Encouraged by the success of "Can't Help Falling In Love" / "Rock-A-Hula Baby" RCA Victor released a single from the forthcoming soundtrack album of the movie "Girls! Girls! Girls!", too. The record was shipped on October 2, 1962 an listed by Billboard on their "Hot 100" on the the 20th of the month. Within its run of 16 weeks "Return To Sender" climbed from number 68 to number 2. "Where Do You Come From" also entered the hitparade, but stayed for just a week and never made it past number 99. On November 10th "Return To Sender" entered the "Hot R&B Singles Chart", had a run of 12 weeks and peaked at number 5. In 1983 the RIAA honored the US sales with a Gold Award. Nine years later the organization updated the status to Platinum. In Great Britain "Return To Sender" became Elvis' tenth consecutive number one hit, in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Spain the song also made it to the top of the charts. Worldwide the single sold 5 million copies, which equals 750 million paid streams. Nowadays "Return To Sender" remains a popular tune since it accumulates more than 105 million streams on Spotify. In contrast to the a-side of the single "Where Do You Come From" seems to be forgotten since it generated less than 300,000 streams.

On the cover Elvis appeared quite conservative. His hair was shorter, dyed black again and he was wearing a formal jacket. Of course the sleeve also advertised the movie and the soundtrack album.

The single cannot be found on the streaming platforms, but both tracks can be heared on the "Girls! Girls! Girls!" album (1962).

Without doubt this is one of the best movie tunes. After an argument with his girlfriend the narrator apologizes twice, but the letter is returned every time. So he plannes to give it to her himself. If she returns it to him, he knows that it's over. While the Elvis of the 1970s would have presented a story like this in form of a sad ballad, his younger self comes up with an uptempo popsong. On March 27th the king needed just two takes to record the song by Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott.

 To the narrator his loved one is so overwhelming, that she simply must be out of this world. The lyrics are somewhat kitschy, but the melody and Elvis' performance are nothing but beautiful. On March 27, 1962 he needed 14 takes to deliver a perfect recording.