Calling Elvis

"Calling Elvis"
"Calling Elvis"
Single by Dire Straits
from On Every Street"
B-side	"Iron Hand"; "Millionaire Blues";
Released	19 August 1991
Length	6:25 (album version); 4:37 (single version);
Label	Vertigo; Warner Bros.;
Songwriter(s)	Mark Knopfler
Producer(s)	Mark Knopfler
Dire Straits singles chronology

"Calling Elvis" is a 1991 song by British rock band Dire Straits and is the leading single from their sixth studio album On Every Street. It went to number 21 in the United Kingdom, number 8 in Germany, Australia and Austria, number 9 in New Zealand, number 2 in Switzerland, Portugal, Norway, Ireland and Belgium, number 1 in Italy and number 4 in the Netherlands and Finland. The song tells the story of Elvis Presley is still alive.

Track listings

7-inch and cassette single^[2]^[3]

A. "Calling Elvis"

B. "Iron Hand"

12-inch and CD single^[4]^[5]

"Calling Elvis"
"Iron Hand"
"Millionaire Blues"

US 7-inch single and Japanese mini-CD single^[6]^[7]

A. "Calling Elvis" – 6:25

B. "Millionaire Blues" – 4:23

References

↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week: 19. 17 August 1991.
↑ Calling Elvis (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Dire Straits. Vertigo Records. 1991. DSTR 16, 868 756-7.
↑ Calling Elvis (UK cassette single sleeve). Dire Straits. Vertigo Records. 1991. DSMC 16, 868 756-4.
↑ Calling Elvis (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Dire Straits. Vertigo Records. 1991. DSTR16 12, 868 757-1.
↑ Calling Elvis (UK CD single liner notes). Dire Straits. Vertigo Records. 1991. DS CD 16, 868 757-2.
↑ Calling Elvis (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). Dire Straits. Warner Bros. Records. 1991. 7-19199.
↑ Calling Elvis (Japanese mini-CD single liner notes). Dire Straits. Vertigo Records. 1991. PHDR-33.

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[1] "New Releases: Singles". Music Week: 19. 17 August 1991.

[2] Calling Elvis (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Dire Straits. Vertigo Records. 1991. DSTR 16, 868 756-7.

[3] Calling Elvis (UK cassette single sleeve). Dire Straits. Vertigo Records. 1991. DSMC 16, 868 756-4.

[4] Calling Elvis (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Dire Straits. Vertigo Records. 1991. DSTR16 12, 868 757-1.

[5] Calling Elvis (UK CD single liner notes). Dire Straits. Vertigo Records. 1991. DS CD 16, 868 757-2.

[6] Calling Elvis (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). Dire Straits. Warner Bros. Records. 1991. 7-19199.

[7] Calling Elvis (Japanese mini-CD single liner notes). Dire Straits. Vertigo Records. 1991. PHDR-33.

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