| Moody Blue | |
| Cover: | Elvis_Presley_Moody_Blue_Single_Cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Elvis Presley |
| Album: | Moody Blue |
| B-Side: | She Thinks I Still Care |
| Released: |
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| Recorded: | February 4, 1976 |
| Studio: | Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee |
| Length: | 2:53 |
| Label: | RCA Records |
| Producer: | Felton Jarvis |
| Prev Title: | Hurt |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | Way Down |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
"Moody Blue" is a song made famous by Elvis Presley. The song was written and originally recorded by Mark James in 1975[1] on the Mercury label, with the B side "Wrong Kind Of Love". James previously penned Elvis' "Suspicious Minds" and other songs.
"Moody Blue" was recorded by Presley in February 1976 in the Jungle Room of his Graceland home and released as a single that November; it was Presley's last No. 1 hit in his lifetime. It topped the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in February 1977[2] and peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March.[3] [4] RCA Records issued an extremely limited quantity of the "Moody Blue" single in an experimental translucent blue vinyl pressing, with "She Thinks I Still Care" as the B side. Six months after "Moody Blue" topped the Country chart, Presley was dead.
Elvis' only performance of the song in its entirety was on February 21, 1977, at a concert in Charlotte, North Carolina; he had sung a portion during the show the night before.[5]
Both the February 20th false start and the February 21st concerts had soundboard recordings made that included the song. The recordings were released on compact disc in 2007 by the Follow That Dream label and in 1995 by Fort Baxter, respectively; audience recordings and still photos of both performances also exist.[6]
| Chart (1976–77) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] | 17 | |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 57 | |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 3 | |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[8] | 2 | |
| New Zealand (RIANZ)[9] | 5 | |
| South Africa (Springbok Radio)[10] | 9 | |
| UK Singles Chart[11] | 6 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100[12] [13] | 31 | |
| US Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 | |
| US Billboard Easy Listening[14] | 2 |
| Chart (1977) | Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia KMR[15] | 47 | |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary [16] | ||
| New Zealand [17] | 26 |
