It became widely successful selling more than a million copies and later being voted as Elvis’ number-one recorded song in 2013. Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson (Elvis) - (Connie Talbot) 1,704,760 views 35K Dislike Share ConnieTalbotOfficial 1. In 1982, the song became the first country song to be named Single of the Year by the Country Music Association.Įlvis Presley in 1972 recorded his version after his separation from wife Priscilla. When, in the finale of Always on My Mind, Willie Nelson claims he wasn’t tryin’, he seems to be summing up his attitude toward this whole sorry album. This classic was penned by Mark James, Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher and produced by Chips Moman.Ĭarson is said to have penned two verses of this track on his kitchen table in Missouri within ten minutes, and later completed it in 1971 with Christopher and James during a studio session. This Willie Nelson classic came out on Februoff his 1982 album also named Always on My Mind. In the song, Nelson sings of a regretful man who did not treat the love of his life as well as he should have, but now that she’s gone, he thinks of all the things he should have done and admits that she’s always on his mind.

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