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"Always on My Mind" is a song originally recorded by Brenda Lee and released on June 12, 1972, with music and lyrics by Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson Thompson. more...
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Elvis Presley version
Elvis Presley's version reached number 16 on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart in 1972. Brenda Lee's version had stalled at #45 on the country charts in 1972. Presley's version is famous for being played at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the album Voices from the FIFA World Cup.
Willie Nelson version
The song was also recorded by Willie Nelson. Released in the spring of 1982, the song raced to number one on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart that May, spending two weeks atop the chart. The song also did very well on Top 40 radio, peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Apart from a Grammy Award for Song of the Year, "Always on My Mind" earned numerous other awards, including the 1982 and 1983 Country Music Association's "Song of the Year" honors (to songwriters Christopher, James and Thompson); and the 1982 CMA Single of the Year (to Nelson). "Always on My Mind" was named Billboard's number one country song for 1982.
Pet Shop Boys version
In 1987, Pet Shop Boys performed a version on Love Me Tender, an ITV network television special commemorating the tenth anniversary of Presley's death, in which various popular contemporary acts performed cover versions of his hits. Their performance of "Always on My Mind" was so well-received that the group decided to record and release a version as a single. This version became the U.K.'s Christmas number one single that year, beating "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, and topping the charts for four weeks in total. It also reached number one in Germany in 1988, and peaked at number four in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 the same year, becoming the duo's fifth and last Top 10 hit there.
In November 2004, The Daily Telegraph newspaper placed the version at number two in a list of the fifty greatest cover versions of all time .
Track listing
7": Parlophone / R 6171 (UK)
"Always on My Mind" (3:59);
"Do I Have To?" (5:14);
12": Parlophone / 12 R 6171 (UK)
"Always on My Mind" (Extended Dance Version) (8:10);
"Do I Have To?" (5:14);
"Always on My Mind" (3:59);
also released on MC (TCR 6171) and CD (CDR 6171);
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