Elvis Presley - One-Sided Love Affair (1956)

Elvis’ first album was rapidly assembled to capitalize on the gathering success of the single (which was excluded from the LP by managerial fiat). The album included three tracks from the Nashville session, four more from a follow-up series in New York, and five previously unreleased Sun sides, including everything from decorative ballads like “I Love You Because,” “Blue Moon,” and “I’ll Never Let You Go” (which Sam Phillips had thought would never have a chance in the crowded pop marketplace) to “Trying To Get To You,” which might well have been the A-side of Elvis’ next Sun single, had he remained with the company. It is on balance a phenomenally diverse group of songs, and while it was almost entirely ignored by the cultural mainstream (it would be hard to find a single review that recognized its musicality, eclecticism or ambition – it might in fact be hard to find a single serious review), it went straight to Number One on the charts, eventually selling more than 300,000 copies and becoming RCA’s all-time best-selling album up to that time. Even the cover was an almost immediate iconic classic, showcasing a tonsils-out publicity photo that Colonel Parker had commissioned in Tampa in July 1955.

[Gabriel.henrique_]

If you want to be loved
Baby, you've got to love me too
If you want to be loved
Baby, you've got to love me too
Oh, yeah, 'cause I ain't for no one-sided love affair

If you wanna be kissed
Well, you've gotta kiss me too
Oh, yeah, if you wanna be kissed
Well, you gotta kiss me too
Oh, yeah, 'cause I ain't for no one-sided love affair

Well, fair exchange bears no robbery
And the whole world will know that it's true
Understanding solves all problems, baby
That's why I'm telling you

If you wanna be hugged
Well, you gotta hug me too
Oh, yeah, if you wanna be hugged
Well, you've gotta hug me too
Oh, yeah, 'cause I ain't for no one-sided love affair

If you know you can't take it
Well then, baby, why try to give it?
If you know you can't take it
Well then, baby, why try to give it?
'Cause I ain't for no one-sided love affair

Well, fair exchange bears no robbery
And the whole world will know that it's true
Understanding solves all problems, baby
That's why I'm telling you

If you wanna be hugged
Well, you gotta hug me too
Oh, yeah, if you wanna be hugged
Baby, you gotta hug me too
Oh, yeah, 'cause I ain't for no one-sided love affair

'Cause I ain't for no one-sided love affair
'Cause I ain't for no one-sided love affair

[martinfeickcanyonspringshs]

Sun Studios had such a warm sound. Amazing.

[elvispresleyrecords]

Elvis’s first album was so awesome and this is such an awesome song Elvis does an awesome version of this Amazing! 👑

[habiibqawiy]

I love Elvis' sheer display of vocal prowess in this song. It's that sort of singing that liberates the mind, body and soul... and perhaps the world too! Very spontaneous indeed.. 😍