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Let Yourself Go (Elvis Presley song)

"Let Yourself Go"
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Speedway
B-side"Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby"
ReleasedMay 21, 1968
RecordedJune 21, 1967
StudioMGM Studios, Hollywood
Length2:56
LabelRCA Records
Songwriter(s)
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"We Call on Him" / "You'll Never Walk Alone"
(1968) 		"Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" / "Let Yourself Go"
(1968) 		"Almost in Love" / "A Little Less Conversation"
(1968)

"Let Yourself Go" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1968 motion picture Speedway.[1]

In June 1968 it was released on a single with "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" on the other side[2] and on the soundtrack album Speedway.

On December 1, 1970, the single "Let Yourself Go" / "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" was re-released as part of RCA Victor's Gold Standard Series (together with 9 other Presley's singles).[3]

Writing and recording history

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The song was written by Joy Byers.[1]

Presley recorded it on June 21, 1967, at the soundtrack recordings for the MGM movie Speedway (that took place June 20–21, 1967 at the MGM Studios in Hollywood, California. Another version of the song was recorded for the 1968 Comeback Special and was subsequently released on A Legendary Performer Volume 3)[4]

Track listings

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7" single (RCA 47–9547, 1968)[5]

  1. Let Yourself Go
  2. Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby

7" single[6]

  1. Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby
  2. Let Yourself Go

Charts

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Chart (1968) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[7] Tip
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 71
"Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" / "Let Yourself Go"
Australia (retrospect Kent Music Report)[9] 19

References

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  1. ^ Jerry Osborne (1983). Presleyana: Elvis Presley record price guide. O'Sullivan Woodside. ISBN 978-0-89019-083-8.
  2. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 9 January 1971. pp. 36–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ^ Ernst Jorgensen (22 April 2014). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. St. Martin's Press. pp. 352–. ISBN 978-1-4668-6855-7.
  4. ^ "australian-charts.com - Elvis Presley - Let Yourself Go".
  5. ^ "Elvis Presley - Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby / Let Yourself Go at Discogs". Discogs. 1968. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  6. ^ "Elvis Presley – Let Yourself Go" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  7. ^ "Elvis Presley - Chart history (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  8. ^ David Kent. "Australian Chart Book 1940–1969". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
    "Elvis Presley: The Australian Singles Chart : 1956–2006". Elvis Australia : Official Elvis Presley Fan Club : www.elvis.com.au. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
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