
It’s Now or Never
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It’s Now or Never Lyrics
It's now or never
Come hold me tight
Kiss me, my darling
Be mine tonight
Tomorrow
Will be too late
It's now or never
My love won't wait
[Verse 1]
When I first saw you
With your smile so tender
My heart was captured
My soul surrendered
I spent a lifetime
Waiting for the right time
Now that you're near
The time is here at last
[Chorus]
It's now or never
Come hold me tight
Kiss me, my darling
Be mine tonight
Tomorrow
Will be too late
It's now or never
My love won't wait
Just like a willow
We would cry an ocean
If we lost true love
And sweet devotion
Your lips excite me
Let your arms invite me
For who knows when
We'll meet again this way?
[Chorus]
It's now or never
Come hold me tight
Kiss me, my darling
Be mine tonight
Tomorrow
Will be too late
It's now or never
My love won't wait
[Outro]
It's now or never
My love won't wait
It's now or never
My love won't wait
It's now or never
My love won't wait
About
“It’s Now or Never” is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and released as a single in 1960. The song is the best-selling single by Presley (20 million copies), and one of the best-selling singles of all time. It was recorded by Bill Porter at RCA Studio B in Nashville. It is written in E major and has a tempo of 80 BPM.
While Elvis was in the army, an operatic song called “O Sole Mio”, which picked up his ear. He asked for the English version of this song, which was recently translated in 1949 by Tony Martin (There’s No Tomorrow).
After Elvis came back from the army in 1960, he recorded it immediately in his studio. In 1960, “It’s Now or Never” was a number-one record in the U.S. for Elvis Presley, spending five weeks at number one and the UK, where it spent eight weeks at the top in 1960 and an additional week at number one in 2005 as a re-issue, and numerous other countries, selling in excess of 25 million copies worldwide, Elvis Presley’s biggest international single ever.
A live version featuring “‘O Sole mio” is available on the 1977 live album Elvis in Concert. “'O Sole mio” is sung by tenor Sherrill Nielson.
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“It’s Now or Never” is based on the Italian ballad “O Sole Mio.”
From 1960 to 1961, the song was #1 in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, the UK, and the United States. As of 2016, it is #8 on a list of best selling U.S. singles of all time.
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