Edge of Reality (song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Edge of Reality
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Elvis Presley
| album = Almost in Love
| A-side = If I Can Dream
| B-side = Edge of Reality
| recorded = March 7, 1968
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Psychedelic soul
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=15}}
| label = RCA
| writer = {{hlist|Bernie Baum|Bill Giant|Florence Kaye}}
| producer =
| prev_title = Almost in Love
| prev_title2 = A Little Less Conversation
| prev_year = 1968
| title = If I Can Dream
| title2 = Edge Of Reality
| next_title = Memories
| next_year = 1969
}}
"Edge of Reality" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1968 motion picture Live a Little, Love a Little,{{cite book|author1=Jerry Osborne|author2=Bruce Hamilton|title=Presleyana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U7s4AQAAIAAJ&q=Bernie+Baum+Bill+Giant+Florence+Kaye+%22Edge+of+Reality%22|year=1980|publisher=O'Sullivan Woodside|isbn=978-0-89019-073-9}} released to cinemas on October 23.
In October{{cite book|author=Jerry Osborne|title=Presleyana: Elvis Presley record price guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dbs4AQAAIAAJJ&q=%22Elvis+Presley%22+%22Edge+of+Reality%22|year=1983|publisher=O'Sullivan Woodside|isbn=978-0-89019-083-8}} or November 1968 it was released on a single (RCA Victor 47–9670) with "If I Can Dream" (from his soon to be released album Elvis, the soundtrack for the upcoming NBC TV comeback special) on the other side.{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQoEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Edge+of+Reality%22+%22Elvis+Presley%22&pg=PA83|date=23 November 1968|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=83–|issn=0006-2510}}{{cite book|author1=Kevin Crouch|author2=Tanja Crouch|title=The Gospel According To Elvis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXb_AgAAQBAJ&q=%22Elvis+Presley%22+%22Edge+of+Reality%22&pg=PT197|date=9 April 2012|publisher=Music Sales Group|isbn=978-0-85712-758-7|pages=197–}}{{cite book|author=Chuck Miller|title=Warman's American Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V570VDDxVNAC&q=%22Elvis+Presley%22+%22Edge+of+Reality%22&pg=PA211|date=28 February 2011|publisher=Krause Publications|isbn=978-1-4402-2821-6|pages=211–}} The single was the first Presley record on the orange label.
On December 1, 1970, the single "If I Can Dream" / "Edge of Reality" was re-released as part of RCA Victor's Gold Standard Series (together with nine other Presley singles).{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9AgEAAAAMBAJ|quote=Edge of Reality.|date=9 January 1971|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9AgEAAAAMBAJ/page/n31 36]–|issn=0006-2510}}
Writing and recording
The song was written by Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, and Florence Kaye.{{cite book|author=Dylan Jones|title=Elvis Has Left the Building: The Day the King Died|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NWcjCQAAQBAJ&q=Bernie+Baum+Bill+Giant+Florence+Kaye+%22Edge+of+Reality%22&pg=PT159|date=14 August 2014|publisher=The Overlook Press|isbn=978-1-4683-1042-9|pages=159–}}{{cite book|author=James L. Neibaur|title=The Elvis Movies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u95XAwAAQBAJ&q=Bernie+Baum+Bill+Giant+Florence+Kaye+%22Edge+of+Reality%22&pg=PA234|date=4 April 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-3074-3|pages=234–}}{{cite book|author=John A. Whisler|title=Elvis Presley, reference guide and discography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lDDaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Elvis+Presley%22+%22Edge+of+Reality%22|date=June 1981|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810814349}}{{cite book|author=Sheryl Aumack|title=Song & dance: an encyclopedia of musicals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lWI5AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Edge+of+Reality%22+%22Elvis+Presley%22|date=1 July 1990|publisher=Sea-Maid Press|isbn=978-0-9625180-1-0}}{{cite book|author1=Ruth Benjamin|author2=Arthur Rosenblatt|title=Movie song catalog: performers and supporting crew for the songs sung in 1460 musical and nonmusical films, 1928-1988|url=https://archive.org/details/moviesongcatalog00ruth|url-access=registration|quote=Edge of Reality Elvis Presley.|year=1993|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-89950-764-4}}
Elvis Presley recorded it in March 1968.{{cite book|author=Robert Matthew-Walker|title=Heartbreak hotel: the life and music of Elvis Presley|url=https://archive.org/details/heartbreakhotell0000matt|url-access=registration|quote=Elvis Presley Edge of Reality.|year=1995|publisher=Castle Communications|isbn=978-1-86074-055-8}}
Tame Impala remix
Tame Impala remixed this song for the Baz Luhrmann 2022 film Elvis and was included in the film's soundtrack.
Charts
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| Chart (1968)
! Peak |
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| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_G0UEAAAAMBAJ|quote=Bubbling Under.|date=30 November 1968|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_G0UEAAAAMBAJ/page/n5 1]–|issn=0006-2510}}
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| Chart (1969)
! Peak |
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| Australia Kent Music Report{{cite web|url=https://bangagong.com.au/2023/06/21/edge-of-reality-elvis-presley/|title=Edge of Reality: ELVIS PRESLEY|date=20 June 2023 }}
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References
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- {{cite book|author=Lee Cotten|title=All shook up: Elvis day-by-day, 1954-1977|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PVYIAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Elvis+Presley%22+%22Edge+of+Reality%22|year=1985|publisher=Pierian Press|isbn=9780876501726}}
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External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/master/view/239235 Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream / Edge of Reality ] at Discogs
- [http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Elvis+Presley&titel=Edge+Of+Reality&cat=s Elvis Presley — Edge of Reality] at Australian-charts.com
- Further reading
- [http://www.theuncool.com/journalism/cameron-crowes-top-10-or-so-music-moments-in-film/ Cameron Crowe’s Top 10 (Or So) Music Moments in Film – The Uncool - The Official Site for Everything Cameron Crowe]
- [http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/08/elvis-presleys-7-most-bizarre-movie-moments/ Elvis Presley's 7 Most Bizarre Movie Moments] at Gizmodo Australia
- [https://www.avclub.com/article/guilty-pleasures-great-directors-239509 The guilty pleasures of great directors · Great Job, Internet!] at the A.V. Club
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