| Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do! | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Elvis Presley |
| Album: | Loving You |
| A-Side: | Party |
| B-Side: | Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do! |
| Released: | 1957 |
| Label: | RCA |
| Party | |
| Title2: | Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do! |
"Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1957 motion picture Loving You.
The song was written by Aaron Schroeder and Ben Weisman.[1] [2] The latter, a songwriter from New York, came (according to the book Elvis Day by Day, "presumably in hopes of seeing that his song, "Got a Lot O' Livin' to Do," [would] be included in the soundtrack“) to the recording studio in Hollywood where Presley was working on the songs for the movie.[3] [4] Elvis Presley later recalled:
No other songwriter wrote as many songs for Presley as Ben Weisman did.[4]
In Europe "Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!" was released as a single with "Party" on the other side.[5] Both songs appeared on the UK Singles Chart (as published by the Official Charts Company): "Party" charted 15 weeks, peaking at number 2 for the week of October 10, while "Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!" charted 4 weeks, peaking at number 17 for the week of October 24.[6]
The song is a sprightly,[7] speedy number[8] Its lyrics include the line: "There's a moon that's big and bright".[9]