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Return to Sender

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(Blackwell / Scott)

 

Information:

Return to Sender was featured in Elvis's 1962 film Girls! Girls! Girls! The record sold over a million copies and reached #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and stayed on the chart for 16 weeks. It was #2 for five straight weeks. Only the Four Seasons' Big Girls Don't Cry prevented Return to Sender from reaching the top position. On the rhythm & blues chart, the record peaked at #5 and had a 12-week stay on the chart. In England, Return to Sender was number one for three weeks. It was the first number one single in England to feature a saxophone (Boots Randolph). Elvis recorded Return to Sender in March 1962 at Radio Recorders. Take #2 is the master recording of this Otis Blackwell-Winfield Scott composition.

 

Lyrics:

 

(Return to sender, return to sender)

 

I gave a letter to the postman, he put it his sack
Bright in early next morning he brought my letter back
She wrote upon it: "Return to sender, address unknown
No such number, no such zone"
We had a quarrel, a lover's spat
I write, "I'm sorry but my letter keeps coming back"

So then I dropped it in the mailbox and sent it special D
Bright in early next morning it came right back to me
She wrote upon it: "Return to sender, address unknown
No such person, no such zone"

This time I'm gonna take it myself and put it right in her hand
And if it comes back the very next day, then I'll understand (the writing on it)
Return to sender, address unknown
No such number, no such zone

 

Return to sender, return to sender, return to sender…

 

Where it was released:

Released for the fist time on single »

 

Singles:

- Return to Sender / Where Do you Come From (RCA 47-8100) October 1962. Standard release »

- Return to Sender / Where Do you Come From (RCA 447-0638) June 1963. Gold standard series reissue.

- Return to Sender / Where Do you Come From (RCA PB-11111) October 1977. Included in the boxed sets 15 Golden Records - 30 Golden Hits (RCA PP-11301) and 20 Golden Hits in Full Color Sleeves (RCA PP-11340).

 

LPs/CDs:

- Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) »

- Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits, Volume 1 (1970) »

- Elvis (1973) »

- Elvis - A Collectors Edition (1976) »

- The Elvis Presley Story (1977) »

- Worldwide Gold Award Hits, Parts 3 & 4 (1978) »

- Elvis Commemorative Album (1978) »

- Elvis! His Greatest Hits (1979) »

- The Collection, Volume 3 (1986)

- Return of the Rocker (1986)

- The Top Ten Hits (1987)

- The Great Performances (1990)

- Command Performances – The Essential 60’s Masters, Volume II (1995)

- Gold – The Very Best of the King (1995)

- All Time Greatest Hits (1997)

- Always Elvis – The Dutch Album (1997)

- Platinum – A Life in Music (1997)

- Elvis Greatest Jukebox Hits (1997)

- Classic Elvis (1997)

- A Touch of Platinum, Volume 1 (1998)

- Can’t Help Falling in Love (1999)

- Artist of the Century (1999)

- All the Best (1999)

- Best of Artist of the Century (2000)

- The Swedish Hit Collection (2000)

- The 50 Greatest Hits (2000)

- Elvis 2000: Best of the King (2000)

- 50 Years 50 Hits (2001)

- The Best of Elvis Presley (2001)

- Elvis Hits (2001)

- Elvis 30#1 Hits (2002)

- Elvis 30#1 Hits – Deluxe 2 CD Edition (2003)

- Can’t Help Falling in Love: The Hollywood Hits (2003)

- Elvis Forever – Limited Edition (2004)

- Hitstory (2005)

- Elvis – The Dutch Collection (2007)

- Elvis – The King (2007)

- The Essential Elvis Presley (2007)

- Viva Las Vegas (2007)

- Girls! Girls! Girls! (2007) - FTD »

 

Bootleg Releases:

- The Entertainer (1978) - Rooster Record Company

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