I Got Stung

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From Wikipedia:

“I Got Stung” is an upbeat, bouncy rock and roll song written by Aaron Schroeder and David Hill and performed by Elvis Presley, which was recorded and released in 1958. Clocking in at under two minutes, it features some of Elvis’ most rapid-fire vocals alongside humorous and catchy lyrics, and was released as double A-side with “One Night“, reaching No. 1 in the UK. Presley recorded this, his final song of the 1950s, on June 11, 1958, when he went to Nashville during his army stint, as he was preparing to set sail for Germany. […]

Paul McCartney recorded it for his album Run Devil Run (1999). From the liner notes of “Run Devil Run“:

A 1959 No.1 single for Elvis. “It was not my favourite Elvis song, but I kept hearing “Holy smoke landsakes alive, I never though this would happen to me.” That intro kept grabbing me. I though I’ll do it a bit more raucous than Elvis.”

From an interview with Laura Gross (promotional interview for “Run Devil Run” in 1999):

Paul McCartney: I Got Stung. After Elvis got out of the army I Got Stung was one of the ones he did then. And I remember us not being too keen on it. But recently I just sort of remembered the opening. Holy smoke landsakes alive, I never thought this could happen to me. A-ha-ha. Doov, doov, doov, doov. I just loved that intro. So I thought, got to do it, you know. Just ’cause of that intro. So I take it down, got the words. I couldn’t get most of them off the record. I finally actually got a lyric sheet on that one. So I did it. And we just did more of a shouty version than Elvis’s version.

On January 31st 1969, The Beatles recorded “I Got Stung” during the Get Back Sessions.

Last updated on September 21, 2016

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