"(You're The) Devil In Disguise" / "Please Don't Drag That String Around" was released in June 1963. For 11 weeks it could be found on Billboard's "Hot 100" where it peaked at number 3. In the USA the single sold 1.4 million copies and was awarded with Gold in 1992. In many European countries "(You're The) Devil In Disguise" became a top 10 hit, in Great Britain it even made it to the number one of the charts. When BMG released the track again in 2005 it once again became successful and peaked at number 2 of the UK Charts. Worldwide the single sold 2.7 million units, which translates to 405 million paid streams. In the present "(You're The) Devil In Disguise" remains surprisingly popular and accumulates 165 million streams on Spotify. However, "Please Don't Drag That String Around" wasn't even streamed 600,000 times.

The cover was designed with a picture made in conjunction with the MGM movie "It Happened At The World's Fair", the backside was used to promote six previous Presley albums.

The single is not available on the streaming platforms, but the songs can be found on the album "Elvis' Gold Records - Volume 4" (1968).

Bill Giant, Bernie Baum and Florence Kaye wrote a lot of mediocre movie songs for Elvis, but this one is neither a movie tune nor mediocre. In fact, it's a very good popsong. The loved one of the singer looks like an angel, but he knows that she's not faithful at all. Florance Kaye came up with the title as Giant and Baum called her daughter an angel. The trio thought it was great and created a song around the expression "devil in disguise". Elvis recorded it on May 26, 1963 at RCA Studio B in Nashville/Tennessee and needed six takes to do so. RCA Records released the track on the album "Elvis' Gold Records - Volume 4" (1968) and on the 4 lp set "Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits - Volume 1" (1970).

The singer is desperate, because his loved one keeps him dangling on a string. But while this story would have been presented by the Elvis of the 1970s in form of a mournful ballad, his younger self wraps it in an uptempo popsong. "Please Don't Drag That String Around" was written by Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott, Elvis recorded it on May 26, 1963 at RCA Studio B in Nashville/Tennessee within six takes. In 1968 the track was released on the album "Elvis' Gold Records - Volume 4", three years later it could also be found on the boxed set "The Other Sides - Worldwide Gold Award Hits Volume 2".