Datin’

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Titel: Datin’
Längd: 1:25
Kompositörer: Fred Wise och Randy Starr
Utgivare: Gladys Music
Inspelningsdatum: 1965-07-26 (musik) och 1965-08-04 (Elvis sång)
Inspelningstid: okänt (musik) och mellan klockan 19:00-00:30 (Elvis sång)
Inspelningsplats: Radio Recorders Studio B – Hollywood, CA
Matrix: TPA3 3843
Tagning master: 2 (musik) och 14 (Elvis sång)
Producent: Joseph Lilley
Studiotekniker: Dave Wiechman (musik) och Thorne Nogar (Elvis sång)

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Musiker:
Gitarr: Scotty Moore
Gitarr: Barney Kessel
Gitarr: Charlie McCoy
Bas: Ray Siegel
Bas: Keith Mitchell
Trummor: D. J. Fontana
Trummor: Hal Blaine
Trummor: Milton Holland
Trummor: Victor Feldman
Piano: Larry Muhobreac
Steel guitar: Bernal Lewis

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Första utgivning: Paradise, Hawaiian Style (LSP-3643)
Även utgiven på bland annat:
Elvis Aron Presley (CPL8 3699)
Rare Elvis Vol. 2 (PL 45297)

Alternativa tagningar:
Take 6 Elvis Aron Presley (CPL8 3699), Rare Elvis Vol. 2 (PL 45297)
Take 7 Elvis Aron Presley (CPL8 3699), Rare Elvis Vol. 2 (PL 45297)
Take 8 Elvis Aron Presley (CPL8 3699), Rare Elvis Vol. 2 (PL 45297)
Take 11 Elvis Aron Presley (CPL8 3699), Rare Elvis Vol. 2 (PL 45297)
Take 12 Elvis Aron Presley (CPL8 3699), Rare Elvis Vol. 2 (PL 45297)

Låten var med i filmen ”Paradise, Hawaiian Style”.

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Text:

Datin’ is a game that grown-ups play
Datin’ means acting in a silly way
Datin’ makes girls start wiggle walking
Datin’ makes a guy start baby talking
Dizzy like children on a merry-go-round
Grown-ups are the biggest kids I’ve found

You’d think they belong in a baby carriage
They’re doing things that lead to marriage
But don’t you laugh at what they do, oh no
’Cause some day you’ll be datin’ too

Datin’ makes a guy comb his hair just right
His girl can mess it up when they kiss good-night
Datin’ makes you quarrel and say you’ll break up
And just because it’s so much fun to make up

Children can’t wait to grow up but then
They’re datin’ and they’re acting like kids again
You’d think they belong in a baby carriage
They’re doing things that lead to marriage
But don’t you laugh at what they do, oh no
Some day you’ll be datin’ too