Elvis Presley: ‘Return To Sender’ in 1962

About The Song

– Gerri Granger recorded an answer song “Don’t Want Your Letters” with the same tune from the girl’s point of view.
– The US postal zones were used before the current US ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) codes.
– The song reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, and was the UK Christmas number one of 1962.
– This single was certified “Platinum” by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales over one million units in the USA.
– When the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative postage stamp honoring Elvis Presley (on the 8th of January 1993), many stamp collectors would put those stamps on envelopes and send them to a fictitious addresses in hope of receiving them back with a marking “Return to sender”.

Video

Lyric

Return to sender
Return to sender

I gave a letter to the postman
He put it in his sack
Bright early next morning
He brought my letter back

Return to sender, address unknown
No such number, no such zone
We had a quarrel, a lover’s spat
I write I’m sorry, but my letter keeps coming back

So then I dropped it in the mailbox
And sent it special D
Bright and early next morning
It came right back to me

Return to sender, address unknown
No such person, no such zone

This time I’m gonna take it myself and put it right in her hand
And if it comes back the very next day then I’ll understand

Return to sender, address unknown
No such number, no such zone

Return to sender
Return to sender
Return to sender
Return to sender…