Way Down - Wikipedia Way Down This article is about the song by Elvis Presley. For the album by Curtis Amy, see Way Down ( album ). For the song `` Way Down '' by Modest Mouse, see The Fruit That Ate Itself. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2014 ) `` Way Down '' Single by Elvis Presley from the album Moody Blue B - side `` Pledging My Love '' Released June 6, 1977 Format 7 '' single Recorded October 29, 1976, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee Genre Rock and roll Length 2 : 39 Label RCA Songwriter ( s ) Layng Martine, Jr. Producer ( s ) Felton Jarvis Elvis Presley singles chronology `` Moody Blue '' ( 1976 ) `` Way Down '' ( 1977 ) `` My Way '' ( 1977 ) `` Moody Blue '' ( 1976 ) `` Way Down '' ( 1977 ) `` My Way '' ( 1977 ) `` Way Down '' is a song recorded by Elvis Presley. Recorded in October 1976, it was his last single released before his death on August 16, 1977. The song was written by Layng Martine, Jr. and was later covered by Status Quo and Cliffhanger. Presley recorded the song at his home studio in Graceland on 29 October 1976. Released as a single ( with `` Pledging My Love '' on the B - side ) on June 6, 1977, it was his single at the time of his death. It initially peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated August 6, 1977 and had fallen to No. 53 on the chart for the week ending August 27, 1977. Thereafter, it reversed direction and reached an even higher peak at No. 18 on 24 September -- 1 October 1977. `` Way Down '' reached No. 1 on the American Country chart the week he died. Overseas, the song hit the number one in the UK Singles Chart week ending 3 September for five weeks, just over seven years after his previous 16th UK number one single, `` The Wonder of You '', in August 1970. His previous single, `` Moody Blue '', had been a number one hit on the US Country Charts earlier in 1977. `` Way Down '' was reissued in April 2005 and reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The recording also featured J.D. Sumner singing the words `` way on down '' at the end of each chorus down to the note low C ( C2 ). At the end of the song, this phrase is octaved, reaching a double low C ( C1, three octaves below middle C ). This note was first accomplished by Sumner in a 1966 recording of the hymn `` Blessed Assurance. '' Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly singles charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Chart performance Weekly singles charts Chart ( 1977 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles U.S. Billboard Hot 100 18 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 14 Canadian RPM Country Tracks Canadian RPM Top Singles 15 Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 23 Irish Singles Chart UK Singles Chart Year - end charts Chart ( 1977 ) Rank Canada 134 U.S. ( Joel Whitburn 's Pop Annual ) 121 See also List of posthumous number - one singles ( UK ) References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006 ( 2nd ed. ). Record Research. p. 273. ^ Jump up to : Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 343. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 436. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Palmer, Robert ; DeCurtis, Anthony ( September 6, 2011 ). Blues & Chaos : The Music Writing of Robert Palmer. Simon & Schuster. p. 145. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4165 - 9975 - 3. Retrieved July 6, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Top 200 Singles of ' 77 ''. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 28 ( 11 ). December 31, 1977. Retrieved June 25, 2016. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1999 ). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin : Record Research Inc. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 142 - X. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Rollin ' with the Flow '' by Charlie Rich Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single August 20, 1977 Succeeded by `` Do n't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue '' by Crystal Gayle RPM Country Tracks number - one single September 10 - September 17, 1977 Preceded by `` Float On '' by The Floaters UK number one single September 3 - October 1, 1977 Succeeded by `` Silver Lady '' by David Soul Elvis Presley singles discography 1954 `` That 's All Right '' / `` Blue Moon of Kentucky '' `` Good Rockin ' Tonight '' / `` I Do n't Care if the Sun Do n't Shine '' `` You 're a Heartbreaker '' 1955 `` Baby Let 's Play House '' `` I Forgot to Remember to Forget '' / `` Mystery Train '' 1956 `` Heartbreak Hotel '' / `` I Was the One '' `` I Want You, I Need You, I Love You '' / `` My Baby Left Me '' `` Do n't Be Cruel '' / `` Hound Dog '' `` Blue Suede Shoes '' / `` Tutti Frutti '' `` Money Honey '' `` I Got a Woman '' `` Tryin ' to Get to You '' `` Blue Moon '' `` I 'll Never Let You Go ( Lil ' Darlin ' ) '' / `` I 'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry ( Over You ) '' `` Shake, Rattle and Roll '' / `` Lawdy Miss Clawdy '' `` Love Me Tender '' 1957 `` Too Much '' / `` Playing for Keeps '' `` All Shook Up '' `` Peace in the Valley `` ( Let Me Be Your ) Teddy Bear '' `` Paralyzed '' ( UK ) `` Jailhouse Rock '' `` Party '' / `` Got a Lot o ' Livin ' to Do ! '' ( UK ) 1958 `` Do n't '' `` Wear My Ring Around Your Neck '' `` Hard Headed Woman '' / `` Do n't Ask Me Why '' `` King Creole '' ( UK ) `` One Night '' 1959 `` I Need Your Love Tonight '' / `` A Fool Such as I '' `` A Big Hunk o ' Love '' 1960 `` Stuck on You '' / `` Fame and Fortune '' `` It 's Now or Never '' `` Are You Lonesome Tonight ? '' 1961 `` Surrender '' / `` Lonely Man '' `` I Feel So Bad '' / `` Wild in the Country '' `` ( Marie 's the Name ) His Latest Flame '' / `` Little Sister '' `` Ca n't Help Falling in Love '' / `` Rock - A-Hula Baby '' 1962 `` Good Luck Charm '' / `` Anything That 's Part of You '' `` She 's Not You '' `` Return to Sender '' / `` Where Do You Come From '' 1963 `` One Broken Heart for Sale '' `` ( You 're the ) Devil in Disguise '' `` Bossa Nova Baby '' / `` Witchcraft '' 1964 `` Kissin ' Cousins '' / `` It Hurts Me '' `` What 'd I Say '' / `` Viva Las Vegas '' `` Such a Night '' / `` Never Ending '' `` Ask Me '' / `` Ai n't That Loving You Baby '' `` Blue Christmas '' 1965 `` Do the Clam '' / `` You 'll Be Gone '' `` Crying in the Chapel `` ( Such an ) Easy Question '' `` I 'm Yours '' `` Puppet on a String '' / `` Wooden Heart '' 1966 `` Tell Me Why '' / `` Blue River '' `` Frankie and Johnny '' / `` Please Do n't Stop Loving Me '' `` Love Letters '' `` Spinout '' / `` All That I Am '' `` If Every Day Was Like Christmas '' 1967 `` Indescribably Blue '' `` Long Legged Girl ( With the Short Dress On ) '' / `` That 's Someone You Never Forget '' `` There 's Always Me '' / `` Judy '' `` Big Boss Man '' / `` You Do n't Know Me '' 1968 `` Guitar Man '' `` U.S. Male '' / `` Stay Away '' `` You 'll Never Walk Alone '' `` Your Time Has n't Come Yet, Baby '' / `` Let Yourself Go '' `` Almost in Love '' / `` A Little Less Conversation '' `` If I Can Dream '' / `` Edge of Reality '' 1969 `` Memories '' / `` Charro '' `` How Great Thou Art '' `` In the Ghetto '' / `` Any Day Now '' `` Clean Up Your Own Backyard '' `` Suspicious Minds '' / `` You 'll Think of Me '' `` Do n't Cry Daddy '' 1970 `` Kentucky Rain '' `` The Wonder of You '' `` I 've Lost You '' `` You Do n't Have to Say You Love Me '' / `` Patch It Up '' `` I Really Do n't Want to Know '' / `` There Goes My Everything '' 1971 `` Rags to Riches '' `` Life '' / `` Only Believe '' `` I 'm Leavin ' '' `` It 's Only Love '' `` Merry Christmas Baby '' / `` O Come All Ye Faithful '' 1972 `` Until It 's Time for You to Go '' `` He Touched Me '' `` An American Trilogy '' / `` The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face '' `` Burning Love '' / `` It 's a Matter of Time '' `` Separate Ways '' / `` Always on My Mind '' 1973 `` Steamroller Blues '' / `` Fool '' `` Raised on Rock '' / `` For Ol ' Times Sake '' `` I 've Got a Thing About You Baby '' `` If You Talk in Your Sleep '' / `` Help Me '' `` Promised Land '' / `` It 's Midnight '' `` My Boy '' / `` Thinking About You '' `` T-R-O-U-B-L-E '' `` Bringing It Back '' / `` Pieces of My Life '' 1976 `` Hurt '' / `` For the Heart '' `` Moody Blue '' 1977 `` Way Down '' `` My Way '' / `` America the Beautiful '' 1978 `` Unchained Melody '' / `` Softly as I Leave You '' This 1970s single -- related article is a stub. 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Question: when was way down by elvis presley released
Answer: August 16, 1977