The song was initially written from the perspective of a woman as "Can't Help Falling in Love with Him", which explains the first and third line ending on "in" and "sin" rather than words rhyming with "you". Recorded by singer and actor Elvis Presley , it was part of the album, Blue Hawaii , the soundtrack to the movie Blue Hawaii. Newer versions continue to be recorded by newer artists, such as Kacey Musgraves who recorded a version in for a movie about Elvis Presley.
This song was ranked one of the greatest songs of all-time by Rolling Stone Magazine. In it was ranked at In the United States, the song peaked at No. During Presley's late s and s live performances, the song was performed as the shows' finales. Most notably, it was also sung in the live segment of his NBC television special Elvis , and as the closer for his global telecast Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite.
A version with a faster arrangement was the closing number in Presley's final TV special, Elvis in Concert. In , the song was included on the Viva Elvis: The Album.
This is a remixed version that features Canadian singer Sherry St-Germain. Interestingly the track fades out with Elvis repeating part of the song " Love Me ".
In , the song was included on the If I Can Dream album on the 80th anniversary of Presley's birth. The version uses archival voice recordings of Presley and his singers, backed by new orchestral arrangements performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The song is used as an anthem by several English football clubs since the s, including Huddersfield Town , Hull City , Swindon Town and Sunderland.
