| They Remind Me Too Much of You | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Elvis Presley |
| Album: | It Happened at the World's Fair |
| A-Side: | "One Broken Heart for Sale" |
| Released: | 1963 |
| Genre: | Easy listening |
| Label: | RCA Victor |
| Prev Title: | Return to Sender |
| Prev Title2: | Where Do You Come From |
| Prev Year: | 1962 |
| Title2: | One Broken Heart for Sale |
| Next Title: | (You're the) Devil in Disguise |
| Next Title2: | Please Don't Drag That String Around |
| Next Year: | 1963 |
"They Remind Me Too Much of You" is a song written by Don Robertson and originally recorded by Elvis Presley for the 1963 MGM motion picture It Happened at the World's Fair.[1] [3] [4] [5] In January 1963, the song was released (together with "One Broken Heart for Sale") as an advanced single from the movie.[6] and "They Remind Me Too Much of You" reached number 53.[9]
The song was written by Don Robertson.[10]
Elvis Presley recorded the song for the MGM film It Happened at the World's Fair on September 22, 1962, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California. The recording sessions featured Scotty Moore, Tiny Timbrell and Billy Strange on guitar, Ray Siegel on bass, D.J. Fontana and Frank Carlson on drums, Don Robertson on piano, Dudley Brooks on organ, Clifford Scott on saxophone and clarinet. Additional vocals were provided by The Mello Men.[12] [13]
"One Broken Heart for Sale", coupled with "They Remind Me Too Much of You", was released as an advance single from the movie on January 29, 1963. The single was a relative failure — according to Elvis Presley's official website, it was "the first regularly scheduled Elvis single not to reach the Top 10" in the United States — which prompted RCA to scale back the packaging and retail price of the accompanying soundtrack album, whose sales would be only "little more than half of those for Girls! Girls! Girls!".[14]