List of songs about or referencing Elvis Presley

List of songs about or referencing Elvis Presley

The iconic nature of Elvis Presley in music and popular culture have often made him a subject of or a touchstone in various songs.

Written in memory of, or explicitly and primarily about him

*"A Century of Elvis" by Belle and Sebastian
*"A Liddle Biddy Help from Elvis" Space
*"Apparition In Las Vegas" Pete Atkin
*"Back to Tupelo" by Mark Knopfler
*"Back 2 the Base" by X
*"Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles
*"Blue Moon Revisited (A Song For Elvis)" by Cowboy Junkies on "The Trinity Session" [cite web
url=http://www.cowboyjunkies.com/albums/trinitysession/index5.html
title=The Trinity Session
accessdate=2008-03-19
last=Timmins
first=Mike
publisher=Cowboy Junkies
quote=it is also our acknowledgment of Elvis Presley who stands alone as a rock music pioneer. Our version of Blue Moon relies heavily on Elvis's interpretation which he recorded for Sun records.
]
*"Boy From Tupelo" by Emmylou Harris
*"Dead Elvis" by Doug Anthony All Stars
*"Dead Elvis" by Michael Daugherty
*"DisGraceland" by Alice Cooper
*"Ei edes Elvis loistossaan" (Not Even Elvis Even at His Prime) by M. A. Numminen
*"Elviksen kuolema" (Elvis's Death) by Eppu Normaali
*"Elvis" by Pat Green
*"Elvis" by Sister Hazel
*"Elvis Ain't Dead" by Scouting for Girls
*"Elvis and I" by Denis Leary
*"Elvis and Andy" by Confederate Railroad
*"Elvis Ate America" by Passengers (band) (an alias to U2)
*"Elvis died for our sins" by Jon Downes and the Amphibians from Outer Space Jonathan Downes
*"Elvis Fùe un Vampiro" by Los Prisonieros
*"Elvis Has Just Left The Building" by Frank Zappa
*"Elvis Has Left the Building" by Jerry Reed
*"Elvis Imitators" by Jimmy Buffett
*"Elvis in Germany" by Per Gessle
*"Elvis is Dead" by Living Colour
*"Elvis is Dead" by MxPx
*"Elvis is Dead" by Peter and the Test Tube Babies
*"Elvis is Everywhere" by Mojo Nixon
*"Elvis Lives" by Subway to Sally
*"Elvis, Mama & Lisa Marie" by Elvis Angel
*"Elvis, Marilyn and James Dean" by Bellamy Brothers
*"Elvis on the Radio, Steel Guitar in My Soul" by KLF
*"Elvis Presley And America" by U2
*"Elvis Presley Blues" by Gillian Welch
*"Elvis Presley Blues" by Jimmy Buffett
*"Elvis Stole My Gal" - Vernon Pullins
*"Elvis Was a Narc" by Pinkard and Bowden
*"Elvis Was a Mama's Boy" from Jason Morphew's 2001 album, "Not for the Faint of Heart!"
*"Elvis Was a Skinhead" by The Ataris
*"Elvisly Yours" by The Johnnys
*"Ethän vertaa mua Elvikseen" (Please Don't Compare Me to Elvis) by Kari Peitsamon Skootteri
*"Everything Zen" by Bush
*"From Graceland to the Promised Land" by Merle Haggard
*"Goodbye Elvis" by Will Tura
*"Goodbye Priscilla (Bye Bye Baby Blue)" by Gene Summers. Issued by Teardrop Records #3405, 1977 (written by Deanna Summers-David Saxton-Ben Shaw)
*"Graceland by The Hippie Love Gods , Snocap 2008
*"Happy Birthday Elvis" by Loudon Wainwright III
*"Hound Dog Man" by Roy Orbison
*"House of Cards" by Steve Forbert
*"He was the King" by Neil Young
*"Hey Elvis" by Bryan Adams
*"I Remember Elvis Presley" by Danny Mirror
*"I Saw Elvis at Wal-Mart" by Billy Walker
*"I Saw Elvis in a UFO" by Ray Stevens
*"I Saw Mr. Presley Tip-toeing Through The Tulips" by Tiny Tim
*"I Try to Think About Elvis" by Patty Loveless
*"Is The King Still Alive" by Johnny Harra
*"Jesus Mentioned" by Warren Zevon
*"The King Is Gone" by Ronnie McDowell
*"King Rocker" by Generation X
*"King of the Mountain" by Kate Bush
*"King's Call" by Phil Lynott
*"Let's Let Elvis Get Some Sleep" by Pat Minter
*"Mama's In the Sky With Elvis" by Ray Stevens
*"Me and Elvis" by Human Radio
*"Nobody Noticed It" by Lisa Marie Presley
*"Pass Me By" by Insane Clown Posse
*"Porcelain Monkey" by Warren Zevon
*"Porch Swing in Tupelo" by Elton John
*"Real Good Looking Boy" by The Who
*"Reminisce Cafe" by Gene Summers
*"Rockin' With Elvis" - Jimmy Velvit
*"That's Why" by John Gorka
*"That Ain't Elvis Playing Piano" by Eighteen Visions
*"The All American Boy" by Bill Parsons
*"The Elvis Letter" by Wayne Newton
*"The Day Elvis Died" by Boxcar Willie
*"The King & Eye", an album by the avant garde band The Residents (1989)
*"The King is Gone" by Ronnie McDowell
*"The King of Rock and Roll" by Dio
*"The Only King" by The everybodyfields
*"The Whole World Misses You (We Miss You Elvis)" by Carl Perkins
*"This Ain't Vegas and You Ain't Elvis" by Spitfire
*"Tupelo" by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

ubstantial reference

*"Advertising Space" by Robbie Williams
*"Alcohol and Pills" by Todd Snider
*"Big Train from Memphis" by John Fogerty
*"Bigger Than the Beatles" by Joe Diffie
*"Bigger than Elvis" by Chicago
*"Bringin' Out the Elvis" by Faith Hill
*"Buried Next to the King" by Zombie Ghost Train
*"Calling Elvis" by Dire Straits
*"Carl Perkins Cadillac" by Drive By Truckers
*"Cool Corona (Could You Be Like E....)" - Nice Device
*"Disgraceland" by Alice Cooper
*"Do You Remember?" by The Beach Boys
*"The Drag Queens of Memphis" by Sponge
*"Elvis, Be True" by Liz Phair
*"Elvis está vivo" ("Elvis is alive") by Andrés Calamaro
*"Elvis, Marvin and John" by Dion, to the tune of Dion's hit "Abraham, Martin and John".
*"Elvis Presley Boulevard" by Billy Joel
*"Elvis Was a Narc" by Pinkard and Bowden
*"From Galway to Graceland" by Richard Thompson
*"From Graceland To The Promised Land" by Merle Haggard
*"Goin' to Graceland" by Dead Milkmen
*"Hallucinating Elvis" by Duran Duran
*"Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" by Neil Young
*"I Met Elvis at the Nudybar" by The Bones
*"Jesse" by Scott Walker
*"Jesus and Elvis" by Greg Brown
*"Johnny Bye Bye" by Bruce Springsteen (Update of the Chuck Berry song)
*"Just Like New" by Wynonna Judd
*"My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)" by Neil Young
*"My boy Elvis" by Janis Martin
*"Real Good Looking Boy" by The Who
*"Return of the Grievous Angel" by Gram Parsons
*"Riding with the King" by John Hiatt
*"Tennessee Plates" by John Hiatt
*"The King is Gone (So Are You)" by George Jones
*"There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" by Kirsty MacColl (also recorded as "Killen ner' på Konsum svär att han är Elvis" by Elisabeth Andreassen)
*"Things Change" Tim McGraw
*"Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn
*"Worthless Thing" by Elvis Costello
*"You Are Like Elvis" by Diane Cluck

Nominal reference

*"1977" by The Clash
*"A Century of Elvis" by Belle and Sebastian
*"A Growing Boy Needs His Lunch" by Dead Kennedys
*"A Hundred and One" by Bryan White
*"A Rock N' Roll Fantasy" by The Kinks
*"Angel" by Eurythmics
*"Armageddon" by Prism
*"August and Everything After" by Counting Crows
*"Born to be Sold" by Transvision Vamp
*"Bringing Out The Elvis" by Faith Hill
*"Bubba Hyde" by Diamond Rio
*"Dancing With Elvis" by Gina Jeffreys
*"The Delivery Man" by Elvis Costello
*"Do You Remember" by The Beach Boys
*"Elvis" by Kent
*"Elvis and His Boss" by The Residents
*"Elvis and Me" by Dance Hall Crashers
*"Elvis Begins With An E" by Mr Ray's Wig World
*"Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier" by Manic Street Preachers
*"Everything Zen" by Bush
*"Fight the Power" by Public Enemy
*"FM" by Steely Dan
*"Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty
*"God" by John Lennon
*"Gone" by Switchfoot
*"Gonna Drive Em Up A Wall" - Gene Summers and Shawn Summers
*"Graceland" by Dan Bern
*"Graceland" by Paul Simon
*"I Predict" by Sparks
*"I Try to Think About Elvis" by Patty Loveless
*"If Dirt Were Dollars" by Don Henley
*"It's All In Your Head" by Diamond Rio
*"Juanita" by Jack Ingram
*"John & Elvis are Dead" by George Michael
*"Johnny Ryall" by Beastie Boys
*"Karma" by Diffuser
*"Lewis Boogie" by Jerry Lee Lewis
*"Lizzy" by Melvins
*"Made in England" by Elton John
*"Man on the Moon" by R.E.M.
*"Maybe Angels" by Sheryl Crow
*"Me vs. Maradona vs. Elvis" by Brand New
*"Megalomaniac" by Incubus
*"New Kid (On The Block)" by Barenaked Ladies
*"Public Park" by ballboy
*"Queen of Memphis" by Confederate Railroad
*"Reminisce Cafe" by Gene Summers
*"Restin' Bones" by Primus
*"Rockstar" by Nickelback
*"Round Here" by Counting Crows
*"Satisfied by Darden Smith
*"Say It Isn'°t So" by Bon Jovi
*"Ska vi älska, så ska vi älska till Buddy Holly" by Gyllene Tider
*"Show Me" by Over the Rhine
*"That Don't Impress Me Much" by Shania Twain
*"The Fifties Suck" by Pinkard and Bowden
*"The King Of Rock 'n' Roll - [http://www.daniel-lioneye.com Daniel Lioneye]
*"The King is Gone (So Are You)" by George Jones
*"Typical Town" by Dean Friedman
*"The Spirit of Rock and Roll" by Brian Wilson
*"The Windfall (Everything for Nothing)" by Joni Mitchell
*"Up Your Speed" by Sway
*"When" by Shania Twain
*"Without Me" by Eminem
*"We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel
*"Wendy Under The Stars" by Odds
*"Went To See The Gypsy" by Bob Dylan
*"What You Want?" by Notorious B.I.G. with Jay-Z
*"Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?" by George Jones
*"You're Never Too Old to Rock" by Bill Haley's Comets

References

External links

* [http://www.mixedup.com/elvissongs.htm List of 215 songs that mention Elvis Presley]

2. Ref. www.thehippielovegods.com , Snocap 2008 on their Myspace page


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