To promote the MGM movie "The Trouble With Girls (And How To Get Into It)" RCA Victor released the single "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" / "The Fair Is Moving On" on June 17, 1969. The single entered Billboard's "Hot 100" on July 5th at number 90, was listed for eight weeks and peaked at number 35. On August 2nd the magazine also listed the record on the "Easy Listening Chart". It reached number 37, but vanished after just two weeks. Finally "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" entered the "Hot Country Singles Chart" on August 16th. It stayed for three weeks and stalled at number 74. In 1992 the RIAA honored the domestic sales of 500,000 units with a Gold Award, worldwide the single sold a million copies. Translated to the present this would be 150 million paid streams. Compared to the previously released "In The Ghetto" / "Any Day Now" this was a drop in sales of 73%. Commercially Elvis' comeback still was fragile. On Spotify none of the tracks made it past the million mark.

The sleeve was once again designed with a promo picture for "SINGER presents Elvis". The front cover advertised the forthcoming movie "The Trouble With Girls (And How To Get Into It)", the backside promoted the current "From Elvis In Memphis" longplayer.

Originally RCA Victor had planned to coincide with the release of the accordant movie, but all of a sudden MGM postponed the flick from late May to early September to take advantage of the media hype surrounding Elvis' stage comeback at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. But I seriously doubt that the availability of the movie would have changed anything regarding the sales. The people were simply tired of the king's movies. This was also proven in September, when MGM presented the film with the headline "Elvis '69" and in direct connection to the live shows, but still failed commercially.

The single is not available on the streaming platforms, but "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" can be found on the album "Almost In Love" (1970) and "The Fair Is Moving On" is featured on "Back In Memphis" (1970).

This song, written by Mac Davis and Billy Strange, is one of the king's best movie tunes and certainly wouldn't have been out of place on a regular studio album. It was recorded on October 23, 1968 at United Recorders in Hollywood/California within ten takes. The postproduction was done on May 8, 1969 at RCA Studio A in Nashville/Tennessee. In the summer of 1970 CAMDEN released "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" on a budget album named "Almost In Love".

Elvis recorded this ballad on February 21, 1969 at American Sound Studio in Memphis/Tennessee. Even though the first take became the basis of the master, the king had to tape several vocal repairs. Further instruments and voices were added on March 25, 1969. The sentimental song, in which the singer tells his girl, that he will move on with the fair and will have another girl in the next town, was written by Guy Fletcher and Doug Flett. "The Fair Is Moving On" was later also released on the double album "From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis" (1969).