"Indescribably Blue"
Single by Elvis Presley
B-side"Fools Fall in Love"
ReleasedJanuary 10, 1967
RecordedJune 10, 1966
StudioRCA Studio B, Nashville
GenrePop
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Darrell Glenn
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"If Every Day Was Like Christmas"
(1966) 		"Indescribably Blue" / "Fools Fall in Love"
(1967) 		"You Gotta Stop" / "The Love Machine"
(1967)

"Indescribably Blue" is a song written by Darrell Glenn and recorded by Elvis Presley on June 10, 1966.[1] It was released by RCA Records as a single on January 10, 1967, backed with "Fools Fall in Love".[1] The song peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on February 24, 1967.[2]

Jerry Schilling, a member of Presley's entourage, described "Indescribably Blue" as "an intense, emotional, vocally demanding ballad."[3] Biographer Peter Guralnick described the song as "a pretty, somewhat insipid ballad."[4]

Charts

Chart (1967) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 21
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 33

References

  1. ^ a b "Indescribably Blue". Elvis The Music.
  2. ^ "Elvis Presley Chart History". Billboard.
  3. ^ Schilling, Jerry; Crisafulli, Chris (2006). Me and a Guy Named Elvis: My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley. New York: Gotham Books. p. 146. ISBN 9781592403059.
  4. ^ Guralnick, Peter (2012). Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley. New York: Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316206723.
  5. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  6. ^ "Elvis Presley Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
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