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I Really Don't Want to Know

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(Barnes / Robertson)

Information:
I Really Don’t Want to Know was written by Don Robertson and Howard Barnes and originally recorded by Eddy Arnold (RCA 47-5525), who had a # 2 country hit with the song in 1954. Tommy Edwards had a popular recording of I Really Don’t Want to Know (MGM 12890) in 1960 that went to # 18 on the Hot 100 Chart. Other successful versions include those by Solomon Burke (Atlantic 2157) in 1961, Little Esther Phillips (Lenox 5560) in 1963, and Ronnie Dove (Diamond 208) in 1966.

Elvis recorded I Really Don’t Want to Know on June 7, 1970, at RCA’s Nashville studios. His single release had a nine-week stay on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, peaking at # 21. It reached # 9 on the country chart. I Really Don’t Want to Know / There Goes My Everything was Elvis’s first top ten hit on the country chart since 1958, and sales over one million copies are credited. Elvis sang I Really Don’t Want to Know in his 1977 TV Special, Elvis In Concert.

Lyrics:

Oh, how many arms have held you
And hated to let you go
How many, oh, how many, I wonder
But I really don't want, I don't wanna know

Oh, how many lips have kissed you
And set, set your soul aglow, yes, they did
How many, oh, how many, I wonder, yes, I do
But I really don't want to know

So always make, make me wonder
And always make, make me guess
And even, you know even if I ask you
Oh, darling, oh, don't you, don't confess

Just let it, let it remain your secret
Oh, for darling, darling, I love you so, yes I don
No wonder, yeah, no wonder, I wonder
Mmm, 'cause I really don't want, I don't wanna know

Where it was released:

Released for the fist time on single » 

Singles:

- I Really Don’t Want to Know / There Goes My Everything (RCA 47-9960) December 1970. Standard release. The original picture sleeve read “Coming Soon – New Album”. One month later the sleeve was changed to read, “Now Available – New Album”. Both references were to the Elvis Country LP »

- I Really Don’t Want to Know / There Goes My Everything (RCA 447-0679) February 1972. Gold standard series reissue.

LPs/CDs:

- Elvis Country (1971) »

- Worldwide Gold Award Hits, Volume 2 – The Other Sides (1971) »

- Welcome to My World (1977) »

- Elvis In Concert (1977) »

– Memories of Elvis (1978) »

- Elvis! His Greatest Hits (1979) »
- Country Classics (1980) »

– Elvis Country (1981) »

- Walk a Mile in My Shoes – The Essential 70’s Masters (1995)

- Great Country Songs (1996)

- Country Collection (2001)

- The Country Side of Elvis (2001)

- Country Rock (2001)

- Great Country Songs (2003)

- Elvis Country (2008) - FTD »

- Hits of the 70s (2012) - FTD »

- Taking Care of Business (2016) - FTD »

Bootleg Releases:

- The Last Farewell (1977) – E.P. Records

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