Patch It Up

"Patch It Up"
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album That's the Way It Is
A-side"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"
ReleasedOctober 6, 1970
RecordedJune 8, 1970[1]
StudioRCA's Studio B Nashville[1]
GenreRock
Length3:09
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"I've Lost You" / "The Next Step Is Love"
(1970)
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" / "Patch It Up"
(1970)
"I Really Don't Want to Know" / "There Goes My Everything"
(1970)

"Patch It Up" is a song written by Eddie Rabbitt and Rory Bourke and originally recorded by Elvis Presley.[2] He released it as a single, with "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" on the opposite side, in October 1970.[3]

A live version of the song recorded on August 12, 1970,[2] was featured in the concert film Elvis: That's the Way It Is and the accompanying album That's the Way It Is was released a month later, in November.

"Patch It Up" reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 (as a double A-side with "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me").[4]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Cover versions of Patch It Up by Elvis Presley". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Elvis – You Don't Have To Say You Love Me / Patch It Up (Indianapolis Pressing, Vinyl) - Discogs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Elvis Presley". Billboard.