Calling Elvis
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| Single by Dire Straits from the album On Every Street |
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| Released | 1991 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 04:42 | ||||
| Label | Vertigo | ||||
| Writer(s) | Mark Knopfler | ||||
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"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 is about an Elvis fan who believes Elvis Presley still to be alive, referencing many of his songs:
- Calling Elvis
- Is anybody home?
- Calling Elvis
- I’m here all alone
- Did he leave the building
- Or can he come to the phone
- Calling elvis
- I'm here all alone
- Well tell him I was calling
- Just to wish him well
- Let me leave my number
- Heartbreak Hotel
- 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 his brother and former Dire Straits member David was harder than trying to "Call Elvis".[citation needed]
Trivia: Mark Knopfler played lead guitar on the song 'King's Call' by Phil Lynott/Thin Lizzy (1980), which portrays the immortality of Elvis.
[edit] Track list
- "Calling Elvis"
- "Iron Hand"
- "Millionaire Blues"
[edit] References
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