List of songs about or referencing Elvis Presley

The iconic nature of Elvis Presley in music and popular culture have often made him a subject of or a touchstone in various songs.

Written in memory of, or explicitly and primarily about him

*"A Century of Elvis" by Belle and Sebastian
*"A Liddle Biddy Help from Elvis" Space
*"Apparition In Las Vegas" Pete Atkin
*"Back to Tupelo" by Mark Knopfler
*"Back 2 the Base" by X
*"Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles
*"Blue Moon Revisited (A Song For Elvis)" by Cowboy Junkies on "The Trinity Session" [cite web
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*"Boy From Tupelo" by Emmylou Harris
*"Dead Elvis" by Doug Anthony All Stars
*"Dead Elvis" by Michael Daugherty
*"DisGraceland" by Alice Cooper
*"Ei edes Elvis loistossaan" (Not Even Elvis Even at His Prime) by M. A. Numminen
*"Elviksen kuolema" (Elvis's Death) by Eppu Normaali
*"Elvis" by Pat Green
*"Elvis" by Sister Hazel
*"Elvis Ain't Dead" by Scouting for Girls
*"Elvis and I" by Denis Leary
*"Elvis and Andy" by Confederate Railroad
*"Elvis Ate America" by Passengers (band) (an alias to U2)
*"Elvis died for our sins" by Jon Downes and the Amphibians from Outer Space Jonathan Downes
*"Elvis Fùe un Vampiro" by Los Prisonieros
*"Elvis Has Just Left The Building" by Frank Zappa
*"Elvis Has Left the Building" by Jerry Reed
*"Elvis Imitators" by Jimmy Buffett
*"Elvis in Germany" by Per Gessle
*"Elvis is Dead" by Living Colour
*"Elvis is Dead" by MxPx
*"Elvis is Dead" by Peter and the Test Tube Babies
*"Elvis is Everywhere" by Mojo Nixon
*"Elvis Lives" by Subway to Sally
*"Elvis, Mama & Lisa Marie" by Elvis Angel
*"Elvis, Marilyn and James Dean" by Bellamy Brothers
*"Elvis on the Radio, Steel Guitar in My Soul" by KLF
*"Elvis Presley And America" by U2
*"Elvis Presley Blues" by Gillian Welch
*"Elvis Presley Blues" by Jimmy Buffett
*"Elvis Stole My Gal" - Vernon Pullins
*"Elvis Was a Narc" by Pinkard and Bowden
*"Elvis Was a Mama's Boy" from Jason Morphew's 2001 album, "Not for the Faint of Heart!"
*"Elvis Was a Skinhead" by The Ataris
*"Elvisly Yours" by The Johnnys
*"Ethän vertaa mua Elvikseen" (Please Don't Compare Me to Elvis) by Kari Peitsamon Skootteri
*"Everything Zen" by Bush
*"From Graceland to the Promised Land" by Merle Haggard
*"Goodbye Elvis" by Will Tura
*"Goodbye Priscilla (Bye Bye Baby Blue)" by Gene Summers. Issued by Teardrop Records #3405, 1977 (written by Deanna Summers-David Saxton-Ben Shaw)
*"Graceland by The Hippie Love Gods , Snocap 2008
*"Happy Birthday Elvis" by Loudon Wainwright III
*"Hound Dog Man" by Roy Orbison
*"House of Cards" by Steve Forbert
*"He was the King" by Neil Young
*"Hey Elvis" by Bryan Adams
*"I Remember Elvis Presley" by Danny Mirror
*"I Saw Elvis at Wal-Mart" by Billy Walker
*"I Saw Elvis in a UFO" by Ray Stevens
*"I Saw Mr. Presley Tip-toeing Through The Tulips" by Tiny Tim
*"I Try to Think About Elvis" by Patty Loveless
*"Is The King Still Alive" by Johnny Harra
*"Jesus Mentioned" by Warren Zevon
*"The King Is Gone" by Ronnie McDowell
*"King Rocker" by Generation X
*"King of the Mountain" by Kate Bush
*"King's Call" by Phil Lynott
*"Let's Let Elvis Get Some Sleep" by Pat Minter
*"Mama's In the Sky With Elvis" by Ray Stevens
*"Me and Elvis" by Human Radio
*"Nobody Noticed It" by Lisa Marie Presley
*"Pass Me By" by Insane Clown Posse
*"Porcelain Monkey" by Warren Zevon
*"Porch Swing in Tupelo" by Elton John
*"Real Good Looking Boy" by The Who
*"Reminisce Cafe" by Gene Summers
*"Rockin' With Elvis" - Jimmy Velvit
*"That's Why" by John Gorka
*"That Ain't Elvis Playing Piano" by Eighteen Visions
*"The All American Boy" by Bill Parsons
*"The Elvis Letter" by Wayne Newton
*"The Day Elvis Died" by Boxcar Willie
*"The King & Eye", an album by the avant garde band The Residents (1989)
*"The King is Gone" by Ronnie McDowell
*"The King of Rock and Roll" by Dio
*"The Only King" by The everybodyfields
*"The Whole World Misses You (We Miss You Elvis)" by Carl Perkins
*"This Ain't Vegas and You Ain't Elvis" by Spitfire
*"Tupelo" by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

ubstantial reference

*"Advertising Space" by Robbie Williams
*"Alcohol and Pills" by Todd Snider
*"Big Train from Memphis" by John Fogerty
*"Bigger Than the Beatles" by Joe Diffie
*"Bigger than Elvis" by Chicago
*"Bringin' Out the Elvis" by Faith Hill
*"Buried Next to the King" by Zombie Ghost Train
*"Calling Elvis" by Dire Straits
*"Carl Perkins Cadillac" by Drive By Truckers
*"Cool Corona (Could You Be Like E....)" - Nice Device
*"Disgraceland" by Alice Cooper
*"Do You Remember?" by The Beach Boys
*"The Drag Queens of Memphis" by Sponge
*"Elvis, Be True" by Liz Phair
*"Elvis está vivo" ("Elvis is alive") by Andrés Calamaro
*"Elvis, Marvin and John" by Dion, to the tune of Dion's hit "Abraham, Martin and John".
*"Elvis Presley Boulevard" by Billy Joel
*"Elvis Was a Narc" by Pinkard and Bowden
*"From Galway to Graceland" by Richard Thompson
*"From Graceland To The Promised Land" by Merle Haggard
*"Goin' to Graceland" by Dead Milkmen
*"Hallucinating Elvis" by Duran Duran
*"Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" by Neil Young
*"I Met Elvis at the Nudybar" by The Bones
*"Jesse" by Scott Walker
*"Jesus and Elvis" by Greg Brown
*"Johnny Bye Bye" by Bruce Springsteen (Update of the Chuck Berry song)
*"Just Like New" by Wynonna Judd
*"My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)" by Neil Young
*"My boy Elvis" by Janis Martin
*"Real Good Looking Boy" by The Who
*"Return of the Grievous Angel" by Gram Parsons
*"Riding with the King" by John Hiatt
*"Tennessee Plates" by John Hiatt
*"The King is Gone (So Are You)" by George Jones
*"There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" by Kirsty MacColl (also recorded as "Killen ner' på Konsum svär att han är Elvis" by Elisabeth Andreassen)
*"Things Change" Tim McGraw
*"Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn
*"Worthless Thing" by Elvis Costello
*"You Are Like Elvis" by Diane Cluck

Nominal reference

*"1977" by The Clash
*"A Century of Elvis" by Belle and Sebastian
*"A Growing Boy Needs His Lunch" by Dead Kennedys
*"A Hundred and One" by Bryan White
*"A Rock N' Roll Fantasy" by The Kinks
*"Angel" by Eurythmics
*"Armageddon" by Prism
*"August and Everything After" by Counting Crows
*"Born to be Sold" by Transvision Vamp
*"Bringing Out The Elvis" by Faith Hill
*"Bubba Hyde" by Diamond Rio
*"Dancing With Elvis" by Gina Jeffreys
*"The Delivery Man" by Elvis Costello
*"Do You Remember" by The Beach Boys
*"Elvis" by Kent
*"Elvis and His Boss" by The Residents
*"Elvis and Me" by Dance Hall Crashers
*"Elvis Begins With An E" by Mr Ray's Wig World
*"Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier" by Manic Street Preachers
*"Everything Zen" by Bush
*"Fight the Power" by Public Enemy
*"FM" by Steely Dan
*"Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty
*"God" by John Lennon
*"Gone" by Switchfoot
*"Gonna Drive Em Up A Wall" - Gene Summers and Shawn Summers
*"Graceland" by Dan Bern
*"Graceland" by Paul Simon
*"I Predict" by Sparks
*"I Try to Think About Elvis" by Patty Loveless
*"If Dirt Were Dollars" by Don Henley
*"It's All In Your Head" by Diamond Rio
*"Juanita" by Jack Ingram
*"John & Elvis are Dead" by George Michael
*"Johnny Ryall" by Beastie Boys
*"Karma" by Diffuser
*"Lewis Boogie" by Jerry Lee Lewis
*"Lizzy" by Melvins
*"Made in England" by Elton John
*"Man on the Moon" by R.E.M.
*"Maybe Angels" by Sheryl Crow
*"Me vs. Maradona vs. Elvis" by Brand New
*"Megalomaniac" by Incubus
*"New Kid (On The Block)" by Barenaked Ladies
*"Public Park" by ballboy
*"Queen of Memphis" by Confederate Railroad
*"Reminisce Cafe" by Gene Summers
*"Restin' Bones" by Primus
*"Rockstar" by Nickelback
*"Round Here" by Counting Crows
*"Satisfied by Darden Smith
*"Say It Isn'°t So" by Bon Jovi
*"Ska vi älska, så ska vi älska till Buddy Holly" by Gyllene Tider
*"Show Me" by Over the Rhine
*"That Don't Impress Me Much" by Shania Twain
*"The Fifties Suck" by Pinkard and Bowden
*"The King Of Rock 'n' Roll - [http://www.daniel-lioneye.com Daniel Lioneye]
*"The King is Gone (So Are You)" by George Jones
*"Typical Town" by Dean Friedman
*"The Spirit of Rock and Roll" by Brian Wilson
*"The Windfall (Everything for Nothing)" by Joni Mitchell
*"Up Your Speed" by Sway
*"When" by Shania Twain
*"Without Me" by Eminem
*"We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel
*"Wendy Under The Stars" by Odds
*"Went To See The Gypsy" by Bob Dylan
*"What You Want?" by Notorious B.I.G. with Jay-Z
*"Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?" by George Jones
*"You're Never Too Old to Rock" by Bill Haley's Comets

References

External links

* [http://www.mixedup.com/elvissongs.htm List of 215 songs that mention Elvis Presley]

2. Ref. www.thehippielovegods.com , Snocap 2008 on their Myspace page