Pet Shop Boys "Always On My Mind"

Always on My Mind" is a song originally recorded by Brenda Lee. Elvis Presley recorded his version of "Always on My Mind" on March 29, 1972. The song became a huge hit, reaching Gold status in the U.S for sales of over half a million copies. It reached number 16 on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart in November 1972. Brenda Lee's version had stalled at #45 on the country charts in 1972. Over thirty years later, Presley's version was played at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and included on that year's promotional compilation album Voices from the FIFA World Cup.

In 1987, Pet Shop Boys performed a version of "Always on My Mind" on Love Me Tender, an ITV network television special commemorating the tenth anniversary of Presley's death, in which various popular contemporary acts performed cover versions of his hits. Their performance was so well-received that the group decided to record the song and release it as a single. This version became the U.K.'s Christmas number one single that year and topping the charts for four weeks in total. It also reached number one in Germany in 1988, and peaked at number four in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 the same year, becoming the duo's fifth and last Top 10 hit there. It is their best selling single in the official UK Singles Chart. [Wikipedia]