(You're the) Devil in Disguise

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"(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
Elvis Devil in Disguise.jpg
Single by Elvis Presley
B-side "Please Don't Drag That String Around"
ReleasedJune 18, 1963
RecordedMay 26, 1963
Studio RCA Studio B, Nashville
Genre Rock and roll, pop
Length2:17
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s) Bill Giant, Bernie Baum, Florence Kaye
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"One Broken Heart for Sale" / "They Remind Me Too Much of You"
(1963)
"(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
(1963)
"Bossa Nova Baby" / "Witchcraft"
(1963)

Music video
Elvis Presley - (You're The) Devil In Disguise (Official Animated Video) on YouTube

"(You're the) Devil in Disguise" is a 1963 single by Elvis Presley. It was written by Bill Giant, Bernie Baum, and Florence Kaye and was published by Elvis Presley Music in June 1963. The song peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on August 10, 1963, and No. 9 on the Billboard Rhythm and Blues chart, becoming his final top-ten single on the Rhythm and Blues chart. [1] The song also topped Japan's Utamatic (Nihon Goraku Bussan) record chart in the fall of 1963.[ citation needed ] The single was certified gold by the RIAA for sales in excess of 500,000 units in the US.

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In June 1963, when the song was debuted to a British audience on the BBC television show Juke Box Jury , celebrity guest John Lennon voted the song "a miss", opining that Presley had become "like Bing Crosby". The song subsequently peaked at No. 1 on the UK singles chart for one week. [2]

Bill Porter engineered the recording session on May 26, 1963, at RCA Studios in Nashville. "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" and its B-side "Please Don't Drag That String Around" were recorded for a full-length album that was scheduled for release in 1963, but RCA Records chose instead to release the material on non-album singles and soundtrack albums. [3] The recording later appeared on the 1968 compilation album Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4 .

Bass singer Ray Walker of the Jordanaires, who worked as Presley's backing vocalists for much of his early career, sings the repeated phrase "Oh, yes, you are," during the song's outro.[ citation needed ]

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Other versions

A cover version by Trisha Yearwood appears on the Honeymoon in Vegas soundtrack, which consists mainly of covers of Presley songs.[ citation needed ] Punk rock band The Misfits covered the song on the extended edition of their 2003 album Project 1950 , which also contained a cover of Presley's "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame". [26] Karel Gott recorded the song in 2012. The Residents, Tom Green, Ronnie McDowell, Showaddywaddy, and Peter Kraus have also recorded the song. Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana have performed the song live in concert.[ citation needed ]

In 1977, Finnish band Kontra covered the song in Finnish (as "Nainen valepuvussa") on their debut album Ei kontrollia. [27]

Johnny Hallyday recorded the song in French in 1964.[ citation needed ]

Richard Hawley covered the song on his Live at the Devil's A**e live album released in 2009.

In 2015 Swedish Fröken Elvis recorded the song with the title "Psykopat".[ citation needed ]

Post Malone performed the song in 2024 at the Graceland Mansion pool for the NBC special Christmas at Graceland. [28]

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