Moody Blue (song)

"Moody Blue"
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Moody Blue
B-side	"She Thinks I Still Care"
Released	December 1976
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:53
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Mark James
Producer	Felton Jarvis
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"Hurt" (1976) "Moody Blue" (1976) "Way Down" (1977)

"Moody Blue" is a song made famous by Elvis Presley.

Written by Mark James^[1] (who also penned Elvis' "Suspicious Minds"), the song became Presley's last No. 1 hit in his lifetime, topping the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in February 1977 ^[2]. "Moody Blue" also peaked at number thirty-one on the Hot 100 ^[3]. RCA Records also issued an extremely limited quantity of the "Moody Blue" single in an experimental translucent blue vinyl pressing, with "She Thinks I Still Care" as the B-side. Six months after "Moody Blue" topped the chart, Presley was dead.

The song was recorded in February 1976 in the Jungle Room of Presley's Graceland home. The last time Elvis performed the song was on February 21 1977 Live, In Charlotte,NC

Chart performance

Chart (1976–1977)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	31
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3
Canadian RPM Top Singles	57
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	2

References

1. ^ "Moody Blue". Allmusic. 2007-06-21. http://www.allmusic.com/song/t3347869. 
2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 273. 
3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 504. 

Preceded by "Near You" by George Jones and Tammy Wynette

Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single February 19, 1977

Succeeded by "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" by Tom Jones