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{{Short description|Popular ballad written by Wayne Carson, Mark James, and Johnny Christopher}}{{Other|Always on My Mind (disambiguation)}}{{Use American English|date=June 2022}}{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}- the content below is remote from Wikipedia
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name | You Were Always on My Mind| type = single| artist = Gwen McCrae| A-side = He's Not You| released = March 28, 1972| genre =
Background and composition"Always on My Mind" saw no completion until late 1971. Songwriter-guitarist Wayne Carson had about two verses done with the working title "You Were Always on My Mind".{{Citation |last=Jones |first=Roben |title=Memphis Goes On |date=February 19, 2010 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781604734010.003.0013 |work=Memphis Boys |pages=145â157 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |doi=10.14325/mississippi/9781604734010.003.0013 |isbn=978-1-60473-401-0 |access-date=October 19, 2020}} He had been occupied in Memphis on a project that required him to stay ten days longer, and he phoned his wife in Springfield, Missouri, to apologize for the delay. She was angry, and he replied: "Well, I know Iâve been gone a lot, but Iâve been thinking about you all the time." This idea struck him as potential song material, and he quickly ended the call so he could capture it on paper. He brought the song back to the recording studio of Chips Moman and worked on it for a few days, but it did not gel. Carson asked for help from his colleague Johnny Christopher (the two had already written the hit song "No Love at All" in 1970) and they composed more of it in Moman's office. Feeling stuck, they appealed for assistance from songwriter Mark James who was walking through the studio. James was exhausted from non-stop music projects, but he ran through the song with Carson and Christopher. By the fourth run-through, the song was finished.NEWS,weblink Hilburn, Robert, Robert Hilburn, April 24, 1988, The Surprising Saga of 'Always on My Mind', Los Angeles Times, August 21, 2021, Music critic Robert Hilburn said that it was commonly thought in Nashville and Memphis that Elvis Presley's marital troubles were the inspiration of the song, and that it was tailored to fit his musical style. Fueling this conjecture was the fact that James had already written a hit song "Suspicious Minds" for Presley. Carson responded that the song was not written for Presley but for every man. He said that it "was one long apology. Itâs sort of like all guys who screw up and would love nothing better than to pick up the phone and call their wives and say, 'Listen, honey, I could have done better, but I want you to know that you were always on my mind.{{'"}}Elvis Presley version
| Felton JarvisHTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=ENUKAZW27PIC&DQ=%22ELVIS%22+%22ALWAYS+ON+MY+MIND%22+%22FELTON%22&PG=PA233 | AUTHOR1=GEORGE KLEIN | PAGE=233 | PUBLISHER=CROWN | ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 6, 2016, | prev_title = Burning Love| prev_year = 1972 | Fool (Elvis Presley song)>Fool| next_title2 = Steamroller Blues| next_year = 1973 | header=Audio | {{YouTube | "Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind"}}}}}}Elvis Presley recorded "Always on My Mind" on March 29, 1972, a few weeks after his February separation from his wife, Priscilla.BOOK, Guralnick, Peter, Jorgensen, Ernst, 1999, Elvis: Day by Day, Ballantine Books, 310, 0-345-42089-6, The song was popular and critically appreciated and is considered one of Presley's standout songs of the 1970s. The song was released as the B-side of the "Separate Ways" single, which was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales in excess of one million units.CERTIFICATION, United States, Elvis Presley, Separate Ways, single, March 27, 1992, March 8, 2020, It was listed as a double A-side, reaching number 16 on Billboard{{'}}s Hot Country Singles chart in November 1972.WEB,weblink Top 20 Country Billboard Singles, December 2, 2007, The Official Elvis Presley Website,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071219003700weblink">weblink December 19, 2007, dead, In the United Kingdom, "Always on My Mind" (as the A-side) reached the Top Ten in January 1973. In 2013 the recording ranked number one in a poll conducted by ITV, "The Nation's Favourite Elvis Songs", just ahead of "Suspicious Minds" and "Can't Help Falling in Love".Charts{| class"wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style"text-align:center"|+ 1972â1973 chart performance for "Always on My Mind"! scope="col"| Chart (1972â1973)! scope="col"| Peakposition | ||||||||||||||
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Always on My Mind"}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Elvis Presley|title=Always on My Mind|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2022|date=September 16, 2022|id=458-2984-1|access-date=September 23, 2022}}{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}John Wesley Ryles version
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! scope="col"| Chart (1979)! scope="col"| PeakpositionWillie Nelson version
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- Johnny Christopher
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- Mark James| producer = Chips Moman| prev_title = Heartaches of a Fool| prev_year = 1981
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}}}}Willie Nelson recorded and released the song in early 1982. It raced to number one on Billboard{{'}}s Hot Country Singles chart that May, spending two weeks on top and a total of 21 weeks on the chart. The song also fared well on Top 40 radio, reaching number five on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and staying on that chart for 23 weeks. It was the best-performing single on the Hot Country Singles year-end chart of 1982. This version also charted in a number of other countries. The single was certified platinum by the RIAA on October 7, 1991.Nelson's version resulted in three wins at the 25th Grammy Awards in February 1983: songwriters Christopher, James, and Carson won Song of the Year and Best Country Song; in addition, Nelson won for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. This version also won Country Music Association Awards in two consecutive years: 1982 Song of the Year and 1983 Song of the Year for songwriters Christopher, James and Carson; 1982 Single of the Year for Nelson; and contributed to Nelson winning 1982 Album of the Year for the album Always on My Mind.Nelson performed the song with Johnny Cash on the 1998 release of (VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson). The song was also featured in a December 2009 ASPCA commercial. In 2008, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.In 2013, Nelson's version was also featured in its entirety in a season two episode of the HBO series The Newsroom.| file = Always On My Mind sample.ogg
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Charts
Weekly charts{| class"wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style"text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1982â1984)! scope="col"| PeakpositionYear-end charts{| class"wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style"text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1982)! scope="col"| PositionCertifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Always on My Mind"}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Willie Nelson|title=Always on My Mind|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=1982|certyear=1991|date=October 7, 1991|access-date=March 8, 2020|refname="RIAA"}}{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}Pet Shop Boys version
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name | Always on My Mind| cover = AlwaysOnMyMind.jpg| alt = | caption = Standard artwork for commercial releases in most territories| type = single| artist = Pet Shop Boys| album = It Couldn't Happen Here| B-side = Do I Have To? | |
length | 3:56| label = Parlophone| writer = | |
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- Wayne Carson
- Johnny Christopher
- Mark James
- Chris Lowe
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- Julian Mendelsohn
- Pet Shop Boys
Composition
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-V7-I cadence (C-D7-G). The Pet Shop Boys extend this cadence by adding two further chords: C-D7-Gm7/B{{music|flat}}-C-G (i.e. a progression of IV-V7-IIIb-IV-I).Critical reception
In November 2004, The Daily Telegraph placed the version at number two in a list of the 50 best cover versions of all time.NEWS,weblinkweblink August 9, 2015, subscription, live, The Daily Telegraph, London, They did it their way, November 20, 2004, June 2, 2012, In October 2014, a public poll compiled by the BBC saw the song voted the all-time best cover version.NEWS,weblink Pet Shop Boys' Always On My Mind tops cover version vote, BBC News, October 27, 2014, October 27, 2014,Music video
In the video for Pet Shop Boys' version of "Always on My Mind" (an excerpt from their surreal music film It Couldn't Happen Here) (1988), Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe are seated in the front of a taxi cab, when an eccentric passenger gets in, played by British actor Joss Ackland (1928-2023). At the end of the song, he gets out of the car, which drives away. Standing alone, he mutters: "You went away. It should make me feel better. But I don't know how I'm going to get through", which is part of the lyric for another Pet Shop Boys song, "What Have I Done to Deserve This?", released earlier in the year.Remixes
In 1988, the duo remixed the song for their third studio album, Introspective, combining it with the acid houseWEB,weblink The Line of Best Fit, Chart-topping hits and unusual hats: Pet Shop Boys reissued, Geoff Cowart, April 29, 2018, October 24, 2022, WEB,weblink Fact (UK magazine), Fact, He reads about a new device: On Pet Shop Boys' Introspective, 30 years on, Ryan Diduck, October 11, 2018, October 24, 2022, track "In My House". Two further remixes by longtime Pet Shop Boys remixer, Shep Pettibone, were released on the US promotional triple vinyl version of the albumâShep's Holiday mix and Shep's House mix. Neither have appeared on any other format since.Charts
Weekly charts{| class"wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style"text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1987â1988)! scope="col"| PeakpositionYear-end charts{| class"wikitable plainrowheaders" style"text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1987)! scope="col"| PositionCertifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Always on My Mind"}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Pet Shop Boys|title=Always on My Mind|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1987|certyear=1988|access-date=January 28, 2022}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Pet Shop Boys|title=Always on My Mind|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1987|certyear=1988|access-date=August 7, 2023}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=Singapore|nocert=true|type=single|salesamount=20,000|salesref=MAGAZINE,weblink World Briefing â Singapore, Music Week, September 3, 1988, 4, 0265-1548, World Radio History, }}{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Pet Shop Boys|title=Always on My Mind|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1987|certyear=2024|certref=WEB,weblink Spanish single certifications â Pet Shop Boys â Always on My Mind, El portal de Música, Productores de Música de España, March 20, 2024, }}{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Pet Shop Boys|title=Always on My Mind|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1987|certyear=1988|id=458-2148-1}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|nocert=true|type=single|salesamount=270,000|salesref=MAGAZINE, Lichtman, Irv,weblink Pet Shop Boys Single Hitches Ride On Album, Billboard, 100, 19, May 7, 1988, 88, 0006-2510, World Radio History, }}{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}Release history{| class"wikitable plainrowheaders"|+ Release dates and formats for "Always on My Mind"
! scope="col"| Region! scope="col"| Date! scope="col"| Format(s)! scope="col"| Label(s)! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}}In popular culture
In 2017, Burberry released its holiday campaign, as directed by Alasdair McLellan, which features Cara Delevingne and actor Matt Smith. It opens with Delevingne singing "Always on My Mind" before segueing into the Pet Shop Boys cover of the song.NEWS,weblink Cara Delevingne and Matt Smith Star in Burberry's Very '80s Holiday Campaign, Fashionista, November 9, 2017, The song is also included in the film All Of Us Strangers.References
{{Reflist}}Bibliography
- BOOK, Kent, David, David Kent (historian), Australian Chart Book 1970â1992, illustrated, St Ives, N.S.W., Australian Chart Book, 1993, 0-646-11917-6,
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