Wooden Heart

"Wooden Heart"
Picture sleeve for one of 1961 German singles
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album G.I. Blues
A-side"Blue Christmas" (USA 1964)
B-side"Tonight is So Right for Love" (UK 1961)
Released
  • 23 September 1960 (1960-09-23) (G.I. Blues album)
  • 10 March 1961 (1961-03-10) (UK single)
  • November 1964 (1964-11) (single)
Recorded28 April 1960
Genre
Length2:03
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Kay Twomey, Bert Kaempfert
Producer(s)Steve Sholes
Elvis Presley USA singles chronology
"Ask Me"
(1964)
"Wooden Heart"
(1964)
"Do the Clam"
(1965)
Elvis Presley UK singles chronology
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
(1960)
"Wooden Heart"
(1961)
"Surrender"
(1961)
Music video
"Wooden Heart" (audio) on YouTube
"Wooden Heart"
Single by Joe Dowell
B-side"Little Bo Peep"
ReleasedJune 1961
GenrePop
Length2:01
LabelSmash
Songwriter(s)Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Kay Twomey, Bert Kaempfert
Joe Dowell singles chronology
"Wooden Heart"
(1961)
"The Bridge Of Love"
(1961)

"Wooden Heart" is a pop song recorded by Elvis Presley. The composition is based on a German folk song "Muss i denn" (lit. Must I then) and it was featured in the 1960 Elvis Presley film G.I. Blues. The song was a hit single for Presley in the UK Singles Chart, reaching No. 1 for six weeks in March and April 1961.