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Written by: Red West, Johnny Christopher Recorded: December 13, 1973, Stax Studios, Memphis TN CA Released master is take 9. Single:w/ "Help Me", APBO-0280, May 10, 1974 Also re-released as Gold Standard Series w/ "Raised on Rock", GB-10157, March 1975 Highest U.S. Charts Positions: #17 on Billboard Hot 100 #23 on Cash Box Top 100 #6 on Country chart #6 on Easy Listening chart 1st LP release: Promised Land - January 1975 |
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"If You Talk In Your Sleep", in which Elvis tries on a little Memphis funk, and it fits him just fine! Cowriter Johnny Christopher supplies rhythm guitar and James Burton is on hand for some tasty lead in all the right places. Healthy blasts of brass provide an accent to the melody between the vocals. Overall, Elvis has never sounded funkier! More to come later, meanwhile, check out the music and links! |
Other Spins(What did the critics and fans say?)"If You Talk In Your Sleep", a song partly written by Red West, is a tremendous recording. It begins arrestingly, full of menace and flickering speed; and the orchestral arrangement is startlingly good. Occasionally the interest passes from Presley to the orchestra. But there is no doubt who is in charge, and this little-known number has to be counted one of Presley's greatest recordings of this period. Robert Matthew-Walker, Elvis Presley: A Study in Music, 1979 Check out other Elvis fans' opinions on the Elvis News page for If You Talk In Your Sleep Check out other opinions at Rate Your Music "If You Talk In Your Sleep" Links
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I know you're a lonely woman and I love you But someone else is waiting and he owns you If he should ever wake up, make sure that your story is straight love If you talk in your sleep don't mention my name And if you walk in your sleep forget where you came Walking every night here in the shadows So afraid that sometime he may follow There's always the chance he'll find us, though I don't need to remind you If you talk in your sleep don't mention my name If you walk in your sleep forget where you came Love is so much sweeter when it's borrowed I'll feel a little easier tomorrow Don't give our secret away, be careful what you say If you talk in your sleep don't mention my name If you walk in your sleep forget where you came Forget where you came, now Forget where you came Don't mention my name Don't mention my name Forget where you came |
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