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"Can't Help Falling in Love," by George Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, is a pop song based on "Plaisir d'amour" by Jean Paul Egide Martini. It was rewritten for the 1961 film Blue Hawaii, starring Elvis Presley. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... Cant Help Falling In Love was an A*Teens special release for the Lilo & Stitch movie soundtrack around the world. ... George David Weiss (born April 9, 1921) was a Jewish-American songwriter. ... We dont have an article called Hugo Peretti Start this article Search for Hugo Peretti in. ... Luigi Creatore (born December 21, 1920 in the Hells Kitchen section of New York City) is a retired American songwriter and record producer. ... For popular forms of music in general, see Popular music. ... Jean Paul Egide Martini, (1741-1816) was a composer of classical music. ... See also: 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) released Top grossing films North America The Guns of Navarone Exodus The Parent Trap The Absent-Minded Professor The Alamo Swiss Family Robinson... Blue Hawaii is a 1961 musical film set in the state of Hawaii and starring Elvis Presley. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ...

Elvis Presley's version

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In 1968, Presley, in both the sit-down and stand-up segments of his NBC-TV special, gave the song a new live treatment. By July 1969, Elvis used the song almost invariably to close his live concerts, including his last in late June 1977 at the old Indianapolis Market Square Arena. See also: 1967 in music, other events of 1968, 1969 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Market Square Arena was an indoor arena located in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. The arena, completed in 1974 at a cost of $23 million, sat 16,530 for basketball and 15,993 for ice hockey. ...

Artists who covered the song after Elvis

• Numerous artists followed suit with this Presley hit that had climbed to the top of the charts in the UK as well. Perry Como recorded "Can't Help Falling in Love" on June 26, 1962 for inclusion in his September 1962 album, By Request (RCA Victor Records catalog number LSP-2567).

• A version of this song but with different English lyrics by the Greek expatriot band Aphrodite's Child that was called "I Want To Live" was released in 1969, on their It's Five O'Clock album. This version was more deep and passionate than the version that was made immortal by Elvis Presley, which was more of a romantic ballad, as "I Want To Live" gives the impression of it being about the torment and odyssey of Jesus Christ through his death and ending in his resurrection and assention, and not just a love ballad.

• The Al Martino recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2746 and charted in 1970, peaking at number fifty-one on the Billboard charts and number fifty-seven on the Cash Box magazine Best-Selling Records list.

• During the 1980s, Bruce Springsteen occasionally performed the song in his concert encores. In 1987, Corey Hart's recording reached number twenty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100. The cover and song were used with the image of forlorn animals in desperate need of rescue for a fundraising television commercial for the Ontario Humane Society.

• U2 used the song to close 87 of the 159 concerts on the U2 1992-1993 Zoo TV Tour. One such performance appears on the Zoo TV: Live from Sydney video and the Zoo TV Live CD released to U2.com subscribers.

• In 1993, British reggae band UB40's cover of "Can't Help Falling in Love" eventually climbed to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 after debuting at number 100 and appears in the soundtrack of the movie Sliver. It remained at number one for seven weeks. It was also number 1 in the UK. It was featured on the 1993 album Promises and Lies.

• American rock band Eels covered the song during their Black Sessions show in 2000, and also as a B-Side for their single Souljacker Part 1.

• Clay Aiken performed a rendition of the song during the Elvis segment of his 2005 Jukebox Tour.

• In early 2006, Andrea Bocelli recorded a new version of the song for his album, Amore.

• Dave Matthews frequently interpolates a verse of the song at concerts during the end of his song, "The Stone".

• Bob Dylan recorded a version of this song which was released on the 1973 album "Dylan" (Columbia Records).

• Katharine McPhee performed the song on American Idol and recorded it later with Andrea Bocelli.

• F4, a Taiwanese boy band also sang the song in Chinese for the movie, Lilo and Stitch.

• Julio Iglesias, the spanish superstar living in the United States, also recorded a version of the song.

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Additional versions

• The song appears in the soundtrack of the movie Sliver. The Disney movie Lilo and Stitch featured the song performed by the A*Teens. The now disbanded Argentine pop group Bandana also featured a Spanish version of the song for the Spanish-speaking countries soundtrack of the same movie.

• It has also been adopted as the standard supporters' song of the English football clubs Sunderland, Hull City, Huddersfield Town,Preston North End, Scottish Clubs Airdrie and Raith Rovers, and Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer.

• Céline Dion performs a live rendition of the song on her 1995 DVD/VHS release The Colour of My Love Concert. This particular performance has been hailed as one of Céline's greatest vocal performances ever, live or recorded. She also performed this song at the 2002 Diva's Live In Las Vegas show. In August 2007 she peformed the song once more during her A New Day... show.

• Pearl Jam covered "Can't Help Falling in Love" on October 22, 2000 at a concert in Las Vegas, it was released as the 2000 fan club Christmas single.

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Selected list of recorded versions

• A*Teens
• Al Martino
• Andrea Bocelli
• Andrea Bocelli and Katharine McPhee
• Andy Williams
• Anne Murray
• Baccara
• Bandana (in Spanish)
• Barry Manilow
• Bob Dylan
• Bon Jovi
• Bono (vocal-only recording, plus two B-side remixes, and a live recording from the Zoo TV Tour)
• Brenda Lee
• Corey Hart
• Darren Hayes
• Dave Matthews Band (interpolations often sung at the end of live performances of "The Stone")
• Dead Moon
• Doris Day
• Eddy Arnold
• Eels
• Elvis Presley
• Engelbert Humperdinck
• Erasure
• F4
• Floyd Cramer
• George Maharis
• Hi-Standard
• James Galway
• Joe Loss and his Orchestra
• Julio Iglesias
• Kamahl
• Kenny Rogers
• Klaus Nomi
• Lick the Tins
• Luka Bloom
• Marty Robbins
• Michael Buble
• Neil Diamond
• Patti Page
• Paul Jones
• Pearl Jam
• Perry Como
• Richard Marx
• Stray Cats
• Shirley Bassey
• Slim Whitman
• The Jordanaires
• The Stylistics
• TSZX
• UB40 (#1 on Billboard Hot 100)
• Val Doonican