Spinout_(song) Knowpia

"Spinout"
"Spinout"
	Picture sleeve for the U.S. vinyl single, with "All That I Am" in smaller font
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Spinout
B-side	"All That I Am"
Released	September 13, 1966
Recorded	February 17, 1966
Studio	Radio Recorders, Hollywood
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:32
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Ben Weisman; Dolores Fuller; Sid Wayne;
Elvis Presley singles chronology

"Spinout" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1966 motion picture Spinout. In 1966 it was released on a single with "All That I Am", another song from the same movie, on the opposite side.^[1] It peaked at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100^[2] but would continue to sell over 400,000 copies.^[2] ("All That I Am" also charted, peaking at number 41.)^[3]

Critical reception edit

John Floyd, the author of the book Sun Records: An Oral History, considers "Spinout" a great song, naming it along other great songs from "Presley's seriously underrated sixties and seventies work": "Can't Help Falling in Love", "You Don't Know Me", "Long Black Limousine", "Suspicious Minds", and "I Can Help".^[4]

Charts edit

Chart (1966)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	40

References edit

^ Lee Cotten (1985). All shook up: Elvis day-by-day, 1954-1977. Pierian Press. ISBN 9780876501726.
^ ^a ^b Jay Warner (2004). On this Day in Music History. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 283–. ISBN 978-0-634-06693-1.
^ "Music: Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
^ John Floyd (25 June 2015). Sun Records: An Oral History (Second ed.). BookBaby. pp. 115–. ISBN 978-1-942531-09-8.
^ "Music: Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart (1966-11-12)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-12-15.