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"Thinking About You"
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Promised Land
A-side
ReleasedJanuary 4, 1975
RecordedDecember 12, 1973
GenreCountry
Length3:00
Songwriter(s)
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"Promised Land" / "It's Midnight"
(1974) 		"My Boy" / "Thinking About You"
(1975) 		"T-R-O-U-B-L-E" / "Mr. Songman"
(1975)

"Thinking About You" is a song performed by Elvis Presley and originally released on his 1975 album Promised Land.

In January 1975 it also was released on the RCA single PB-10191,[1] as the flip side to "My Boy"[2][3][4][5] (a song from the 1974 album Good Times). In 1977 the single was reissued as part of the black-labelled Gold Standard Series (s/n GB-10489).[6]

Writing and recording

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The song was written by Tim Baty.

Presley recorded it on December 12, 1973, at the December 10–16 recording sessions for RCA at the Stax Studios in Memphis, Tennessee.[7][8]

The original recorded master sound track was longer, but before release it was shortened by 1 minute 40 seconds.[9]

Track listings

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7" single (RCA PB-10191)[10]

  1. "My Boy" (3:13)
  2. "Thinking About You" (2:59)

References

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  1. ^ Neal Umphred; Linda Jones; Walter Piotrowski (1990). Elvis: A Touch of Gold : the American Record Collector's Price Guide to Elvis Presley Records & Memorabilia. White Dragon Press.
  2. ^ John A. Whisler (June 1981). Elvis Presley, reference guide and discography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810814349.
  3. ^ Jerry Osborne (1983). Presleyana: Elvis Presley record price guide. O'Sullivan Woodside. ISBN 978-0-89019-083-8.
  4. ^ Ron Barry (1976). The Elvis Presley American discography. Spectator Service, Maxigraphics. Thinking About You Elvis Presley.
  5. ^ Jerry Osborne (1983). Presleyana: Elvis Presley record price guide. O'Sullivan Woodside. ISBN 978-0-89019-083-8.
    There were four 45s, "Promised Land"/"It's Midnight," "My Boy"/"Thinking About You,"
  6. ^ Tim Neely; Martin Popoff (28 July 2009). Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records. Krause Publications. pp. 532–. ISBN 978-0-89689-958-2.
  7. ^ "Thinking About You : by Elvis Presley : Elvis Presley Lyrics : The Elvis SongDataBase". Elvis Australia : Official Elvis Presley Fan Club. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  8. ^ Ernst Jorgensen (22 April 2014). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. St. Martin's Press. pp. 569–. ISBN 978-1-4668-6855-7.
  9. ^ Ernst Jorgensen (22 April 2014). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. St. Martin's Press. pp. 572–. ISBN 978-1-4668-6855-7.
  10. ^ "ultratop.be - Elvis Presley - My Boy". Ultratop. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
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