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"Suspicious Minds" is a 1968 song written and first recorded by the American songwriter Mark James. After this recording failed commercially, it was recorded by Elvis Presley with the producer Chips Moman. Presley's version reached No.1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, his 18th and final no. 1 single on that chart.
At first James intended to record his songs himself rather than give them to other singers. He released his first single, "Jive Note", in 1959. He formed a band, the Mark James Trio, and released several more songs co-written with Bobby Winder, including Running Back and Tell Me, released on Crazy Cajun Records in Houston, Texas, which was a ...
Mark James, a Songwriters Hall of Fame member who wrote or co-wrote “Suspicious Minds,” “Always on My Mind” and “Hooked on a Feeling,” died June 8 at his home in Nashville. The news ...
The Pet Shop Boys version introduces a harmonic variation not present in the original version. In the original, the ending phrase "always on my mind" is sung to a IV-V 7-I cadence (C-D 7-G). The Pet Shop Boys extend this cadence by adding two further chords: C-D 7-Gm 7 /B ♭-C-G (i.e. a progression of IV-V 7-III b-IV-I).
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The song was written and originally recorded by Mark James in 1975 [1] on the Mercury label, with the B side "Wrong Kind Of Love". James previously penned Elvis' " Suspicious Minds " and other songs. "Moody Blue" was recorded by Presley in February 1976 in the Jungle Room of his Graceland home and released as a single that November; it was ...
Supported by coach Reba McEntire, the 16-year-old singer took the stage on Monday with Elvis' "Suspicious Minds" and made her coach proud. "You have amazed me every time you get on that stage ...
In April 1964, when the Terry Stafford version of "Suspicion" (recorded in May 1962 as a demo) was in the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100, the Presley original was given a US single release with "Kiss Me Quick" as the flip, and it was "Kiss Me Quick" which was the favored side, reaching No. 34 nationally. "Suspicion" peaked at No. 103.