Lick The Tins - Can't Help Falling In Love (Elvis Presley Cover)

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From '' Can't Help Falling In Love ''
Label: Sedition – EDIT 3308
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: Nov 1985

Tracklist
A Can't Help Falling In Love
Arranged By – George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, Ronan Heenan
B Bad Dreams
Written-By – Ronan Heenan

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"Can't Help Falling in Love" is a song recorded by American singer Elvis Presley for the album Blue Hawaii (1961).
It was written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss and published by Gladys Music, Inc.
Τhe melody is based on "Plaisir d'amour", a popular French love song composed in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini.
The song was initially written from the perspective of a woman as "Can't Help Falling in Love with Him", which explains the first and third line ending on "in" and "sin" rather than words rhyming with "you".

"Can't Help Falling in Love" was featured in Presley's 1961 film Blue Hawaii.
It has also been recorded by many other artists, including Swedish pop group A-Teens, and the British reggae group UB40, whose 1993 version topped the US and UK charts.
It was listed as one of the greatest songs of all-time by Rolling Stone, ranking Νο.403 in the list's 2012 edition.

Background and release

Elvis Presley's version of the song topped the British charts in 1962, spending four weeks at Νo. 1.
The single is certified Platinum by the RIAA, for US sales in excess of one million copies.

In the United States, the song peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 behind Joey Dee and the Starliters' "Peppermint Twist" and went to No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for six weeks.

During Presley's late 1960's and 1970's live performances, the song was performed as the show's finale.
Most notably, it was also sung in the live segment of his 1968 NBC television special, and as the closer for his 1973 Global telecast Aloha from Hawaii.

A version with a faster arrangement was the closing number in Presley's final TV special, Elvis in Concert. "Can't Help Falling in Love" was also the last song he performed live, at his concert in Indianapolis at Market Square Arena on June 26, 1977.

The recording appeared on the 1997 CD re-issue Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 as a bonus track and on the 2002 career retrospective collection ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits.

In 2015, the song was included on the If I Can Dream album on the 80th anniversary of Presley's birth. The version uses archival voice recordings of Presley and his singers, backed by new orchestral arrangements performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

The song is used as an anthem by several English football clubs since the 1960s, including Huddersfield Town, Hull City, Swindon Town and Sunderland.
According to a 2020 survey by OnBuy, the song is the most popular choice for couples as the song for the first dance at their wedding.

Other artists who covered the song

Keely Smith.
Perry Como
Patti Page
Doris Day, 1963
The Lettermen, 1963
We Five, 1965
Bobby Solo, 1967
Aphrodite's Child, 1969 "I Want to Live"
Andy Williams, 1970
The Al Martino, 1970
Bob Dylan, 1970
Raul Seixas.
The Stylistics, 1976 (disco version)
Shirley Bassey, 1976
Herb Reed & The Original Platters, 1977
Bruce Springsteen
Lick the Tins recorded a version that was a minor hit on the British charts and was featured in the ending credits of the films Some Kind of Wonderful and The Snapper
Corey Hart, 1987
The Triffids, 1989
U2 (label mates of The Triffids)
Bono, lead singer of U2, contributed a solo version of the song for the soundtrack to the 1992 movie, Honeymoon in Vegas
Stephan Eicher, 1994
Ornel Hinds (reggae version)
Fancy, 1996 (synth-pop version)
David Thomas of Pere Ubu released one of the darkest and strangest versions of the song on the CD Meadville (1997), a live performance by David Thomas and Two Pale Boys
An instrumental version of it played by a brass band is used in the closing sequence of the 1998 Italian movie Radiofreccia
An uptempo dance version, titled "Techno Wondeland", remixed at 179 BPM, was included on the 1999 compilation Dancemania Speed 2
Eels, 2000
Hi-Standard, 2001
Erasure, 2003
Rick Astley, 2005
Richard Marx
Clay Aiken, 2005
Andrea Bocelli, 2006
F4, a Taiwanese boy band also sang the song in Chinese for the movie, Lilo and Stitch.
CSJH The Grace
Julio Iglesias
Dave Matthews
Katharine McPhee
Urbanize
Vytautas Juozapaitis, 2004
The Skank Agents, 2008
Liela Avila, 2008
Blackmore's Night, a folk rock band with Ritchie Blackmore and his wife Candice Night, covered this song for their 2008 album, Secret Voyage.
Mägo de Oz, 2004
Ingrid Michaelson
Harry Connick, Jr.
Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger, 1994
The Pretenders, 2008
Tim Urban
Javier Fontana
William Control
Shane Told of Silverstein.

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[davidkeenan]

Penny whistle & drums, god that takes me back, & then that beautiful raw voice & occasionally harmonies. The way Alison sings "can't" always gets me, but it's the  rhythms that bring me to tears. They touch me, I can't resist clapping or dancing, or just waving my hands. Fecking stupid for a man of nearly 60, but this song makes me "feel" young.

[luluhubbardmcg]

5 years married today and this was played as our entrance song❣️

[michaelbarry]

Omg "Some kind of wonderful " brings me back. A 61 year old now but this song by "Lick the tins" and the beautiful Mary Stuart Masterson makes me so sentimental for my teenage years. She was my major crush. What a fabulous looking girl.

[kurtace]

There will never be another writer like John Hughes the way he captured how we felt in the 80's and put it on film his movies defined my generation.

[CynthiaJFinnegan]

Was also used in the soundtrack of a brilliant Irish film called "The Snapper."

[frenchda]

Well, it’s 2025 and I’m 68 now, but this song still grabs me. Glad I got to live in a time when romance just happened between people without swiping through a couple hundred first. :)

[waldonash]

Married 32 years now - this was the first dance at our wedding! Still have the vinyl! Played it a million times since! AMAZING version!

[joemac]

If you love elvis, this is truly the best version of it, truly amazing ☘️💚

[Del-ppgn]

As the credits rolled....I had to rewind and listen to this a million times....superb...thank you some kind of wonderful

[patrickniehus]

I am slightly obsessed with the movie this wonderful song is from....Watts is absolutely gorgeous!!!

[hildrethplace]

Just finished watching Some Kind of Wonderful and had to hear this song again. Man, the 80's rocked...

[ZenFocus]

This is my favorite version of this song... Love it

[BhfuilIAm]

Hey Burgess! BURGESS! (holding hedge clippers)
You know what I'd like to do with these, don't yeh Burgess? 
Snip snip!

- Dessie Curley

[pajamazon]

I love this version. My father, who wrote the song, did too. One of my favorites.

[michaelbarry]

Omg the movie "Some kind of wonderful" had just about everything. I was so in love with the bolshy Mary Stuart Masterson in my teens and then the best ever version of this wonderful love song at the end. John Hughes is special and knew how to tap into our teenage psyche.

[debbiemedina]

First heard this on the Snapper (great film second favorite only to Everlasting Piece) this is my favorite version of this song, like it more than any other cover and the original. I can’t help but smile whenever I hear it.

[TabbyCallaghan]

this reminds me of the ireland i grew up in . i don't recognise or feel it anymore . isn't it weird how a song can do that .

[scottmozzo]

Has there ever been a greater line in a romantic comedy than, "You look good...wearing my future."

[michaelbarry]

Omg that voice❤ have loved this version of this song forever. Brings back so many memories 😢
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[habuteru]

love this from "some kind of wonderful" ...