Jailhouse Rock (song)
"Jailhouse Rock" | ||||
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Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
from the EP Jailhouse Rock | ||||
B-side | "Treat Me Nice" | |||
Released | September 24, 1957 | |||
Recorded | April 30, 1957 | |||
Studio | Radio Recorders, Hollywood | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 2:35 | |||
RCA Victor | ||||
Songwriter(s) | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | |||
Producer(s) | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | |||
Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Jailhouse Rock" (audio) on YouTube | ||||
Audio sample | ||||
Jailhouse Rock |
"Jailhouse Rock" is a
Characters and themes
Some of the characters named in the song are real people. Shifty Henry was a well-known Los Angeles musician, not a criminal. The Purple Gang was a real mob. "Sad Sack" was a U.S. Army nickname in World War II for a loser, which was also the name of a popular comic strip and comic book character.[1]
According to Rolling Stone, Leiber and Stoller's "theme song for Presley's third movie was decidedly silly, the kind of tongue-in-cheek goof they had come up with for
Releases and chart performance
The single, with its
Also in 1958, "Jailhouse Rock" was the lead song in an EP (extended play single), together with other songs from the film, namely "Young and Beautiful", "I Want to Be Free", "Don't Leave Me Now" and "
Personnel
Credits sourced from AFM union contracts and label records.[9]
- Elvis Presley – lead vocals and acoustic guitar
- The Jordanaires – backing vocals
- Bill Black – bass guitar
- Scotty Moore – electric guitar
- D. J. Fontana – drums
- Dudley Brooks – piano
Legacy
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Sales and certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[32] | Gold | 45,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI)[33] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[34] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[35] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
See also
- List of Top 25 singles for 1957 in Australia
- List of Billboard number-one rhythm and blues hits
- List of Billboard number-one singles of 1957
- Billboard year-end top 50 singles of 1957
- List of Cash Box Best Sellers number-one singles of 1957
- List of CHUM number-one singles of 1957
- List of number-one country singles of 1957 (U.S.)
- List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s
- List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s
References
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- ^ Billboard December 16, 1958. page 61
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- ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart 2005" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
- ^ "Danish single certifications – Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ "Italian single certifications – Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ "British single certifications – Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ "American single certifications – Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock". Recording Industry Association of America.