Treat Me Nice

Song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by Elvis Presley and released as the B-side of his September 1957 single ‘Jailhouse Rock’.

Kim Wilde performed this song on the 1987 TV special ‘Love Me Tender’, in which she also performed Big Hunk o’ Love and One Night With You.

Lyrics

When I walk through that door
Baby be polite
You’re gonna make me sore
If you don’t greet me right
Don’t you ever kiss me once, kiss me twice
Treat me nice

I know that you’ve been told
It’s not fair to tease
So if you come on cold
I’m really gonna freeze
If you don’t want me to be cold as ice
Treat me nice

Make me feel at home
If you really care
Scratch my back and run your pretty
Fingers through my hair

You know I’ll be your slave
If you ask me to
But if you don’t behave
I’ll walk right out on you
If you want my love then take my advice
Treat me nice

Make me feel at home
If you really care
Scratch my back and run your pretty
Fingers through my hair

You know I’ll be your slave
If you ask me to
But if you don’t behave
I’ll walk right out on you
If you want my love then take my advice
Treat me nice

If you really want my love then treat me nice

One Night With You

Song written by Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King and Anita Steiman. The song was originally written and recorded under the title ‘One Night (Of Sin)’ and had been a hit for Smiley Lewis. Elvis recorded a version of the song in its original form on 18 January 1957. This version would not be released until 1983.

Both Elvis’ manager and record company had reservations about the suggestive lyrics. Elvis did not give up on the song. He continued to play with it during his spare time, finally rewriting the lyrics that he felt were holding the song captive. It was Elvis himself who reworked ‘One night of sin is what I’m now paying for’ into ‘One night with you is what I’m now praying for.’ On 23 February 1957, at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles, he showed up with his new lyrics, feeling sure they would meet his label’s approval. It was issued as a single in October 1958 and peaked at number 4 on Billboard’s singles chart. The single reached number one twice on the UK Singles Chart: upon its original release in 1958, and again in January 2005 when the song became the UK’s 1000th number 1 single.

Kim Wilde performed a cover of this song on the 1987 TV special Love Me Tender, in which she also performed Big Hunk o’ Love and Treat Me Nice. The song appeared to have been pre-recorded in a studio, but was never released on record.

Lyrics

One night with you
Is what I’m now praying for
The things that we two could plan
Would make my dreams come true

Just call my name
And I’ll be right by your side
I want your sweet helping hand
My loves too strong to hide

Always lived, very quiet life
I ain’t never did no wrong
Now I know that life without you
Has been too lonely too long

One night with you
Is what I’m now praying for
The things that we two could plan
Would make my dreams come true

Always lived, very quiet life
I ain’t never did no wrong
Now I know that life without you
Has been too lonely too long

One night with you
Is what I’m now praying for
The things that we two could plan
Would make my dreams come true

Big Hunk o’ Love

Song written by Aaron Schroeder and Sid Wyche, a.k.a. Sid Jaxon. Aaron Schroeder co-wrote a whole bunch of hits from the rock ‘n’ roll area, from ‘Fools Hall of Fame’ (Pat Boone) to ‘Because They’re Young’ (Duane Eddy). ‘A Big Hunk o’ Love’ was originally recorded by Elvis Presley. The single was released on June 23, 1959 and topped the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. In the UK, the single peaked at number 4.

Kim Wilde performed this song on the 1987 TV special ‘Love Me Tender’, in which she also performed One Night With You and Treat Me Nice.

Live performances

‘Big Hunk o’ Love’ was performed live during the Catch Tour in 1983 and during a live concert in Tilburg (Netherlands) as part of the Hits Tour on 29 June 1994.

Lyrics

Hey baby, I ain’t askin’ much of you
No no no no no no no no baby, I ain’t askin’ much of you
Just a big-a big-a big-a hunk o’ love will do

Don’t be a stingy little mama
You’re ’bout to starve me half to death
Well you can spare a kiss or two and
Still have plenty left, no no no
I ain’t askin’ much of you
Just a big-a big-a big-a hunk o’ love will do

(That’s right!)

You’re like a natural born beehive
Filled with honey to the top
Well I ain’t greedy baby
All I want is all you got, no no no
I ain’t askin’ much of you
Just a big-a big-a big-a hunk o’ love will do

I got wishbone in my pocket
I got a rabbit’s foot ’round my wrist
You know I’d have all the things these lucky charms could bring
If you’d give me just one sweet kiss, no no no no no no no
Baby, I ain’t askin’ much of you
Just a big-a big-a big-a hunk o’ love will do

Hey baby, I ain’t askin’ much of you
No no no no no no no no baby, I ain’t askin’ much of you
Just a big-a big-a big-a hunk o’ love
Just a big-a big-a big-a hunk o’ love
Just a big-a big-a big-a hunk o’ love will do

Love me tender – A tribute to Elvis Presley

Date
16 August 1987
Channel
UK

This music special, produced by Granada TV, was made to coincide with the tenth anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. Originally made in the UK, the special was re-broadcast in many other European countries.
It starred many different artists, both in prerecorded clips and in live performances. Kim Wilde contributed three songs to this special. One of them is a prerecorded video for her version of ‘One night’. The other two songs are on-stage performances of ‘Big hunk o’ love’ and ‘Treat me nice’.