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Elvis Songs: A Mess of Blues
Find out all about Elvis' million-selling blues hit, "A Mess of Blues"! Get the back-story, download it, view it, and give us your opinion about it!
Basic Stats for "A Mess of Blues"
A Mess of Blues
Written by: Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman
Recorded: March 21, 1960, RCA Nashville Studios
Single: w/ "It's Now Or Never", 47-7777, July , 1960 (Million Seller)
Also re-released as Gold Standard Series, 447-0628, February 1962
Highest U.S. Charts Position:
#32 on Billboard Hot 100
1st LP release: Elvis' Gold Records, Volume 4 - February 1968
Greggers' Spin
Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman wrote "A Mess Of Blues" for Elvis, who recorded it during his first set of post-army sessions in March of 1960. These were also Elvis' first true stereo recordings. "A Mess Of Blues" is a pure upbeat blues song, and Elvis gives it the full treatment! The melody in the middle section has Elvis soaring and diving...Oops, there goes a teardrop rolling down my face
If you cry when you're in love, it sure ain't no disgrace
...and the ending builds to a nice finale, Elvis repeating the title phrase, "Since you're gone I've got a mess o' blues", and slipping into a smoothe falsetto at the very end, something the Beatles would make their trademark in a few years.
As the flip-side of Elvis' huge international hit, "It's Now Or Never", "A Mess Of Blues" was a bit overlooked on the U.S. charts, and peaked at #32. It may also be the case that the pop music charts weren't as receptive to a pure blues song as they were to a pure Italian pop song. After all, this was 1960. Although its hit flip-side showed up on Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 3 in 1963, "A Mess Of Blues" wouldn't show up on an album until 1968's Elvis' Gold Records, Vol. 4.
Other Spins
Robert Matthew-Walker, Elvis Presley - A Study in Music, 1979
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"A Mess Of Blues" Lyrics
Too bad you can't come home
I swear I'm goin' crazy
Sittin' here all alone
Since you're gone
I got a mess of blues
I ain't slept a wink since Sunday
I can't eat a thing all day
Every day is just blue Monday
Since you've been away
Since you're gone
I got a mess of blues
Whoops there goes a teardrop
Rollin' down my face
If you cry when you're in love
It sure ain't no disgrace
I gotta get myself together
Before I lose my mind
I'm gonna catch the next train goin'
And leave my blues behind
Since you're gone
I got a mess of blues
Whoops there goes a teardrop
Rollin' down my face
If you cry when you're in love
It sure ain't no disgrace
I gotta get myself together
Before I lose my mind
I'm gonna catch the next train goin'
And leave my blues behind
Since you're gone
I got a mess of blues
Since you're gone I got a mess of blues
Since you're gone I got a mess of blues











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