Elvis Presley
When Elvis Presley's management came to producer Chips Moman's Memphis studio to record "Suspicious Minds," the Colonel's representative demanded half the publishing rights as a condition of using the song. Moman refused. Elvis watched, then sided with Moman, telling the rep: "Let me and Chips and Felton handle the session." It was the right call. Released August 1969, it became Elvis's 18th and final number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, ending a seven-year drought and arriving as the sound of a comeback fully realized.
In our deep dive into Suspicious Minds, we trace the song from the songwriter's real love triangle to the publishing standoff that nearly killed the session, and what it reveals about the brief window when everything was working for Elvis again.
