"Patch It Up" | ||||
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Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
from the album That's the Way It Is | ||||
A-side | " You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" | |||
Released | October 6, 1970 | |||
Recorded | June 8, 1970 [1] | |||
Studio | RCA's Studio B Nashville [1] | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 3:09 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"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]
The song was written by Eddie Rabbitt and Rory Bourke. [2]
Elvis originally recorded the song during his "marathon" June 1970 sessions at RCA's Studio B in Nashville. [2] [1] That version was released as a single with " You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" on October 6. [1]
In August 1970, Presley performed this song during his so-called "Elvis Summer Festival" at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. The concerts were documented in the MGM theatrical documentary film Elvis: That's the Way It Is and its accompanying soundtrack album That's the Way It Is released in November. [5] [6] The recording used for the album was from the August 12, 1970 dinner show. [5]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" | Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell, Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini | 2:29 |
2. | "Patch It Up" | Eddie Rabbitt, Rory Bourks | 3:09 |
Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [7] | 11 |