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"Suspicious Minds" was a song performed most notably by Elvis Presley, and was widely regarded as the single that jumpstarted his career after his successful '68 Comeback Special. It was Elvis's eighteenth number-one single in the United States. Rolling Stone later ranked it #91 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Song

Written by Mark James (who also wrote " Always On My Mind ", which Elvis was to record later), the song was recorded along with at least another two hit singles -- "In the Ghetto" and "Kentucky Rain" -- in the so-called "Memphis sessions" of January 1969. He first performed the song at the Las Vegas Hilton on July 31, 1969, and the 45 rpm single was released in the fall. It reached number one in the United States in the week of November 1 and stayed there for that week. It would be Elvis's final number-one single in the U.S. before his death ("The Wonder Of You" in 1970, "Way Down" in 1977 and a posthumous remixed release of "A Little Less Conversation" in 2002 all hit number one on the British charts, followed by re-issues of several previous chart toppers in 2005).

Notable in this song is a fade out at about 3:22 into the song, which fades out for about 15 seconds before fading back in. This fade out was intentional, as it helped convey a message of relationship in the song.

(Mark James)

We're caught in a trap
I can't walk out
Because I love you too much baby

Why can't you see
What you're doing to me
When you don't believe a word I say?

We can't go on together
With suspicious minds
And we can't build our dreams
On suspicious minds

So, if an old friend I know
Drops by to say hello
Would I still see suspicion in your eyes?

Here we go again
Asking where I've been
You can't see these tears are real
I'm crying

We can't go on together
With suspicious minds
And we can't build our dreams
On suspicious minds

Oh let our love survive
Or dry the tears from your eyes
Let's don't let a good thing die

When honey, you know
I've never lied to you
Mmm yeah, yeah

Cover versions

In 1986, the band Fine Young Cannibals made a cover version of the song. Six years later, country singer Dwight Yoakam recorded his own version of the song for the soundtrack to the Honeymoon in Vegas movie.

In 1999, the punk rock band Avail covered the song for the compilation album Return of the Read Menace.

In 2002, Gareth Gates released his remake as a single from his debut album What My Heart Wants to Say. This version, charted as a double a-side with his duet with Will Young on "The Long and Winding Road," hit number one on the UK Singles Chart.

In 2004, Pete Yorn released a live cover of the song on his cd "Live From New Jersey"

The song provides the soundtrack to the shower love scene with Richard Gere and Valerie Kaprisky in the 1983 film Breathless.

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