| "If I Can Dream" | ||||
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| Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
| from the album Elvis | ||||
| B-side | "Edge of Reality" "Memories" (UK) | |||
| Released | December 3, 1968 | |||
| Recorded | June 23, 1968[1][2] (Instrumental backing track)[1] June 29, 1968 (Elvis second session vocal recording)[1] | |||
| Studio | United Western, Hollywood | |||
| Length | 3:08 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Walter Earl Brown | |||
| Producer(s) | Mac Davis | |||
| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"If I Can Dream" is a song made famous by Elvis Presley, written by Walter Earl Brown of The Skylarks[3] for the singer and notable for its similarities with Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech.[4] The song was published by Elvis Presley's music publishing company Gladys Music. It was recorded by Presley in June 1968, just two months after King's assassination, and also a short time after Robert Kennedy's assassination. The recording was first released to the public as the finale of Presley's '68 Comeback Special.
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- ^ "Elvis Presley's 'If I Can Dream'". graceland.com. March 29, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "IF I CAN DREAM". ACE Title Search. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ^ "If I can dream: The Elvis tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr". The Conversation. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.