The first Presley single of 1975 was released on January 3rd and featured the songs "My Boy" and "Thinking About You". Twentytwo days later Bilboard listed the single at number 88 of their "Hot 100". It stayed for 11 weeks and reached number 20. On February 8th the record also entered the "Hot Country Singles Chart" and the "Easy Listening Chart". On both charts it was listed for 10 weeks and peaked at number 14 and 1, respectively. In 1974 Elvis had scored a top 5 hit with "My Boy" in Great Britain, Belgium and The Netherlands. Besides that the song had sold more than 500,000 times in the Asian region. These successes finally triggered the US release. Worldwide "My Boy" sold 2.3 million units, which translates to 345 million paid streams. Commercially "My Boy" was the king's best selling single since "Burning Love" in 1972. Nowadays the track clocks in at 17 million streams on Spotify, "Thinking About You" was streamed 1.3 million times.

For the cover RCA used a concert picture from 1972. Of course the sleeve also promoted the latest albums "Having Fun With Elvis On Stage" and "Promised Land".

The single is not available on the streaming platforms, but "My Boy" is included on the album "Good Times" (1974) and "Thinking About You" can be heared on the long player "Promised Land" (1975).

The ballad "Parce Que Je T'Aime, Mon Enfant" was written by Claude Francois and Jean Pierre Bourtayre, Bill Martin and Phil Coulter later provided English lyrics. In 1971 the actor Richard Harris scored a top50-hit with "My Boy". The king performed the song during his "Elvis Summer Festival 1973" in Las Vegas and recorded it in the studio on December 13, 1973 within three takes. Felton Jarvis edited the master take and overdubbed it with strings (January 10, 1974) and horns (January 15, 1974). The song is a monologue of a father in front of his sleeping son. He confesses that the love for his wife had died a long time ago, but it would break his heart to leave and not be able to see him growing up. Elvis' voice is so full of loneliness and sadness that one just has to believe every word he sings. Without doubt "My Boy" is one of the king's best performances ever.

Elvis recorded "Thinking About You" on December 12, 1973. On January 11, 1974 take 8 was enhanced with strings and shortened of two minutes. The song was written by Tim Baty and can be described as radio-popmusic with a touch of country. Even though the singer mourns the loss of his loved one, the melancholy is just subliminal. It's a nice song and Elvis performs it well.