A career launching song of the KING - Suspicious Minds!

If there's one song that has been conspicuously performed by the rock 'n' roll king himself, that would be the song Suspicious Minds. According to the accounts of his avid fans, this is the single which jumped-off the triumphant pursuit of Elvis Presley during his 1968 Comeback Special. For the record, this is the 18th single of Elvis Presley that hit the number one spot in the United States. On the Rolling Stone magazine's tally of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, Elvis Presley's Suspicious Minds ranked at the 91st spot.

The song
Mark James was the composer of the song, who also happens to be the composer of the song Always on my Mind which later was sung by the King himself. This song was simultaneously recorded with two other sellout singles which are Kentucky Rain and In the Ghetto at one of their so called Memphis Sessions one day in January 1969.

The song was first performed in the public by the King in July 1969 at the Las Vegas Hilton. The album where it was included was first exposed in the US the first week of November. Officially it was Elvis' last number one single just before he died, but some of his songs managed to top the charts after his death which included his 1970 song The wonder of You, the 1977 single Way Down and the most recent is the remixed version of  A little Less Conversation in 2002. All of these singles topped the British hit charts, which was ensued by remakes of his prior number one hits.

What really made the song famous is the dramatic fade out during the 3:22 of the song, wherein an interval of 15 seconds occurred just before the song faded back in. The basic intent of this interval was to depict a meaning of relationship to the song itself.

Cover adaptations
The moment when the King's Suspicious Minds was storming its way to the top, Dee Dee Warwick, who happens to be the sister of the equally famous singer Dionne Warwick also released her version. This version has been launching on the charts since the 1970s.

In 1986, the song was again recreated but with a version including some back-up vocals led by Jimmy Sommerville, this particular song reached the 8th spot on the UK singles chart. The most recent adaptation of the song was made in 2002 by Gareth Gates in his coming out album What My Heart Wants to Say.