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"Elvis Ain't Dead" is a song by the British band Scouting for Girls. It was released as a single on 17 December 2007.

"Elvis Ain't Dead"
Single by Scouting for Girls
from the album Scouting for Girls
Released	17 December 2007
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3.50
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Scouting for Girls
Producer(s)	Andy Green
Scouting for Girls singles chronology
"She's So Lovely" (2007) "Elvis Ain't Dead" (2007) "Heartbeat" (2008)

Music video

The music video for "Elvis Ain't Dead" was recorded in a studio and involved the band members simply playing the song. There are shots of Roy Stride wandering around town and seeing people with Elvis haircuts and wearing the sorts of clothes he wore. At the end of the video he sees the girl that he is attracted to and the song fades with the words "Elvis has left the building. Thank you and goodnight!", a line made famous by Elvis.

Chart performance

On December 8th 2007 “Elvis Ain’t Dead” debuted on the UK charts at number 91. Two weeks later on December 22nd Elvis Ain't Dead" entered the UK Top 40 at #33 in the UK Singles Chart via download sales alone. From then on, it slowly crept up the charts. It rose five places to #28 in its first week of physical release, then two places up to #26 the next week, climbed a further nine places to #17 in its third week and it then jumped another seven places to #10 in its fourth week, hence becoming the band's second UK Top 10 single. It rose two more places to its peak at #8 in its fifth week and sixth week. To date, the song has spent a total of 28 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, including chart re-entries.

Weekly charts

Chart (2007–2008)	Peak Position
Ireland (IRMA)[1]	17
UK Singles (OCC)[2]	8

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3]	74

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[4]	Gold	400,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

External links

• Elvis Ain't Dead video
• Scouting For Girls official website

На других языках

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- [en] Elvis Ain't Dead

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[it] Elvis Ain't Dead

Elvis Ain't Dead è un brano musicale del gruppo britannico Scouting for Girls prodotto da Andy Green per l'album di debutto del gruppo, intitolato Scouting for Girls. Il brano, che è stato pubblicato come secondo singolo estratto dall'album il 17 dicembre 2007 è riuscito ad arrivare sino all'ottava posizione della classifica dei singoli più venduti nel Regno Unito.

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