Kissin' Cousins (song)

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"Kissin' Cousins"
Kissin' Cousins Picture Sleeve.jpg
Single by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires
from the album Kissin' Cousins soundtrack
A-side
ReleasedFebruary 10, 1964
Recorded1963
Genre Rock and roll, pop
Length2:14
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s) Fred Wise
Randy Starr
Producer(s) Chet Atkins
Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires singles chronology
"Bossa Nova Baby" / "Witchcraft"
(1963)		"Kissin' Cousins" / "It Hurts Me'"
(1964)		"Viva Las Vegas" / "What'd I Say"
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard Favorable [1]

"Kissin' Cousins" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as the title track for the soundtrack of the 1964 motion picture Kissin' Cousins . [2] The movie also featured a completely different song, titled "Kissin' Cousins (No. 2)", written by Bill Giant, Bernie Baum and Florence Kaye. [2]

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Writing and recording

The song was written by Fred Wise and Randy Starr. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] The song was published by Elvis Presley's company Gladys Music, Inc. Elvis Presley recorded his vocals for the song over an earlier-recorded backing track on October 10 (or possibly in the early morning of October 11), 1963. [9] [10]

Release history

The single was first released as a single on February 10, 1964, with "It Hurts Me", a non-movie song, on the opposite side as RCA Victor 47–8307."Kissin' Cousins" peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. [11] [12] [8] ("It Hurts Me" also charted, peaking at number 29.)

The song's first LP release was in March 1964 on the Kissing Cousins soundtrack LP (LPM-2894 in mono and LSP-2894 in stereo). [13] On March 27, 1992, the single "Kissin' Cousins / It Hurts Me" was certified Gold by the RIAA for selling over 500,000 copies. [14]

Critical reception

Reviewing the single "Kissin' Cousins / It Hurts Me" in its February 15, 1964 issue, Billboard called the two songs "[t]wo more contenders for chart honors from Elvis." [1]

First side is from forthcoming film and features good middle tempo rock with voices and guitars in support. [1]

Charts

Chart (1964)Peak
position
"Kissin' Cousins"
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [15] 12
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [16] 33
Germany [17] 27
Norway (VG-lista) [18] 6
UK (Official Charts Company) [19] 10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [11] 12
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [20] 10
"Kissin' Cousins / It Hurts Me"
Australia (retrospect Kent Music Report) [21] [8] 7

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  11. 1 2 "Music: Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart (1964-03-21)". Billboard . Retrieved 2016-01-07.
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