Kacey Musgraves recorded a version of the 1961 Elvis Presley classic Can’t Help Falling in Love for the upcoming soundtrack to director Baz Luhrmann’s biopic “Elvis,” the singer revealed.
The country pop star noted that she covered the song on Monday as she walked the red carpet at the Metropolitan Institute of Arts and Fashion’s benefit party. Musgraves was there with Luhrmann, Priscilla Presley, and members of the film’s cast.
It’s been hard to get details about the soundtrack before now, with little public disclosure other than the fact that the first song from the album, Doja Cat’s “Vegas,” features an insert of Presley’s hit song “Hound Dog.” It will come out on Friday. Doja Cat premiered a partial version of the song live at its two-time appearance at Coachella in April.
Beyond that, all that has been officially said about the soundtrack is that it will be on RCA, a Presley label; that it’s coming out in “Summer” (most likely early summer, since the movie comes out only three days after the start of summer, on June 24); It will include contributions from a number of name artists representing different genres.
The news that Musgraves is involved is further indication that the album may include a lot of material from singers who are not part of the film’s crew. Presumably a few, too: Luhrmann was at Coachella checking out not only Doja Cat but also filming by Yola and Shonka Dukureh, who portray Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Big Mama Thornton, respectively.
“Can’t Help Falling in Love” started life as a vocal song. It was No. 2 in the US for Presley after he recorded it for the soundtrack to “Blue Hawaii” in 1961, and quickly fell into the world of record-breaking. Originally thought to be an easy-to-listen song, it caught the attention of 1960s interpreters such as Perry Como, the Lennon Sisters, Doris Day, Patti Page, Andy Williams, Al Martino and Kelly Smith.
Bob Dylan was the first superstar rock singer to come up with it, on his controversial 1973 album Dylan. But it didn’t really start catching up with the rock generation until U2 began closing its song offerings in the “Achtung Baby” era of the early ’90s, and the UB40 A successful release in 1993. It has since been covered in recordings or Live by Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, Andrea Bocelli, Beck, Spiritualized, Chris Isaac, Il Defoe, A Tenes, Halle Reinhart, and Evan Rachel Wood, among dozens of others. . Stylistics even had an unexpected disco in 1976.
talking with diverseMark Malkin On the red carpet, Luhrmann was still playing near the jacket, but not too close, saying only of Musgraves’ contribution that “she has a song in the movie – something about love.”
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