

"Moody Blue"
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Moody Blue
B-side"She Thinks I Still Care"
Released
  • 29 November 1976 (1976-11-29) (single)
  • June 1977 (1977-06) (Moody Blue album)
RecordedFebruary 4, 1976
StudioGraceland, Memphis, Tennessee
Length2:53
LabelRCA Records
Songwriter(s)Mark James
Producer(s)Felton Jarvis
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"Hurt"
(1976) 		"Moody Blue"
(1976) 		"Way Down"
(1977)
Blue vinyl pressing
US Limited release edition

"Moody Blue" is a song made famous by Elvis Presley. The song was written and originally recorded by Mark James in 1975[1] on the Mercury label, with the B side "Wrong Kind Of Love". James previously penned Elvis' "Suspicious Minds" and other songs.

"Moody Blue" was recorded by Presley in February 1976 in the Jungle Room of his Graceland home and released as a single that November; it was Presley's last No. 1 hit in his lifetime. It topped the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in February 1977[2] and peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March.[3][4] RCA Records issued an extremely limited quantity of the "Moody Blue" single in an experimental translucent blue vinyl pressing, with "She Thinks I Still Care" as the B side. Six months after "Moody Blue" topped the Country chart, Presley was dead.

Elvis' only performance of the song in its entirety was on February 21, 1977, at a concert in Charlotte, North Carolina; he had sung a portion during the show the night before.[5]

Both the February 20th false start and the February 21st concerts had soundboard recordings made that included the song. The recordings were released on compact disc in 2007 by the Follow That Dream label and in 1995 by Fort Baxter, respectively; audience recordings and still photos of both performances also exist.[6]

Elvis version chart performance

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References

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  1. ^ "Moody Blue". Allmusic. 2007-06-21.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 273.
  3. ^ rfanous (2023-10-11). "Billboard Hot 100™". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 504.
  5. ^ "Elvis Presley In Concert". www.elvisconcerts.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  6. ^ "February 21, 1977 Concert". Elvis Presley In Concert. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  7. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  9. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Moody Blue". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  10. ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1977-04-24. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  11. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  12. ^ UK Official Charts, 5 March 1977
  13. ^ rfanous (2023-10-11). "Billboard Hot 100™". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  14. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  15. ^ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard. 1977-02-19. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  16. ^ Australian-charts.com
  17. ^ MBAJ&printsec=frontcover Billboard, December 24, 1977.
  18. ^ "Top Selling Singles of 1977 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1977-12-31. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
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