Raised on Rock (Elvis Presley song)

"Raised on Rock"
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Raised on Rock / For Ol' Times Sake
A-side"Raised on Rock"
B-side"For Ol' Times Sake"
ReleasedAugust 20, 1973[1]
RecordedJuly 23, 1973
StudioStax Studios, Memphis
GenreCountry rock
Songwriter(s)Mark James[2]
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"Fool" / "Steamroller Blues"
(1973) 		"Raised on Rock" / "For Ol' Times Sake"
(1973) 		"Take Good Care of Her" / "I've Got a Thing About You, Baby"
(1974)

"Raised on Rock'" is a 1973 song by Elvis Presley. It was written for him by Mark James, the author of Elvis' 1969 number 1 hit "Suspicious Minds".[2][3]

The song was first released in 1973 as a single, with "For Ol' Times Sake" on the B-side,[4] and then included on the album Raised on Rock / For Ol' Times Sake.

  1. ^ "1970s discography".
  2. ^ a b "Raised On Rock by Elvis Presley Songfacts". Songfacts. Songfacts, LLC. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  3. ^ "Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley Songfacts". Songfacts. Songfacts, LLC. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  4. ^ "Elvis Presley - Raised On Rock / For Ol' Times Sake at Discogs". Discogs. 1973. Retrieved 2016-12-14.