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On May 21, 1968 RCA Victor released "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" / "Let Yourself Go" to promote the movie "Speedway" and the accordant soundtrack album. "Let Yourself Go" entered the "Hot 100" on June 15th at number 94, had a run of 5 weeks and peaked at number 71. On June 22nd "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" followed at number 92, stayed on the hitparade for 7 weeks and made it to number 72. In the UK the release was more successful and reached the top 20. Worldwide RCA Victor retailed a million copies, which translates to 150 million paid streams. Even though the sales of the singles had stabilized, a real success was nowhere in sight.

The single is not available on the streaming platforms, but the songs can be found on the album "Speedway" (1968). In 2016 the complete Presley catalogue was restored and remastered by Vic Anesini for a boxed set of 60 compact discs called "The Album Collection". Sony Music Entertainment provides the streaming platforms with the same versions of the individual tracks, albeit in 24 bit/90 khz flac. That means, if the platform of your choice supports high resolution audio, you can enjoy the songs in the same quality Sony used to scan and master them. On Spotify, which has a market share of approximately 30% and is the only platform that publishes streaming figures, none of the tracks accumulates more than a million streams. It's safe to say, that the current audience is as disinterested as the singer's contemporaries.

The sleeve showed a promo photo made for "Speedway". Of course the film itself was also mentioned, a banner promoted the forthcoming soundtrack album.

 

Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby

A little girl admires Steve (Elvis) and wants to marry him. With this song he explains, that her time for things like that hasn't come yet. The lyrics are cute and the melody stays with you. Originally the song was called "My Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" and was supposed to be sung to a somewhat older girl. But then the script was changed and Joel Hirschhorn and Al Kasha turned their tune into a children's song. Elvis recorded it on June 20, 1967 within six takes.

Let Yourself Go

In unusual candor the singer asks the lady to let herself go and succumb to him. The musical level is also far above the standard movie tunes, I'd even say "Let Yourself Go" could have also been a candidate for a regular studio album. RCA Victor put the track on the b-side of "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby". Even though it never made it past number 71 of Billboard's "Hot 100", the king seemed to like the song and re-recorded it for his television special "SINGER presents Elvis" (1968).

 

Verdict

While "You Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" can be considered to be nice enough, "Let Yourself Go" is a real winner.

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