Playing for Keeps (Elvis Presley song)

"Playing for Keeps"
Single by Elvis Presley
A-side
ReleasedJanuary 4, 1957
RecordedSeptember 1, 1956
GenreBallad
Length2:50
Songwriter(s)
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"Love Me Tender" / "Anyway You Want Me"
(1957)
"Too Much" / "Playing for Keeps"
(1957)
"All Shook Up"
(1957)
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"Playing for Keeps" is a song originally recorded by Elvis Presley. Its first release on record was on January 4, 1957, on a single with "Too Much" on the other side. "Playing for Keeps" reached number 34 in the United States, while "Too Much" spent 3 weeks at number 1. In 1959, the song was included on Elvis's album For LP Fans Only (an unusual album for Presley because all the songs on it had been already released one to almost five years prior).