Calling Elvis
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| "Calling Elvis" | ||
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| Single by Dire Straits | ||
| from the album On Every Street | ||
| Released | 1991 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 04:42 | |
| Label | Vertigo | |
| Writer(s) | Mark Knopfler | |
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| Dire Straits singles chronology | ||
| "Your Latest Trick" (1986) |
"Calling Elvis" (1991) |
"Heavy Fuel" (1991) |
"Calling Elvis" is a song written by Mark Knopfler and performed by Dire Straits. It first appeared on the final studio album by the band, On Every Street (1991). It also appears on the 1993 live album On The Night.
The music video was directed by Gerry Anderson of Thunderbirds fame and includes several members of the band represented in marionette form.
The song makes multiple references to Elvis Presley and his songs, for example:
- Calling Elvis
- I’m here all alone
- Did he leave the building
- Or can he come to the phone
and
- Oh love me tender
- Baby don’t be cruel
- Return to sender
- Treat me like a fool
Knopfler once remarked that making a phone call to a family member was harder than trying to "Call Elvis".
| Dire Straits |
| Mark Knopfler | John Illsley | Alan Clark | Guy Fletcher | David Knopfler | Pick Withers | Hal Lindes | Terry Williams | Jack Sonni |
| Discography |
| Albums and extended plays: Dire Straits | Communiqué | Making Movies | Love over Gold | ExtendedancEPlay | Alchemy | Brothers in Arms | On Every Street | On the Night | Live at the BBC | Money for Nothing | Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits | The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations |
| Hit Singles: Sultans of Swing | Lady Writer | Romeo and Juliet | Skateaway | Private Investigations | Twisting by the Pool | So Far Away | Money for Nothing | Brothers in Arms | Walk of Life | Your Latest Trick | Calling Elvis | Heavy Fuel | |
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