"Edge of Reality" | ||||
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Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
from the album Almost in Love | ||||
A-side | "If I Can Dream" | |||
B-side | "Edge of Reality" | |||
Released | November 5, 1968 [1] | |||
Recorded | March 7, 1968 | |||
Genre | Psychedelic soul | |||
Length | 3:15 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"Edge of Reality" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1968 motion picture Live a Little, Love a Little , [2] [3] released to cinemas on October 23.
In October [4] or November 1968 it was released on a single (RCA Victor 47–9670) with "If I Can Dream" (from his soon to be released album Elvis , the soundtrack for the upcoming NBC TV comeback special) on the other side. [5] [2] [6] [7] The single was the first Presley record on the orange label. [4]
On December 1, 1970, the single "If I Can Dream" / "Edge of Reality" was re-released as part of RCA Victor's Gold Standard Series (together with 9 other Presley's singles). [8]
The song was written by Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, and Florence Kaye. [9] [3] [2] [10] [11] [12]
Tame Impala remixed this song for the Baz Luhrmann 2022 film Elvis and was included in the film's soundtrack.
Chart (1968) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 [14] | 112 |
Chart (1969) | Peak position |
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Australia Kent Music Report [15] | 2 |
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