'Cant Help Falling In Love' Lyrics - Elvis Presley
The song is so popular that it has been recorded by numerous other artists besides Elvis. |
During the following four decades, it has been recorded by numerous other artists, including Bob Dylan on his 1973 album Dylan, Tom Smothers, Swedish pop group A-Teens, and the British reggae group UB40, whose 1993 version topped the U.S. and UK charts.
Lyrics of Can't Help Falling In Love Lyrics - Elvis Presley
Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you?
Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand,
Take my whole life, too
For I can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand,
Take my whole life, too
For I can't help falling in love with you
For I can't help falling in love with you
Can't Help Falling in Love: 7 Interesting Facts
1. This was Elvis' most popular and famous "love song," but it was not sung to his love interest in Blue Hawaii - It was sung to his grandmother on the occasion of her birthday. Elvis presented her with a music box, which she opened and it played the song, which Elvis then sang along with
2. The soundtrack to Blue Hawaii hit #1 on the US charts in the fall of 1961 and remained there for 20 weeks in a row, a record that wasn't broken until 1977 by Fleetwood Mac's landmark album Rumours.
3. The melody of the song is based on "Plaisir d'amour", a popular French love song composed in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini.
4. The song was initially written for a woman as "Can't Help Falling in Love with Him", which explains the first and third line ending on "in" and "sin" rather than words rhyming with "you"
5. Elvis ended most of his concerts with this song.
6. UB40 covered this in 1993 with a reggae beat. Their version was a #1 hit in the US.
7. A version by the Swedish pop group A-Teens appeared on the soundtrack of the animated feature Lilo and Stitch, which like the original version was also set in Hawaii.