Patch It Up
{{Infobox song
| name = Patch It Up
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| type = single
| artist = Elvis Presley
| album = That's the Way It Is
| A-side = "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"
| released = October 6, 1970
| studio = RCA's Studio B Nashville
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| genre = Rock
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=09}}
| label = RCA Victor
| writer = {{hlist|Eddie Rabbitt|Rory Bourke}}
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| prev_title = I've Lost You
| prev_title2 = The Next Step Is Love
| prev_year = 1970
| title = You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
| title2 = Patch It Up
| next_title = I Really Don't Want to Know
| next_title2 = There Goes My Everything
| next_year = 1970
}}
"Patch It Up" is a song written by Eddie Rabbitt and Rory Bourke and originally recorded by Elvis Presley.{{cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/201814|title=Cover versions of Patch It Up by Elvis Presley|website=SecondHandSongs|accessdate=2021-02-11}} He released it as a single, with "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" on the opposite side, in October 1970.
A live version of the song recorded on August 12, 1970, was featured in the concert film Elvis: That's the Way It Is and the accompanying album That's the Way It Is was released a month later, in November.
"Patch It Up" reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 (as a double A-side with "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me").{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/elvis-presley/chart-history/hsi/|title=Elvis Presley|magazine=Billboard }}
Composition
The song was written by Eddie Rabbitt and Rory Bourke.
Recordings
Elvis originally recorded the song during his "marathon" June 1970 sessions at RCA's Studio B in Nashville.{{cite web|url=https://elvisthemusic.com/music/you-dont-have-to-say-you-love-me/|title=You Don't Have To Say You Love Me|website=Elvis Presley official website "Elvis the Music"|accessdate=2020-02-15}} That version was released as a single with "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" on October 6.
In August 1970, Presley performed this song during his so-called "Elvis Summer Festival" at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. The concerts were documented in the MGM theatrical documentary film Elvis: That's the Way It Is and its accompanying soundtrack album That's the Way It Is released in November.{{cite web|url=https://elvisthemusic.com/music/thats-the-way-it-is/|title=That's The Way It Is|website=Elvis Presley official website "Elvis the Music"|accessdate=2020-02-15}}{{cite book|author1=Tanya Dalziell|author2=Karen Welberry|title=Cultural Seeds: Essays on the Work of Nick Cave|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YxcpDAAAQBAJ&q=Elvis+Summer+Festival+%22International+Hotel%22+1970&pg=PA153|date=13 May 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-15625-3|pages=153–}} The recording used for the album was from the August 12, 1970 dinner show.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = 7" single {{nobold|(, ){{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Elvis-You-Dont-Have-To-Say-You-Love-Me-Patch-It-Up/release/3639576|title=Elvis – You Don't Have To Say You Love Me / Patch It Up (Indianapolis Pressing, Vinyl)|website=Discogs|date=October 1970 |accessdate=2021-02-11|quote=}}}}
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| title1 = You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
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| writer1 = Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell, Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini
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| length1 = 2:29
| title2 = Patch It Up
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| writer2 = Eddie Rabbitt, Rory Bourks
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| length2 = 3:09
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Charts
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!align="center"|Chart (1970) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|11|artist=Elvis Presley|accessdate=2019-01-16|refname=}} |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|213356|type=single|name=You Don't Have to Say You Love Me / Patch It Up}}
- [https://www.elvisthemusic.com/music/your-time-hasnt-come-yet-baby/ You Don't Have to Say You Love Me / Patch It Up] on the official Elvis Presley website
{{Elvis Presley singles}}