| "Can't Help Falling in Love" | ||||
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 One of original 1961 North American variants of the standard artwork | ||||
| Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
| from the album Blue Hawaii | ||||
| B-side | "Rock-A-Hula Baby" | |||
| Released | November 22, 1961 | |||
| Recorded | March 23, 1961 | |||
| Studio | Radio Recorders, Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Elvis Presley (Joseph Lilley for Paramount Pictures)[2] | |||
| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "Can't Help Falling in Love" (audio) on YouTube | ||||
"Can't Help Falling in Love" is a song recorded by American singer and actor Elvis Presley for his fourth soundtrack album, Blue Hawaii (1961). It was written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss and published by Gladys Music, Inc.[1] The melody is based on "Plaisir d'amour",[3] a popular French love song composed in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini. The song was initially written from the perspective of a woman as "Can't Help Falling in Love with Him", which explains the first and third line ending on "in" and "sin" rather than words rhyming with "you".[4]
"Can't Help Falling in Love" was featured in Presley's 1961 film Blue Hawaii. It has also been recorded by many other artists, including Swedish pop group A-Teens, and the British reggae group UB40, whose 1993 version topped the US and UK charts. It was listed as one of the greatest songs of all-time by Rolling Stone, ranking #403 in the list's 2012 edition.[5]
- ^ a b Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 64. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ Elvis Presley - A Life in Music by Ernst Jorgensen p.151-152
- ^ "Can't Help Falling In Love by Elvis Presley Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ Peterik, Jim (2010). Songwriting for Dummies. Wiley. ISBN 9780470890417. Archived from the original on September 5, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
- ^ "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. December 11, 2003. Retrieved June 13, 2021.