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Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello
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Mike Stoller/ Jerry LeiberShe's sitting right over there
I'd know that face anywhere
I'd run up and embrace her
But I’m ashamed to face her
Just tell her Jim said hello
I'd like to pour out my heart
But I don't know where to start
I'd like to tell her
What I’m really feeling but
Just tell her Jim said hello
Just tell her Jim said hello
Just tell her Jim and she'll know
Don't tell her I’m feeling blue
That's just between me and you
Don't say I’m thinking of her
Don't tell her I still love her
Just tell her Jim said hello
Just tell her Jim said hello
Just tell her Jim said hello
Just tell her Jim said hello Recorded:
1962/03/19, first released on
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Never cared too much for this song. Probably the least satisfying Leiber/Stoller song Elvis recorded. And like Quasimodo said:"Those bells!"
Great song, silky voice, showed again that Elvis could do non-rock stuff too.
I got a fever and the cure is MORE TRIANGLE. I have always liked the song. I bought my first very own Elvis LP in 1968, and it was Gold Vol 4. I bought it for Devil In Disguise, but every song is a winner.
Good song, great melody and well sung with a good feel factor. Must admit that since the 'bell' was pointed out I now tend to focus on it to the slight detriment of my listening pleasure. This is not so evident on the outtakes but nevertheless will give it 4 stars.
Just imagine a live 1970's version of this.....instead of those ONJ ballads...If only he chose just one of his lesser know songs per show...oh well, dream on.
A perfect early 60s pop song. I really wish Elvis had recorded more songs like this one. It would have been brilliant if he had recorded songs written by the Brill Building songwriters - Goffin/King, Sedaka/Greenfield, Mann/Weil, Barry/Greenwich etc etc.
This is such a spectacular, overlooked and underrated song and it should be far better known than it actually is. It should've definitely been a big hit for Elvis, but it wasn't a hit for Elvis at all. It's one of 24 songs that Elvis recorded that was written by the brilliant and iconic songwriting duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
A truly great song, if it wasn´t for that triangle. If it wasn´t for that triangle...
The song flows nice, with an amazing Elvis vocal performance. I have to agree with the others, those bells, or triangle, is very annoying in the song. I believe when the song was remastered, the bells (or triangle) was brought up in the mix. I wish RCA could remaster the song from the studio master and tone down, the distracting bells.
Always seemed like a forgotten masterpiece to me. It always slips through the cracks whenever great or "classic" Elvis songs get discussed. It is undeniably "middle of the road" or, indeed "soft", but Elvis emotes a lot with the simple lyrics. His vocal really elevates this one and makes me feel it. I forgot Leiber and Stoller wrote it. It doesn't sound anything like their 50s output--but it's infinitely better than "Girls, Girls, Girls" or "Three Corn Patches"!
An absolute masterpiece from 1962. Elvis' voice is as smooth as silk as he glides along effortlessly in this Leiber and Stoller composition. One of the many early 60's B-sides that did not get it's proper due on the charts (along with "It Hurts Me", "They Remind Me Too Much of You", "Anything That's Part of You", "Witchcraft" and "A Mess of Blues").
Always liked this song including the bells.
Good song, good perfroamce, good production, annoying bell.
Love it - well, my name is in it ... he,he!
I Have a very special relation with this song... a kind of perpetual infatuation with it. No need to say more. Yes, this Is my King: Absolute perfection in the Pop field.
Fantastic, one of my favourite. Everything is great. Hear Elvis's voice when he sings the bridge... Incomparable.
Elvis's voice makes it special....what I dislike though are those little endless bells !!!
I appreciate this song because it is sung so well but it is not quite classic Leiber/Stoller is it? Pleasant & nice but nothing more. In 1962, Elvis was putting out 'soft' singles. I was waiting for the real Elvis to return.
I discovered this song on "Elvis' Gold Records Vol.4" in the mid seventies. I love it as much now as I did then, a real classic hit that never was.
One of those wonderful songs where the unique voice of Elvis is crispy clear to hear. One of my favorites from that time frame and of course all time. Top quality
Hey that's my song... I've always liked it.
The other side of She's Not You and equally as good.Elvis was in great voice for this session, which produced quality music from the best songwriters around.
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