It's Over (Jimmie Rodgers song)

"It's Over"
Single by Jimmie Rodgers
from the album It's Over
A-side "It's Over"
B-side "Anita, You're Dreaming" (from Country Music 1966)
Released 1966
Format 7" single
Length 2:37[1]
Songwriter(s)
Jimmie Rodgers singles chronology
"A Fallen Star"
(1966)		 "It's Over"
(1966)		 "Young Ideas"
(1966)

"A Fallen Star"
(1966)		 "It's Over"
(1966)		 "Young Ideas"
(1966)
"It's Over"
Song by Elvis Presley
from the album Aloha from Hawaii
Released February 4, 1973
Recorded January 14, 1973
Length 2:08
Songwriter(s) Jimmie F. Rodgers

"It's Over" is a 1966 song written and originally performed by Jimmie F. Rodgers.[2][3][4] He released it as a single in 1966, with "Anita, You're Dreaming" on the flip side.

Elvis Presley recorded a live version of "It's Over" at his January 14, 1973 televised comeback concert Aloha from Hawaii.[3] The recording was first released on the LP Aloha from Hawaii.[5] He also had recorded the song live (for RCA and MGM) in April 1972.[6][7] Another live recording, from February 17, 1972, was released in 1995 on the box set Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential '70s Masters.

Jimmie Rodgers recalled:

I was with Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass at Carnegie Hall in New York, and there was a girl there at the show. She was standing outside crying and we began to talk. She had just broken up with her boyfriend. I asked if she was okay. She said, "No, my boyfriend and I broke up today and it's over." I went back to my room and wrote "It's Over." I never had Elvis in mind to do it when I wrote the song.[4]

The song has also been covered by Glen Campbell (in 1967)[8] and by Dusty Springfield.[3]

Track listing

Jimmie Rodgers version

7" single (1966)[9]

  1. "It's Over" 2:37
  2. "Anita, You're Dreaming" (2:30)

Charts

Jimmie Rodgers version

Chart (1966) Peak
position
Canada 29
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10][1] 37
U.S. Chicago Top 40 Charts[11] 24

References

  1. 1 2 Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual, 1955-1999. Record Research. 2000. ISBN 978-0-89820-141-3.
  2. ↑ Joseph Murrells (1978). The Book of Golden Discs. Barrie and Jenkins. ISBN 978-0-214-20480-7.
  3. 1 2 3 John Cagliostro (2012). Refreshing the Odour..... Lulu.com. pp. 84–. ISBN 978-1-291-18776-2.
  4. 1 2 Anthony M. Musso (13 November 2008). Setting the Record Straight: The Music and Careers of Recording Artists from the 1950s and Early 1960s ... In Their Own Words. AuthorHouse. pp. 240–. ISBN 978-1-4389-5292-5.
  5. ↑ "It's Over : by Elvis Presley : Elvis Presley Lyrics : The Elvis SongDataBase". Elvis Australia : Official Elvis Presley Fan Club.
  6. ↑ Ernst Jorgensen (22 April 2014). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. St. Martin's Press. pp. 529–. ISBN 978-1-4668-6855-7.
  7. ↑ Kevin Crouch; Tanja Crouch (9 April 2012). The Gospel According To Elvis. Music Sales Group. pp. 215–. ISBN 978-0-85712-758-7.
  8. ↑ "ultratop.be - Glen Campbell - It's Over". Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  9. ↑ "Jimmie Rodgers (2) - It's Over / Anita, You're Dreaming at Discogs". Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  10. ↑ David F. Lonergan (2005). Hit Records, 1950-1975. Scarecrow Press. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-0-8108-5129-0.
  11. ↑ Ron Smith (1 August 2001). Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969. iUniverse. pp. 171–. ISBN 978-0-595-19614-2.
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