Patch It Up

1970 single by Elvis Presley

"Patch It Up"

Single by Elvis Presley

from the album That's the Way It Is

A-side

"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"

Released

October 6, 1970

Recorded

June 8, 1970^[1]

Studio

RCA's Studio B Nashville^[1]

Genre

Rock

Length

3:09

Label

RCA Victor

Songwriter(s)

Eddie Rabbitt
Rory Bourke

Elvis Presley singles chronology

"I've Lost You" / "The Next Step Is Love"
(1970)

"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" / "Patch It Up"
(1970)

"I Really Don't Want to Know" / "There Goes My Everything"
(1970)

"Patch It Up" is a song written by Eddie Rabbitt and Rory Bourke and originally recorded by Elvis Presley.^[2] He released it as a single, with "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" on the opposite side, in October 1970.^[3]

A live version of the song recorded on August 12, 1970,^[2] was featured in the concert film Elvis: That's the Way It Is and the accompanying album That's the Way It Is was released a month later, in November.

"Patch It Up" reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 (as a double A-side with "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me").^[4]

Composition

The song was written by Eddie Rabbitt and Rory Bourke.^[2]

Recordings

Elvis originally recorded the song during his "marathon" June 1970 sessions at RCA's Studio B in Nashville.^[2]^[1] That version was released as a single with "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" on October 6.^[1]

In August 1970, Presley performed this song during his so-called "Elvis Summer Festival" at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. The concerts were documented in the MGM theatrical documentary film Elvis: That's the Way It Is and its accompanying soundtrack album That's the Way It Is released in November.^[5]^[6] The recording used for the album was from the August 12, 1970 dinner show.^[5]

Track listing

(, )^[3]No.TitleWriter(s)Length1."You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell, Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini2:292."Patch It Up"Eddie Rabbitt, Rory Bourks3:09

Charts

Chart (1970)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	11

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me". Elvis Presley official website "Elvis the Music". Retrieved 2020-02-15.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Cover versions of Patch It Up by Elvis Presley". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
^ ^a ^b "Elvis – You Don't Have To Say You Love Me / Patch It Up (Indianapolis Pressing, Vinyl)". Discogs. October 1970. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
^ "Elvis Presley". Billboard.
^ ^a ^b "That's The Way It Is". Elvis Presley official website "Elvis the Music". Retrieved 2020-02-15.
^ Tanya Dalziell; Karen Welberry (13 May 2016). Cultural Seeds: Essays on the Work of Nick Cave. Routledge. pp. 153–. ISBN 978-1-317-15625-3.
^ "Elvis Presley Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

External links

"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me / Patch It Up" at Discogs (list of releases)
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me / Patch It Up on the official Elvis Presley website

Elvis Presley singles

1954	"That's All Right" / "Blue Moon of Kentucky" "Good Rockin' Tonight" / "I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine" "Milkcow Blues Boogie" / "You're a Heartbreaker"
1955	"I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" / "Baby Let's Play House" "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" / "Mystery Train"
1956	"Heartbreak Hotel" / "I Was the One" "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" / "My Baby Left Me" "Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog" "Blue Suede Shoes" / "Tutti Frutti" "Money Honey" "I Got a Woman" "Tryin' to Get to You" "Blue Moon" "I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')" / "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (over You)" "Shake, Rattle and Roll" / "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" "Love Me Tender" / "Any Way You Want Me"
1957	"Too Much" / "Playing for Keeps" "All Shook Up" / "That's When Your Heartaches Begin" "Peace in the Valley" "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" / "Loving You" "Paralyzed" (UK) "Jailhouse Rock" / "Treat Me Nice" "Party" / "Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!" (UK)
1958	"Don't" / "I Beg of You" "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" / "Doncha' Think It's Time" "Hard Headed Woman" / "Don't Ask Me Why" "King Creole" (UK) "One Night" / "I Got Stung"
1959	"I Need Your Love Tonight" / "A Fool Such as I" "A Big Hunk o' Love" / "My Wish Came True"

1960	"Stuck on You" / "Fame and Fortune" "It's Now or Never" / "A Mess of Blues" "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" / "I Gotta Know"
1961	"Surrender" / "Lonely Man" "I Feel So Bad" / "Wild in the Country" "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" / "Little Sister" "Can't Help Falling in Love" / "Rock-A-Hula Baby"
1962	"Good Luck Charm" / "Anything That's Part of You" "She's Not You" / "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" "King of the Whole Wide World" "Return to Sender" / "Where Do You Come From"
1963	"One Broken Heart for Sale" / "They Remind Me Too Much of You" "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" "Bossa Nova Baby" / "Witchcraft"
1964	"Kissin' Cousins" / "It Hurts Me" "Kiss Me Quick" / "Suspicion" "Viva Las Vegas" / "What'd I Say" "Such a Night" / "Never Ending" "Ask Me" / "Ain't That Loving You Baby" "Blue Christmas"
1965	"Do the Clam" / "You'll Be Gone" "Crying in the Chapel "(Such an) Easy Question" / "It Feels So Right" "I'm Yours" / "(It's a) Long Lonely Highway" "Puppet on a String" / "Wooden Heart"
1966	"Tell Me Why" / "Blue River" "Frankie and Johnny" / "Please Don't Stop Loving Me" "Love Letters" "Spinout" / "All That I Am" "If Every Day Was Like Christmas"
1967	"Indescribably Blue" / "Fools Fall in Love" "You Gotta Stop" / "The Love Machine" (UK) "Long Legged Girl (with the Short Dress On)" / "That's Someone You Never Forget" "There's Always Me" / "Judy" "Big Boss Man" / "You Don't Know Me"
1968	"Guitar Man" "U.S. Male" / "Stay Away" "We Call on Him" / "You'll Never Walk Alone" "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" / "Let Yourself Go" "Almost in Love" / "A Little Less Conversation" "If I Can Dream" / "Edge of Reality"
1969	"Memories" / "Charro" "How Great Thou Art" "In the Ghetto" / "Any Day Now" "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" "Suspicious Minds" / "You'll Think of Me" "Don't Cry Daddy" "Rubberneckin'"

1970	"Kentucky Rain" "The Wonder of You" / "Mama Liked the Roses" "I've Lost You" / "The Next Step Is Love" "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" / "Patch It Up" "I Really Don't Want to Know" / "There Goes My Everything"
1971	"Rags to Riches" "Life" / "Only Believe" "I'm Leavin'" "It's Only Love" / "The Sound of Your Cry" "Merry Christmas Baby" / "O Come All Ye Faithful"
1972	"Until It's Time for You to Go" / "We Can Make the Morning" "He Touched Me" / "Bosom of Abraham" "An American Trilogy" / "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "Burning Love" / "It's a Matter of Time" "Separate Ways" / "Always on My Mind"
1973	"Steamroller Blues" / "Fool" "Raised on Rock" / "For Ol' Times Sake"
1974	"Take Good Care of Her" / "I've Got a Thing About You, Baby" "If You Talk in Your Sleep" / "Help Me" "Promised Land" / "It's Midnight"
1975	"My Boy" / "Thinking About You" "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" "Bringing It Back" / "Pieces of My Life"
1976	"For the Heart" / "Hurt" "Moody Blue" / "She Thinks I Still Care"
1977	"Way Down" / "Pledging My Love" "My Way" / "America the Beautiful"
1978	"Unchained Melody" / "Softly as I Leave You"

Posthumous singles	"Puppet on a String" / "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" (1978) "Are You Sincere" / "Solitaire" "There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)" / "I Got a Feelin' in My Body" "Guitar Man" "Loving Arms" / You Asked Me To" "You'll Never Walk Alone / "There Goes My Everything" (1982) "The Elvis Medley" "I Was the One" / "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" (1983) "Heartbreak Hotel" (1996) "Blue Christmas" (1998) "A Little Less Conversation" (JXL remix) "Rubberneckin'" (Paul Oakenfold Remix) "In the Ghetto" (with Lisa Marie Presley) "Baby Let's Play House" (Spankox Re:Version) "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (with Carrie Underwood) (2008) "Blue Christmas" (with Martina McBride) (2008) "Pocketful of Rainbows" (Spankox Remix) "I Love You Because" (with Lisa Marie Presley) "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (with Susan Boyle) "I Got a Feelin' in My Body" (Tommie Sunshine & Wuki Remix)

Posthumous
singles