Words & Music:
Ruth Batchelor
Bob Roberts
Where do you come from?
Tell me who you are
Do you come from another world
Or from some distant star?
Where do you come from?
Are you what you seem?
Are you real,
Are you standing there,
Or is it just a dream?
Tell me more about yourself
Do you feel the way I feel?
Are you just a vision,
Or are you really real?
Where do you come from?
Angel won't you say?
Tell me all that there is to know
And tell me that you'll stay.
Recordingdate: 1962/03/27, first released on: Girls! Girls! Girls! (album)
Musicians
Musicians who contributed to the first recording of Where Do You Come From?:
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(bass)
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(piano)
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(clarinet)
(sax)
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When I bought the RTS single I was very happy with the A side, but I thought this was the worst Elvis B side up until that time. I still dont like this song. Leaves me cold.
Love it, just right for a 'b' side. Dosn't take any limelight away for the a-side, which was great.
A very slow ballad recorded for the movie "Girls! Girls! Girls!", but not included in the film. It did appear on the soundtrack LP and as the B-side of "Return To Sender" and while nicely rendered, it is a little dull compared to Elvis' great movie ballads.
Pretty boring song. Not up to the standard of other movie ballads. Words maybe are too corny perhaps. Do you come from another world Or from some distant star? Really?
An uninspired ballad which found it's way onto the back of an Elvis classic, Return to Sender. Not in the same league as the rest of the RCA B sides of the early to mid 1960s.
This B-side must have been a disappointment at the time after great B-sides like 'Anything thats part of you', 'Just tell her Jim said hello' and 'Little sister'. The delivery is certainly for Elvis standards not entirely convincing but that must have to do with the bizarre lyrics of this song. Two stars from me.
I am surprised by some of the negitive comments. I think its a good simple song, sung beautifully by Elvis. Wonderful sensitivity and smoothness in those vocals.
A tough song to call, i think i can say i dont dislike it. Elvis turned in a heartfelt effort despite slightly weak lyrics, and i think he deserves a little credit for that.
I think the original plan was to sing this to the 3 shrimps, but they had second thoughts. singing a song too / about shrimps was just too ridiculous.
Next to "Do The Clam", from the movie Girl Happy, this song is, without a doubt, the most lack luster ballad he ever recorded. One listen and not worth re-playing. Obviously a B-Side to the 45RPM single, Return To Sender, but one can readily see why it never made the movie, but to actually be included on the actual soundtrack album, Girls, Girls, Girls, just astounds me.
This isn't anywhere near one of Elvis' very best movie songs, but it's still a good song and beautifully sung by Elvis.
I like it as it has a different feel from most movie ballads. The atmosphere created by the song always seems to me to be laden with a kind of despair.
A mediocre song sung very well.
I have always liked this song. And I had thought when I saw Girls, Girls, Girls on TV that the song was edited out for TV due to the movie's running time. It was obvious what scene it was intended for; Elvis actually asks one of the girls "where do you come from?"
I Happen To Love This Song And he Way He Sings It One Of His Best To Me
I like the song myself and think it deserves to be on the flip side of a classic like "Return To Sender". Dramatic and sung in great low register, and very romantic. Certainly not on the level of "Love Me Tender" or "Can't Help Falling In Love" but nevertheless an underrated song.
Elvis in good voice pity the material was so boring and limp, one I've not played since 1962
Beautiful song I loved the first time I heard it and do still
I Don't Want to Be Tied would have been a much better choice for the single's B side. My second choice would have been the movie's title track. My third choice would have been Return to Sender in both sides. My fourth choice would be a blank B side .Where Do You Come From? is an OK song, but not worth flipping the record over (today: hit the skip button).
It is a nice ballad and well sung! But, I agree that the title track would have made Return To Sender an even bigger smash as a single. In Germany they released Girls! Girls! Girls! c/w I Got Lucky as a single. Good choice too!