Kiss Me Quick (Elvis Presley song)


"Kiss Me Quick" is a 1961 song recorded by Elvis Presley which was first released on the album Pot Luck with Elvis. It was released as a single in the UK in 1963 and the U.S. in 1964.

Background

Elvis Presley recorded the song on June 25, 1961 and released it on June 5, 1962 on RCA on the album Pot Luck.
The song was released in 1963 as a single, backed by "Something Blue", in the United Kingdom and Europe by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires in December on RCA Victor. It was listed as a number-one single for eight weeks, from June until July 1963??, in Europe.
In 1964, the song was released as a single in the U.S. with "Suspicion" as the flip side. It was also released as a single in South Africa, Brazil, and Japan that year.
The song was published by Elvis Presley Music, Inc. It was written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman.
A 4-track extended play of the same name was released in 1964 in the Netherlands. It features "Kiss Me Quick" and "Night Rider" on side one, and "Joshua Fit the Battle" and "Judy" on side two. The song is also featured on many of Elvis Presley's compilation and other or various artists' albums.
On December 7, 1963, The Beatles appeared as panelists on the BBC-TV program Juke Box Jury on which they reviewed "Kiss Me Quick" negatively, though John Lennon thought it would be a hit because of his name.
The single would peak at #34 on the Billboard singles chart in 1964, #29 in Record World, #14 in the UK in 1964, and #3 in Canada and Germany.

Other recordings

The song was covered by Austrian popular singer and composer, Udo Jürgens, who released his cover of the song many times and in many formats from 1963 on, by Japanese rock band, Sheena & The Rokkets, on the band's 1980 album Channel Good. Terry Stafford recorded the song in 1964 on the Crusader label. "Kiss Me Quick" was also in the repertoires of German tenor, Peter Hofmann, who had a successful performance career within the fields of opera, rock, pop, and musical theatre, and of Swedish Elvis impersonator, Eilert Pilarm. Helmut Lotti, Little Gerhard, Jan Keizer, Tom Green, and Terry Mike Jeffrey also recorded the song.

Releases and appearances

Extended plays and singles releases of "Kiss Me Quick".
YearTitle
1962"Kiss Me Quick" / "Something Blue"

by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires

Type: Single

Format: 7" Vinyl

Released: December 1962

Label: RCA Victor RCA 1375

Country: UK, Europe
1963"Kiss Me Quick" / "Night Rider"

by Elvis Presley

Type: Single

Format: 7" Vinyl

Released: December 1963

Label: RCA Records 47-9452

Country: Germany
1964"Suspicion" / "Kiss Me Quick"

by Elvis Presley

Type: Single

Format: 7" Vinyl

Released: 1964

Label: RCA Victor 45.562 S

Country: France
1964"Kiss Me Quick" / "No More"

by Elvis Presley

Type: Single

Format: 7" Vinyl

Released: 1964

Label: RCA Victor 47-1085

Country: Denmark
1964"Kiss Me Quick" / "Suspicion"

by Elvis Presley

Type: Single

Format: 7" Vinyl

Released: April 14, 1964

Label: RCA Victor 447-0639

Country: United States
1964Kiss Me Quick

by Elvis Presley

Type: Extended play

Format: 7" Vinyl

Released: 1964

Label: RCA Victor EP RCA 1375

Country: Netherlands
;Side A
  1. "Kiss Me Quick"
  2. "Night Rider"
;Side B
  1. "Joshua Fit the Battle"
  2. "Judy"
1968"The Night Rider" / "Kiss Me Quick"
by Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires

Type: Single

Format: 7" Vinyl

Released: 1968

Label: RCA Victor 47-9452

Country: Germany
1976"Suspicion" / "Kiss Me Quick"

by Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires

by Elvis Presley

Format: 7" Vinyl

Released: 1977

Label: RCA Victor 447-0639

Country: Canada
1977"Suspicion" / "Kiss Me Quick"

by Elvis Presley

Type: Single

Format: 7" Vinyl

Released: 1977

Label: RCA Victor PB 9058

Country: Belgium

Albums containing "Kiss Me Quick".