Thinking About You (Elvis Presley song)

"Thinking About You"
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Promised Land
A-side "My Boy"
"Thinking About You"
Released January 4, 1975
Format 7" single
Recorded December 12, 1973
Length 3:00
Songwriter(s)
  • Tim Baty
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"Promised Land" / "It's Midnight"
(1974)		 "My Boy" / "Thinking About You"
(1975)		 "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" / "Mr. Songman"
(1975)

"Promised Land" /
"It's Midnight"
(1974)		 "My Boy" / "Thinking About You"
(1975)		 "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" /
"Mr. Songman"
(1975)

"Thinking About You" is a song performed by Elvis Presley and originally released on his 1975 album Promised Land.

In January 1975 it also was released on the RCA single PB-10191,[1] as the flip side to "My Boy"[2][3][4][5] (a song from the 1974 album Good Times). In 1977 the single was reissued as part of the black-labelled Gold Standard Series (s/n GB-10489).[6]

Writing and recording

The song was written by Tim Baty.

Presley recorded it on December 12, 1973 at the December 10–16 recording sessions for RCA at the Stax Studios in Memphis, Tennessee.[7][8]

The original recorded master sound track was longer, but before release it was shortened by 1 minute 40 seconds.[9]

Track listings

7" single (RCA PB-10191)[10]

  1. "My Boy" (3:13)
  2. "Thinking About You" (2:59)

References

  1. ↑ Neal Umphred; Linda Jones; Walter Piotrowski (1990). Elvis: A Touch of Gold : the American Record Collector's Price Guide to Elvis Presley Records & Memorabilia. White Dragon Press.
  2. ↑ John A. Whisler (June 1981). Elvis Presley, reference guide and discography. Scarecrow Press.
  3. ↑ Jerry Osborne (1983). Presleyana: Elvis Presley record price guide. O'Sullivan Woodside. ISBN 978-0-89019-083-8.
  4. ↑ Ron Barry (1976). The Elvis Presley American discography. Spectator Service, Maxigraphics.
  5. ↑ Jerry Osborne (1983). Presleyana: Elvis Presley record price guide. O'Sullivan Woodside. ISBN 978-0-89019-083-8.
    There were four 45s, "Promised Land"/"It's Midnight," "My Boy"/"Thinking About You,"
  6. ↑ Tim Neely; Martin Popoff (28 July 2009). Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records. Krause Publications. pp. 532–. ISBN 0-89689-958-6.
  7. ↑ "Thinking About You : by Elvis Presley : Elvis Presley Lyrics : The Elvis SongDataBase". Elvis Australia : Official Elvis Presley Fan Club. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  8. ↑ Ernst Jorgensen (22 April 2014). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. St. Martin's Press. pp. 569–. ISBN 978-1-4668-6855-7.
  9. ↑ Ernst Jorgensen (22 April 2014). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. St. Martin's Press. pp. 572–. ISBN 978-1-4668-6855-7.
  10. ↑ "ultratop.be - Elvis Presley - My Boy". Retrieved 2017-01-14.
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