Rock and roll music
| "Raised on Rock" | ||||
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| Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
| from the album Raised on Rock / For Ol` Times Sake | ||||
| A-side | "Raised on Rock" | |||
| B-side | "For Ol` Times Sake" | |||
| Released | August 20, 1973[1] | |||
| Recorded | July 23, 1973 | |||
| Studio | Stax Studios, Memphis | |||
| Genre | Country rock | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mark James[2] | |||
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Raised on Rock
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1973 single by Elvis Presley
"Raised on Rock`" is a 1973 song by Elvis Presley. It was written for him by Mark James, the author of Elvis` 1969 number 1 hit "Suspicious Minds".[2][3]
The song was first released in 1973 as a single, with "For Ol` Times Sake" on the B-side,[4] and then included on the album Raised on Rock / For Ol` Times Sake.
Musical style and lyrics
The song is sung from the point of view of a person who, as a child in the early years of rock`n`roll, was raised on songs like "Hound Dog" and "Johnny B. Goode" he would listen to on the radio every day.
Roy Carr and Mick Farren commented in Elvis: The Illustrated Record that the song was lyrically mismatched for Elvis, as he was a contemporary of the artists mentioned.
Charts
The single "Raised on Rock" / "For Ol` Times Sake" (listed by Billboard as a double-A-sided hit) reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of October 27, 1973.[5] In addition, the song "Raised on Rock" reached number 27 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart for the week of November 3, 1973.[6]
In the UK Singles Chart, the single "Raised on Rock" reached number 36 for the week of November 24, 1973.[7]
| Chart (1973) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart (Official Charts Company)[7] | 36 |
| US Billboard Easy Listening[6] | 27 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 41* |
* Listed as "Raised on Rock / For Ol` Times Sake".
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1973 single by Elvis Presley
"Raised on Rock`" is a 1973 song by Elvis Presley. It was written for him by Mark James, the author of Elvis` 1969 number 1 hit "Suspicious Minds".[2][3]
The song was first released in 1973 as a single, with "For Ol` Times Sake" on the B-side,[4] and then included on the album Raised on Rock / For Ol` Times Sake.
Musical style and lyrics
The song is sung from the point of view of a person who, as a child in the early years of rock`n`roll, was raised on songs like "Hound Dog" and "Johnny B. Goode" he would listen to on the radio every day.
Roy Carr and Mick Farren commented in Elvis: The Illustrated Record that the song was lyrically mismatched for Elvis, as he was a contemporary of the artists mentioned.
Charts
The single "Raised on Rock" / "For Ol` Times Sake" (listed by Billboard as a double-A-sided hit) reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of October 27, 1973.[5] In addition, the song "Raised on Rock" reached number 27 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart for the week of November 3, 1973.[6]
In the UK Singles Chart, the single "Raised on Rock" reached number 36 for the week of November 24, 1973.[7]
| Chart (1973) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart (Official Charts Company)[7] | 36 |
| US Billboard Easy Listening[6] | 27 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 41* |
* Listed as "Raised on Rock / For Ol` Times Sake".
