All Shook Up – Elvis Presley | Top 40 Chart Performance, Story and Song Meaning
Chart Performance: Pop (#1), Country (#1), and R&B (#1); 1957
Story Behind The Song By Harris Sterling
In 1957, Elvis Presley released All Shook Up, one of the defining hits of his early career. Written by Otis Blackwell and credited in part to Elvis Presley, the song followed the massive success of Heartbreak Hotel.
Produced by Steve Sholes, the recording featured a tight rhythm section and Elvis’ energetic vocal delivery. Released in the spring of 1957, All Shook Up reached #1 on the Billboard Pop chart and also topped the Country and R&B charts.
The lyric centers on the physical and emotional effects of falling in love. Rather than detailed storytelling, the song uses playful phrases to describe romantic excitement and nervousness.
All Shook Up became one of Elvis Presley’s most successful singles and helped solidify his dominance across multiple music genres during the late 1950s.
This content was created and written by Top 40 Contributing Editor Harris Sterling. © 2026 Harris Sterling. All rights reserved.
Produced by:
Steve Sholes
Lyrics Written by:
Otis Blackwell
Elvis Presley
Awards:
No Grammy Awards were awarded at the time of its release.
Harris Sterling
Independent music label executive Harris Sterling has worked in the music industry for most of his career.
As Executive Vice President for independent music label Madacy Entertainment, he led the strategic marketing and business development for the label, negotiating agreements with the major record labels to release custom music compilations under license with major brands, such as Ford Motor Company, Crayola, Care Bears and Elvis Presley Enterprises.
Harris also led Madacy’s strategy for the licensing of its entire music catalogue to Apple for their launch of the IPOD.
In 2011, Harris co-founded Starting Five Media, a company that specializes in recording and licensing custom renditions of popular songs as well as clearing the rights to the music composition for use by their clients in media projects.
Harris has negotiated publishing and master recording rights for many Top 40 songs for use in various media projects, TV Commercials and more.