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On July 17, 1962 RCA Victor released "She's Not You" / "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello". With 800,000 copies sold "She's Not You" entered the "Hot 100" on August 4th at number 57, had a run of 10 weeks and peaked at number 5. "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" followed on August 11th at number 80, stayed for five weeks and made it to number 55. Both songs were also listed on the "Easy Listening Chart". Here "She's Not You" became a number 2 hit, "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" peaked at number 14. In 1992 the RIAA honored the domestic sales with a Gold Award. In Great Britain "She's Not You" became a number one hit and when BMG re-released the track 43 years later it was successful again and peaked at number 3 of the UK Charts. In general the single was quite successful in Europe. In Norway, Sweden, Belgium and The Netherlands it entered the top 5, in Germany it peaked at number 15. In total RCA Victor sold 3.5 million copies of "She's Not You" / "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello", which equals 525 million paid streams.Therefore Elvis delivered another hit record, but didn't reach the level of his previous releases. Currently "She's Not You" accumulates 25 million streams on Spotify, while "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" clocks in at no more than a million streams.

Once again RCA Victor used a promo photo for the movie "Follow That Dream", which showed the singer with his natural hair color. The front cover promoted the soundtrack ep of the king's forthcoming movie "Kid Galahad", the backside advertised the current lp "Pot Luck With Elvis".

The single is not available on the streaming platforms, but "She's Not You" can be heared on the album "Elvis' Golden Records - Volume 3" (1963) and "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" is part of the album "Elvis' Gold Records - Volume 4" (1968).

 

She's Not You

Elvis recorded "She's Not You" on March 19, 1962 at RCA Studio B in Nashville/Tennessee. The master is a splice of the takes number 3 and 5 (workpart). Even though his new girlfriend formally equals the woman of his dreams, he always has to think about his ex. That's why the king performs the song with a tad of melancholy, which thwarts the happy melody. "She's Not You" was written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Doc Pomus. RCA Victor re-released the track on the album "Elvis' Golden Records - Volume 3" (1963) and the boxed set "Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits - Volume 1" (1970).

Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello

When the narrator spots his former girlfriend, he feels the urge to confess that he still loves her, but decides to have greetings conveyed to her instead. The song was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Elvis recorded it on March 19, 1962 at RCA Studio B in Nashville/Tennessee and needed 6 takes to get it right. It is said that he regarded "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" to be the stronger track, but finally was convinced that "She's Not You" had the greater appeal for the radio stations. It took RCA Victor until 1968 to release the song on an album. Because Elvis didn't produce hits anymore, the label allocated a million units to the b-side of the single and put it on "Elvis' Gold Records - Volume 4". In 1971 "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" was also re-released on the boxed set "The Other Sides - Worldwide Gold Award Hits - Volume 2".

 

Verdict

 Both sides of this single feature excellent popsongs and both are performed extremely well.

 (C) RCA Victor