Let Yourself Go (Elvis Presley song)

"Let Yourself Go" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1968 motion picture Speedway.[1]

"Let Yourself Go"
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Speedway
B-side"Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby"
ReleasedMay 21, 1968
RecordedJune 21, 1967
StudioMGM Studios, Hollywood
Length2:56
LabelRCA Records
Songwriter(s)
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"We Call on Him"
(1968)		 "Let Yourself Go"
(1968)		 "Almost in Love"
(1968)

In June 1968 it was released on a single with "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" on the other side[2] and on the soundtrack album Speedway.

On December 1, 1970 the single "Let Yourself Go" / "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" was re-released as part of RCA Victor's Gold Standard Series (together with 9 other Presley's singles).[3]

Writing and recording history

The song was written by Joy Byers.[1]

Presley recorded it on June 21, 1967 at the soundtrack recordings for the MGM movie Speedway (that took place June 20–21, 1967 at the MGM Studios in Hollywood, California.)[4]

Track listings

7" single (RCA 47-9547, 1968)[5]

  1. Let Yourself Go
  2. Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby

7" single[6]

  1. Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby
  2. Let Yourself Go

Charts
Chart (1968) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[7] Tip
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 71
"Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby / Let Yourself Go"
Australia (retrospect Kent Music Report)[9] 19

References
  1. Jerry Osborne (1983). Presleyana: Elvis Presley record price guide. O'Sullivan Woodside. ISBN 978-0-89019-083-8.
  2. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (9 January 1971). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 36–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. Ernst Jorgensen (22 April 2014). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. St. Martin's Press. pp. 352–. ISBN 978-1-4668-6855-7.
  4. "australian-charts.com - Elvis Presley - Let Yourself Go".
  5. "Elvis Presley - Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby / Let Yourself Go at Discogs". Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  6. "Ultratop.be – Elvis Presley – Let Yourself Go" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  7. "Elvis Presley - Chart history (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  8. David Kent. "Australian Chart Book 1940–1969". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
    "Elvis Presley: The Australian Singles Chart : 1956–2006". Elvis Australia : Official Elvis Presley Fan Club : www.elvis.com.au. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
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