“In the Ghetto” is a 1969 song recorded by Elvis Presley and written by Mac Davis. It was Presley’s first Top 10 hit in the United States in four years, peaking at number 3. After Presley, the song has been performed by many other artists, among them Sammy Davis Jr., Marilyn Manson, Natalie Merchant, Susan Cadogan, Candi Staton, Dolly Parton, Bobbie Gentry, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Ian Stuart Donaldson, The Cranberries and Merle Haggard.
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“In the Ghetto” is a 1969 song recorded by Elvis Presley and written by Mac Davis. A boy is born to a mother who already has more children than she can feed in a Chicago ghetto. The song ends with another child being born in the ghetto, and implies that the newborn could meet the same fate, continuing the cycle of poverty and violence. It was Presley’s first Top 10 hit in the United States in four years, peaking at number 3, and number 2 in Canada. It hit No. 1 on Cashbox and No. 8 Easy Listening. After Presley, the song has been performed by many other artists, among them Sammy Davis Jr., Marilyn Manson, Natalie Merchant, Susan Cadogan, Candi Staton, Dolly Parton, Bobby Blue Bland, Bobbie Gentry, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Ian Stuart Donaldson, The Cranberries, Merle Haggard, Leatherface, Three Six Mafia, DNX vs.
The Voice, Bad Lieutenant, Fair Warning, Beats International, Eleanor Shanley, Jim Goad and Chris Clark. The KLF used a sample of the Elvis recording in their ambient DJ album Chill Out. In 2011, Chris de Burgh covered the song on his album Footsteps 2.
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