"Puppet on a String" | ||||
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Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
from the album Girl Happy | ||||
B-side | " Wooden Heart" | |||
Released | October 20, 1965 | |||
Recorded | June 10, 1964 | |||
Studio | Radio Recorders, Hollywood | |||
Genre | Rock and roll, pop | |||
Length | 2:39 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper [1] [2] [3] | |||
Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"Puppet on a String" is a 1965 song originally recorded by Elvis Presley. It was written by Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper and recorded by Elvis Presley for the MGM film Girl Happy, [1] which was released on April 14, 1965. [4] [5]
Elvis Presley recorded the vocals for "Puppet on a String" along with other tracks on June 16, 1964 (over a backing track that was recorded earlier) during a recording session at Radio Recorders in Culver City outside of Los Angeles. [1] The song was published by Elvis Presley's publishing company Gladys Music, Inc.
Released in the United States in 1965 as a single with the 1960 recording from the film G.I. Blues, " Wooden Heart", on the B-side, "Puppet on a String" reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of December 25, 1965, where it would stay for two weeks. [6] [2] [4] (The other single from the same movie, " Do the Clam", was released earlier in the same year and reached number 21.) [4]
In Canada, the single reached number 3 in a 10-week chart run, entering the chart in November, 1965. [7] The single was certified Gold in the U.S. by the RIAA in March 1992.
"Puppet on a String" is an easy listening love song [1] or a ballad.
Chart (1965) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [8] | 14 |