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Suspicious Minds is original composition and a single by Mark James written under his pseudonym Francis Zambon. The song is about the mistrust between two persons who are about to break off their relationship, but to maintain that relationship should transcend the distrust. This single was not a success, but a number of covers of this song made it to the charts.

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Suspicious minds
Single from:

Elvis Presley

From the album:

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(Cover on en.wikipedia.org)
B-side (s) You'll think of me
Released 26 August 1969
Type of carrier Vinyl single
Recording 23 January 1969
Genre SoulPop Music
Duration 4: 22
Tag RCA Victor
Writer (s) Mark James
Position (s) in the charts
  1. 1 (United StatesCanada)
  2. 2 (United Kingdom)
  3. 4 (Dutch Single Top 100)
  4. 6 (Dutch Top 40)
  5. 10 (Norway)
  6. 13 (Austria)
  7. 42 (Switzerland)
  8. 58 (Sweden)
Elvis Presley
1969

Clean up your own backyard

1969

Suspicious minds

1969

Don't cry daddy

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Elvis Presley[Edit][]

The most successful cover of this song is Elvis Presley. Are Chips Mahadevan producer came with the song to it on 23 January 1969 in hisAmerican Sound Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. In the early morning between 4 and 7 hours were Suspicious Minds, I'll hold you in my heart,Without love and I'll be there as well. Suspicious Minds was after eight times on the tape, after which later in Las Vegas some overdubs were tuned for the stereo and Mono version, then the master was created. In the version of Presley find any rhythm shifts rather than 4/4 to 3/4 time and back.The necessary instrumentsbass guitarorgantrumpettrombonepercussion and strings. His version includes a nepeinde, the song concludes with a fade out, then a fade-in to the melody then recall again with a fade out to decide. In the studio with Donna Jean Godchauxalso sang, who later went on to sing in The Grateful Dead.

Presley's version was a huge success and put him back in after his 1968 Elvis show on the musical map. Presley's version was later used for the films Black Hawk Down and Intolerable Cruelty.

Charts[Edit][]

The song was the last single that Presley earned the first spot in the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian albums chart. In the United Kingdom took it a second place. Netherlands remained some left with a fourth place in the Dutch Top 40.

Chart Positions[Edit][]

Dutch Top 40[Edit][]

Chart positions: (Week 1 to 11) 25-10-1969/03-01-1970

Chart positions: (Week 12 to 13) 14-08-1999-21-08-1999

Week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Position: 35 21 12 9 6 6 8 10 18 27 39 from 37 38 from

Dutch Single Top 100[Edit][]

Chart positions: (Week 1 through 10) 01-11-1969/03-01-1970

Chart positions: (Week 11 t/m 17) 07-08-1999 to 18-09-1999 Chart positions: (Week 18 t/m 19) 25-08-2007-01-09-2007

Week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Position: 13 7 7 4 4 10 10 11 23 25 from 22 15 19 24 46 66 90 from 41 73 from

Radio 2 Top 2000[Edit][]

Number with listing (s)

in the Radio 2 Top 2000

' 99 ' 00 ' 01 ' 02 ' 03 ' 04 ' 05 ' 06 ' 07 ' 08 ' 09 ' 10 ' 11 ' 12 ' 13
Suspicious minds 112 140 281 130 86 107 84 97 81 89 108 77 120 135 153

Suspicious minds (Live)
Single from:

Elvis Presley

B-side (s) Suspicious minds
Released 2001
Type of carrier CD single
Genre SoulPop Music
Tag RCA Victor
Writer (s) Mark James
Position (s) in the charts
  1. 30 (Dutch Single Top 100)
Elvis Presley
2001

America, the beautiful

2001

Suspicious minds (Live)

2002

A little less conversation with JLX

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Elvis Presley Live version[Edit][]

In 2001, there is also a Live version of the song from. It attained a thirtieth place in the Dutch Single Top 100. In the Dutch Top 40 or not right the number came Tipparade .

Chart Positions[Edit][]

Dutch Single Top 100[Edit][]

Chart positions: 07-04-2001-02-06-2001
Week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Position: 35 30 36 35 42 48 57 71 69 from

Suspicious minds
Single from:

Fine Young Cannibals

From the album:

Fine Young Cannibals

(Cover on en.wikipedia.org)
B-side (s) Prick up your ears
Released 1986
Type of carrier Vinyl single
Recording 1985
Genre Pop Music
Duration 3: 56 am
Tag London RecordsI.r.s. Records
Writer (s) Mark James
Producer (s) Robin Millar
Position (s) in the charts
  1. 8 (United Kingdom)
  2. 14 (New Zealand)
  3. 21 (Dutch Single Top 100)
  4. 31 (Dutch Top 40)
Fine Young Cannibals
1985

Johnny come home

1986

Suspicious minds

1986

Ever fallen in love

Order on Fine Young Cannibals
4

Funny how love is

5

Suspicious minds

6

Blue

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Fine Young Cannibals[Edit][]

The next success came with the version of Suspicious minds's Fine Young Cannibals of the debut album. On the single singing Jimmy Somervilleand producer Robin Millarwas. It reached eighth place in the United Kingdom.

Chart Positions[Edit][]

Dutch Top 40[Edit][]

Chart positions: 05-04-1986-19-04-1986
Week: 1 2 3
Position: 31 32 33 from

Dutch Single Top 100[Edit][]

Chart positions: 01-03-1986-19-04-1986
Week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Position: 38 30 21 26 28 34 26 36 from

Suspicious minds
Single from:

Helmut Lotti

Released 2002
Type of carrier CD single
Genre Pop Music
Tag Universal Records
Writer (s) Mark James
Position (s) in the charts
  1. 13 (Flanders)
  2. 58 (Austria)
Helmut Lotti
2001

Quizàs, quizàs, quizàs

2002

Suspicious minds

200

Et maintenant/What now my love with Freddy Birset

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Helmut Lotti[Edit][]

In 2002, the Belgian singer Helmut Lotti a version of Suspicious minds out. It attained a thirteenth plate in the Flemish Ultratop 50 and even came right in the Austrian charts.

Chart Positions[Edit][]

Flemish Ultratop 50[Edit][]

Chart positions: 15-06-2002-17-08-2002
Week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Position: 42 13 16 21 27 23 29 46 40 48 from

Suspicious minds
Single from:

René Shuman & Angel-Eye

Released 2007
Type of carrier CD single
Genre Pop Music
Tag Moon strings Rec.
Writer (s) Mark James
Position (s) in the charts
  1. 81 (Dutch Single Top 100)
René Shuman & Angel-Eye
2006

Magic ride

2007

Suspicious minds

2007

Everyday Christmas / The night comes to an end

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René Shuman & Angel-Eye[Edit][]

In 2007 brought the Dutch singing duo René Shuman & Angel-Eye a version of Suspicious minds out. It reached only a 81st plate in the DutchSingle Top 100.

Chart Positions[Edit][]

Dutch Single Top 100[Edit][]

Chart positions: (Week 1 to 2) 18-08-2007-25-08-2007

Chart positions: (Week 3 through 4) 08-09-2007 to 15-09-2007

Week: 1 2 3 4
Position: 93 92 from 81 90 from

Other covers[Edit][]

The song was before Elvis had left the American charts all sung by Dee Dee Warwick (sister of Dionne Warwick). They took out the 80th place in 1970 in the us. Then came Waylon Jenningsand Jessi Colter with their version in 1970 on a 25th place; a reissue in 1976 was more successful, a second place. Candi Station came In 1982 with the song in the charts in England (31st place). In 1992 I version of Dwight Yoakom for the movie Honeymoon in VegasBowling for Soup the sang in 1996. Gareth Gates scored there In 2002 as the winner of the British Pop Idol a local number one hit with it, together with The Long and Winding Road, and in 2004, Pete Yorn live on for his album Life from New JerseyAvail made a punk version in 2006, in 2009 Miss Kittinand The Hacker sang their version, followed by Rusted Root and GlasvegasClay Aiken sang it In 2010. The success never exceeded that of Presley's version. In the Benelux , there was also another recordings of Frédérique Spigt. On 3 March 2014 brought Amanda Lear a version released on single.

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