Can't Help Falling in Love

Can not Help Falling in Love is a pop song that was written in 1961 by George David Weiss, Luigi Creatore and Hugo Peretti for Elvis Presley.

Formation

Can not Help Falling in Love was written in 1961 by George David Weiss, in cooperation with the producers Luigi Creatore and Hugo Peretti for Elvis Presley. The song was intended for the music film Blue Hawaii and should fit a particular point in the film script. In this sequence of straight from his military service in Europe returned Chad Gates (Elvis Presley ) the grandmother of his girlfriend presents a music box as a gift. The music box to play a European -inspired melody to the Elvis Presley sings a slow song, this was the briefing. This inspired the team to the ballad Can not Help Falling in Love, in which Creatore and white together developed the text, while Peretti cared only about the melody that was based on the French song Plaisir d' amour from the 18th century.

Success of Presley version

Elvis Presley chose the song several proposals, and Can not Help Falling in Love was released on October 1, 1961 on the single for the film as a B- side for quick Rock-A- Hula Baby. In this case, the B- side of a single proved more successful than the A- side, because Can not Help Falling in Love reached in 1962 in the United States Rank 2 Billboard pop charts, while Rock-A- Hula Baby No. 23 ranked. By the end of 1962, the single was alone in the U.S., two million buyers. The piece was also very successful internationally in the charts, reaching number 1 in Australia, among others, South Africa and the UK, number 2 in Sweden and Rank 4 in Canada, ranking 11 in Italy and the Netherlands and 22 in Germany.

When Elvis Presley in the late sixties ended his Hollywood career and presented live performances in the center of his career, he chose Can not Help Falling in Love as the final number of his concerts. Thus, the ballad is included on almost every concert recording from the seventies, as well as in the transmitted via satellite to over 40 countries worldwide TV Special Aloha From Hawaii in 1973 and Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis (1974). Furthermore, listen to the song in the interpretation of Elvis Presley in films such as Coyote Ugly and Lilo & Stitch.

The version by UB40

On May 10, 1993 published their version of UB40 Can not Help Falling in Love and thus reached in the UK, USA, Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand and Sweden # 1 on the charts. This version of the song was in the film Sliver use.

Other cover versions

According to author Luigi Creatore Can not Help Falling in Love has been covered by more than 30 other artists, including but not limited

Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite Coyote Ugly (film) Sliver (Film) Corey Hart (singer)
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