Who originally sang I cant help falling in love with you?

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"Can't Help Falling in Love" is a pop song originally recorded by American singer Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company. It was written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore and George David Weiss.[2] The melody is based on "Plaisir d'amour"[3] (1784), a popular romance by Jean Paul Egide Martini(1741–1816). It was featured in Elvis Presley's 1961 film, Blue Hawaii. During the following four decades, it was recorded by numerous other artists, including Britishreggae group UB40, whose 1993 version topped the U.S. and UK charts, and Swedish pop group A-Teens.

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Elvis Presley version[edit][]

Elvis Presley's version of the song, which topped the British charts in 1962, has appeared in numerous other films, including Coyote Ugly and Walt Disney's Lilo & Stitch. The single is certified by the RIAA as a Platinum record, for US sales in excess of one million copies. In the United States, the Elvis Presley version of the song peaked at number two on the pop chart and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart for six weeks.[4]

During Presley's late 1960s and 1970s 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 and sloppier arrangement was used as the closing for Presley's final TV special, Elvis in Concert.

Track listings[edit][]

1. "Can't Help Falling in Love"
2. "Rock-A-Hula Baby"

UB40 version[edit][]

In 1993, British reggae band UB40 recorded the song as the first single from their 1993 album Promises and Lies. The song was released in May 1993, in the majority of countries worldwide. It eventually climbed to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 after debuting at number 100 and appears in the soundtrack of the movie Sliver.[5] and also appears in the trailer for Fools Rush In. It remained at number one in the U.S. for seven weeks. It was also number 1 in the UK. It was a great success, reaching number one in Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. The single version of the song has a slightly different backing rhythm and melody.

In the US, and on the Sliver soundtrack, the song title was listed as "Can't Help Falling In Love," rather than what appeared on the record sleeve.

Track listings[edit][]

1. "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You" (3:24)
2. "Jungle Love" (5:09)

1. "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You" (3:24)
2. "Jungle Love" (5:09)
3. "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You" (Extended Mix) (6:03)

1. "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You" (Extended Mix) (6:03)
2. "Jungle Love" (5:09)
3. "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You" (3:24)

1. "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You" (3:24)
2. "Jungle Love" (5:09)

Charts and sales[edit][]

Chart successions[edit][]

A-Teens version[edit][]

The song was the A-Teens's first single from their first extended play Pop 'til You Drop!, as well as for the Lilo & Stitch movie soundtrack, which was originally scheduled to include several Presley tracks, the A-Teens picking it for inclusion in the soundtrack. It was later also featured as a bonus track on their third studio album New Arrival for the European market. The video had thus tremendous exposure on several television channels, with the A-Teens eventually including the song in their third album. As a result, the song had two music videos, one to promote the Disney movie, the other for the album.

The song did not chart in the United States but reached No. 12 in Sweden, No. 16 in Argentina, and No. 41 in Australia. Despite the success of the song overseas, it failed to attract the rest of the Latin American public, due to the fact that there was a Spanish version of the song, performed by the Argentine group, Bandana. In addition, the A*Teens' version of the song was overshadowed by the promotion of Bandana's version.

Music video[edit][]

The video was directed by Gregory Dark and filmed in Los Angeles, California. It had two different versions. The "Disney Version", as the fans named it, features scenes of the movie, and also new scenes of the A-Teens with beach costumes. The "A-Teens Version" of the video, features the A-Teens on the white background with different close-ups and choreography, and scenes with puppies and different costumes.

Releases[edit][]

Tracks marked + are not A-Teens tracks.

European 2-Track CD Single

1. Can't Help Falling in Love [Album Version] – 3:06
2. Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride – 3:27 +

European/Australian CD Maxi

1. Can't Help Falling in Love [Album Version] – 3:06
2. Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride – 3:27 +
3. He Mele, No Lilo – 2:28 +

Other versions[edit][]

Other artists who covered the song[edit][]

• Keely Smith, whose cover was on the charts at the same time as Presley's.
• Perry Como, who included it in his September 1962 album, By Request (RCA Victor Records catalogue number LSP-2567).
• Patti Page, for the Best Of Patti Page special TV offer album.
• Doris Day, who included the song on her 1963 album, Love Him.
• In 1963, the American pop vocal group The Lettermen did a version on their album Kind of Love. It was also included in their The Lettermen: The Complete Hits Vol. 2.
• In 1966, American vocal group We Five performed a version in their album You Were on My Mind.[24]
• In 1967, Italian rock singer Bobby Solo released a cover of this song in the Italian language, "Te ne vai", on his album San Francisco.
• In 1969, Greek expatriate band, Aphrodite's Child, released a version of the song entitled, "I Want to Live", on their album It's Five O'Clock. Their version uses different English lyrics and is more somber than the original.
• The uptempo version by Andy Williams peaked at No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1970.
• The Al Martino recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2746 and charted in 1970, peaking at No. 51 on the Billboard charts and No. 57 on the Cash Box magazine Best-Selling Records list.
• Filipina singer-actress Nora Aunor, released this single 1971 and is part of her Blue Hawaii Album.
• Bob Dylan recorded a version of this song for the New Morning sessions in 1970, which was released by Columbia against his will on the 1973 album, Dylan (Columbia Records).
• Raul Seixas, one of the most popular Brazilian singers, recorded a version of this song, played only after the death of the singer.
• The Stylistics' disco version was a hit in the UK, climbing to No. 4 in June 1976.
• Shirley Bassey recorded a version of this song for a 1976 single.
• Abbey Road Records issued a version by Herb Reed & The Original Platters in 1977.
• During the 1980s, and again during the 2009 Working On a Dream Tour, Bruce Springsteen occasionally performed the song in his concert encores.
• British synthpop duo Techno Twins covered the song in 1982, which appears on their album Technostalgia.
• Lick the Tins released a cover of the song on their 1986 album Blind Man on a Flying Horse. It was a minor hit on the British charts, and it was featured in the ending credits of the films Some Kind of Wonderfuland The Snapper.
• In 1987, Corey Hart's recording reached No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100. The cover and song were used with the image of forlorn animals in desperate need of rescue for a fundraising television commercial for the Ontario Humane Society.
• Australian band The Triffids recorded the song for their 1989 album The Black Swan. It was omitted from the final tracklist of the album, but released on the B-side of "Falling Over You", the second single from the album. The track was reinstated for the 2008 reissue of the album.
• U2 (label mates of The Triffids) used the song to close 87 of the 159 concerts on the U2 1992–1993 Zoo TV Tour. One such performance appears on the Zoo TV: Live from Sydney video and the Zoo TV Live CD released to U2.com subscribers.
• Bono, lead singer of U2, contributed a solo version of the song for the soundtrack to the 1992 movie, Honeymoon in Vegas.
• Bruno Mars made a small cameo in the 1992 movie Honeymoon in Vegas as a Little Elvis impersonator singing the song.
• Swiss artist Stephan Eicher covered the song in his 1994 live album Non Ci Badar, Guarda e Passa.
• German Italo disco artist Fancy recorded a synthpop version in his 1996 album, Christmas In Vegas.

• 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. This was later included on the 2000 greatest hits compilation Dancemania Speed Best 2001 and the 2003 happy hardcore compilation Best of Hardcore.
• American rock band Eels covered the song during their Black Sessions show in 2000, and also as a B-Side for their single "Souljacker". This later version appears on the Eels' 2008 album, Useless Trinkets.
• Hi-Standard had a version in their Love is a Battlefield EP in 2001.
• British synthpop duo Erasure covered the song in 2003 on their cover album Other People's Songs.
• Rick Astley covered the song for the album Portrait in 2005.
• Richard Marx made two versions of the song in his album Ballads, one as a solo and the other, notably in the release in the Far East of the Channel V at the Hard Rock Live album, as a duet with Eric Moo.
• Clay Aiken performed a rendition of the song during the Elvis segment of his 2005 Jukebox Tour.
• In early 2006, Andrea Bocelli recorded a new version of the song for his album, Amore.
• F4, a Taiwanese boy band also sang the song in Chinese for the movie, Lilo & Stitch.
• CSJH The Grace, a South Korean girl group, made an a cappella cover of the song. The a cappella cover song also featured as an intro in their "Boomerang" music video.
• Julio Iglesias, the Spanish superstar living in the United States, also recorded a version of the song.
• Dave Matthews frequently interweaves a verse of the song at concerts during the end of his song, "The Stone".
• Katharine McPhee performed the song on American Idol and recorded it later with Andrea Bocelli.
• Urbanize recorded a version of the song for Liebe kommt aus dem Herzen.
• Vytautas Juozapaitis, a soloist of Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, recorded a Lithuanian version entitled "Negaliu Nemyleti" on his debut album Negaliu Nemyleti ("Can't Help Falling In Love"), released in 2004.
• Blackmore's Night, a folk rock band with Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple and Rainbow, together his wife Candice Night, covered this song for their 2008 album, Secret Voyage.[25]
• Mägo de Oz, a Celtic folk metal band from Spain, recorded a version of the song entitled "Todo Irá Bien" on their 2004 album, Belfast.
• Ingrid Michaelson recorded a version of the song for her 2008 album, Be OK.
• Harry Connick, Jr. included the song on his 2009 album, Your Songs.
• Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger performed the song on More Together Again, released in 1994. The track is titled "Denmark Folk Festival".
• The Pretenders included the song as a bonus track on their 2008 album, Break Up the Concrete.
• Tim Urban covered this song on the Top Eight Week of American Idol on April 13, 2010 and had excellent reviews. Urban also advanced to the next week.
• William Control covered this song on his second album, Noir.
• Shane Told of Silverstein covered the song for Hopeless Records' compilation titled Love is Hopeless.
• Chris Isaak covered the song on his tribute cover album to Sun Records, Beyond the Sun.
• Influential UK punk band Leatherface covered the song in 2000 for Mackem Music: The Sound of Sunderland, a Sunderland AFC compilation album.
• Jon Schmidt included a piano cover on his 2000 album, To the Summit.
• Keaton Henson covered the song in his session called Forts Pt. 2 in the spring of 2012.
• Twenty One Pilots covered the song on their 2012 UK exclusive EP, Holding On To You.[26] A live music video was also released on YouTube for the cover.[27]
• Marco T covered the song in concert with Spanish lyrics.
• Amanda Lear covered the song on her 2014 tribute album My Happiness.

Additional versions[edit][]

• The song is most closely associated as the main supporters' song of English football club Sunderland whose fans were the first to sing it. Since then other English clubs have adopted it including Swindon Town,Hull City, Huddersfield Town, Preston North End, A.F.C. Wimbledon and MK Dons and Welsh football club Swansea City A.F.C.. It is also used by Scottish clubs Airdrie United and Raith Rovers, Portland Timbersand Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer, as well as Central Coast Mariners of Hyundai A-League. The supporters of the Swedish team Djurgårdens IF also sing this song during games.
• The now disbanded Argentine pop group Bandana also featured a Spanish version of the song for the Spanish-speaking countries soundtrack of the same movie.
• Céline Dion performs a live rendition of the song on her 1995 DVD/VHS release The Colour of My Love Concert. This particular performance has been hailed as one of Dion's greatest vocal performances ever, live or recorded. She also performed this song at the 2002 Diva's Live In Las Vegas show. In August 2007, she performed the song once more during her A New Day... show.
• Pearl Jam covered "Can't Help Falling in Love" on October 22, 2000 at a concert in Las Vegas; it was released as the 2000 fan club Christmas single.
• The Who integrated parts of the song into their 2004 single "Real Good Looking Boy". In fact, the song is credited to Pete Townshend, George Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore.
• Andrea Bocelli performed a version of the song at the World Music Awards in 2006.
• Spiritualized incorporate parts of the song into the title track of their 1997 album Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, of which the band explicitly showcased the song further when performing live.
• Montgomery Clift play and sing the song in the film The Heiress (1949, directed by William Wyler).
• Keele University hockey club in Staffordshire, UK, have adopted this song as their own, changing the "you" to "keele".
• T.J. Fantini, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake and Marque Lynche covered the song on an episode of Mickey Mouse Club.
• Jackie Chan sang the here song on YouTube on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2010.
• Janet Devlin also performed the song on The X Factor UK series 8.
• Francesco De Gregori performed the song during his Sulla Strada - Tour.
• Jena Irene performed the song on May 7th, 2014 as a final 4 contestant on "American Idol".
• Christina Grimmie performed the song on the May 19, 2014 finale of "The Voice".

Other recorded versions[edit][]