Easy Come, Easy Go (Elvis Presley song)

"Easy Come, Easy Go" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1967 motion picture Easy Come, Easy Go.

"Easy Come, Easy Go"
Song by Elvis Presley
from the album Easy Come, Easy Go
Released	1967
Recorded	September 28, 1966
Length	2:07
Songwriter(s)	Ben Weisman (music) Sid Wayne (lyrics)[1]
Producer(s)	Steve Sholes[1]

Its first release was on the soundtrack EP "Easy Come, Easy Go" in spring 1967.^[2][3]

The Australian Kent Music Report (calculated in retrospect using archival data) lists the song / the EP "Easy Come, Easy Go" on the singles chart for 5 weeks, with the peak of 78 on the week of May 13, 1967.^[4]

Writing and recording history

The song was written by Ben Weisman (music) and Sid Wayne (lyrics).^[5][6][7][8]

Presley recorded it on September 28, 1966, at the September 28–29 soundtrack sessions for the Paramount movie Easy Come, Easy Go at the Paramount Studio Recording Stage in Hollywood, California.^[9]

Track listings

Single

7-inch single (The Gramophone Company of India Ltd., India, 1969)^[10]

A. "Easy Come, Easy Go" (2:10)

B. "The Love Machine" (2:47)

EP

Main article: Easy Come, Easy Go (EP)

7-inch EP (RCA EPA 4387, March 1967)
7-inch EP (RCA Victor 20624, Australia, 1978)^[1]

1. "Easy Come, Easy Go" (2:09)
2. "The Love Machine" (2:47)
3. "Yoga Is As Yoga Does" (2:08)
4. "You Gotta Stop" (2:16)
5. "Sing You Children" (2:06)
6. "I'll Take Love" (2:12)

7-inch EP (RCA Victor RCX-7187, UK, June 1967)^[1]

1. "Easy Come, Easy Go"
2. "Yoga Is As Yoga Does"
3. "Sing You Children"
4. "I'll Take Love"

Charts

Chart (1967)	Peak position
Australia (retrospect Kent Music Report)[4]	78 (EP)