To promote MGM's forthcoming movie and their own soundtrack album RCA Victor released "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" / "Patch It Up" on October 6, 1970. It entered Billboard's "Hot 100" on the 24th of the month at number 74, enjoyed a stay of 10 weeks and peaked at number 11. On the same day the record also entered the "Easy Listening Chart". Here its run was a week longer and it became a number 1 hit. On December 5th the 45 was listed on the "Hot Country Singles Chart", too. Within its stay of 5 weeks it peaked at number 56. In Canada and Great Britain "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" became a top 10 hit, in Japan the 45 turned out to be the best selling single of the year. Worldwide RCA Victor was able to sell 2.75 million copies, which translates to 412.5 million paid streams. Even though the record failed to reach the 3-million-mark, it sold twice as good as the previously released "I've Lost You".

The single is not available on the streaming platforms, but both tracks can be found on the album "That's The Way It Is" (1970). 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, "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" accumulates 13 million streams, "Patch It Up" clocks in at 4.5 million. It's interesting to note, that the live performance of "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" from the afternoon show on June 10, 1972 (as featured on "Prince From Another Planet") generated 11 million streams and therefore is almost as popular as the original studio recording.

The cover showed a picture of the rehearsals in August 1970. It was the first time the king was shown wearing glasses in public. Of cause the sleeve also promoted the movie "That's The Way It Is".

In 1966 Dusty Springfiled scored a top 5 hit with this song, which later was covered countless times. The original is called "Io Che Non Vivo (Senza Te)" and was written by Vito Pallavicini, Jody Miller and Pono Donaggio. The latter one was the first to record it and enjoyed a number 1 on the Italian charts with the song. Elvis wasn't as successful, his cover version stagnated at number 11 on the "Hot 100". RCA Victor later also released the track on the boxed set "The Other Sides - Worldwide Gold Award Hits Volume 2" (1971). The king recorded "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" on June 6, 1970 at the RCA Studio B in Nashville/Tennessee and needed just three takes to get it right. On July 30th Felton Jarvis added strings and horns.

On June 8, 1970 Elvis recorded nine takes of "Patch It Up" at RCA Studio B in Nashville/Tennessee and selected the 8th attempt for release. The post production was done on June 22nd (harmony vocals), July 20th (horns) and July 22nd (organ). Besides that the recording was shortened of half a minute. RCA Victor also released the track in 1971 on "The Other Sides - Worldwide Gold Award Hits Volume 2". A live recording was included on the album "That's The Way It Is".