"Heartbreak Hotel" lyrics
"Heartbreak Hotel"
Well, since my baby left me
Well, I found a new place to dwell
Well, it's down at the end of Lonely Street
At Heartbreak Hotel
Where I'll be, I'll be so lonely, baby
Well, I'm so lonely
I'll be so lonely, I could die
Although it's always crowded
You still can find some room
For broken-hearted lovers
To cry there in their gloom
They'll be, they'll be so lonely, baby
They'll be so lonely
They're so lonely, they could die
Now, the bellhop's tears keep flowin'
And the desk clerk's dressed in black
Well, they've been so long on Lonely Street
They'll never, never look back
And they get so, they get so lonely, baby
Well, they are so lonely
They're so lonely, they could die
Well, now, if your baby leaves you
And you got a tale to tell
Well, just take a walk down Lonely Street
To Heartbreak Hotel
Where you will be, you will be, you'll be so lonely, baby
Well, you will be lonely
You'll be so lonely, you could die
Although it's always crowded
You still can find some room
For broken-hearted lovers
To cry there in their gloom
Where they get so, they get so lonely, baby
Well, they're so lonely
They'll be so lonely, they could die
Thanks to Kat, Alyssa Vuskalns for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Elvis Presley, Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden
A country music duo The Wilburn Brothers, that was quite successful in '50s and '60s, rejected this song when it was first offered to them because it sounded strange, they said.
This song was one of the first Elvis' songs recorded on RCA Victor studio—the new studio for him—but the result was so unlike his previous works at Sun studio, that many at RCA disliked it, and they didn't believe that the song should be released at all.
John Lennon (
The Beatles) said in an interview in 1975, that it's been hard to understand "Heartbreak Hotel" when he'd heard it for the first time, because it's sounded noisy and unlike anything he'd heard before from the American singers. It took him some time to understand what Elvis was singing, but nevertheless he liked it very much.
The song was number one in two Billboard charts: Top 100, and the Country and Western. And it was also the first of Elvis Presley's singles to be included in charts in the UK.
This song allowed Elvis Presley to obtain his first gold record.
This song belongs to the Grammy Hall of Fame since 1995. In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine put it at the place 45 in its list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and it also got a place on the list of 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll the same year.
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- Elvis Presley Lyrics
compilation:
"Elvis' Golden Records" (1958)
soundtrack:
"Elvis (NBC TV Special)" (1968)
album:
"Elvis: As Recorded At Madison Square Garden" (1972)
End Theme
compilation:
"ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits" (2002)
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