"I Got Lucky" is a song recorded by

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as part of the soundtrack for his 1962 motion picture ''

Kid Galahad ''Kid Galahad'' is a 1962 American musical film starring Elvis Presley as a boxer. It was released by United Artists in August 1962 and opened at #9 at the American box office. ''Variety'' ranked it #37 on its list of the top-grossing films of 1 ...

''. He performs it in the movie. Its first release on record was on the soundtrack EP ''

'' in August 1962. In 1963 it was also released on a

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in Europe, with "

Girls! Girls! Girls! ''Girls! Girls! Girls!'' is a 1962 Golden Globe-nominated American Musical film, musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as a penniless Hawaii-based fisherman who loves his life on the sea and dreams of owning his own boat. "Return to Sender ( ...

" on the reverse side. In 1971 the song was included at the title track on the low price LP '' I Got Lucky''.

Writing and recording history

The song was written by Fred Wise,

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, and

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. Presley recorded it on October 27, 1961, at RCA's Studio B in

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Critical reception

Brian W. Fairbanks in his review of the movie ''Kid Galahad'' cites "I Got Lucky" as one of three songs (out of six songs that Elvis Presley sings in it) that are "pretty good" (the other two being "King of the Whole Wide World" and "Home is Where the Heart Is").

Track listings

7" single "I Got Lucky" / "Girls! Girls! Girls!" (RCA 47–9459, Germany, 1963) # "I Got Lucky" (1:54) # "Girls! Girls! Girls!" (2:30) 7" single (RCA Victor 47g 960, Greece) # "Gonna Get Back Home Somehow" # "I Got Lucky"

Charts

References

* {{authority control 1962 songs 1962 singles Elvis Presley songs Songs with lyrics by Fred Wise (songwriter) Songs written by Dolores Fuller Songs with music by Ben Weisman