“The more you fall in love, the more your heart can break in two.” With just that line, Elvis Presley turns Big Love, Big Heartache into something that feels timeless. Released in 1964 as part of the film Roustabout, this ballad catches Elvis in a softer, wounded moment, far from the rock-and-roll swagger. It is not just a song, it is the sound of someone loving too deeply, and losing too much.
In Big Love, Big Heartache, Elvis sings with unusual stillness. His voice is smooth, but it trembles beneath the surface. There is sorrow, regret, and hope wrapped into every word. The lyrics do not shout, they ache. He is not angry, he is quietly devastated. This is the Elvis who loved fully and paid the price, a man not hiding behind bravado, but standing in the ruins of something real.
Elvis Presley – Big Love, Big Heartache (1964)
Listeners say this track has stayed with them for decades. The comment section is filled with people who remember a first heartbreak, or a lost love that never truly left. Some say they had not heard the song before but it felt like it already knew them. Elvis’s voice connects because he never tries to fix the pain. He just tells the truth about it.
But if Big Love, Big Heartache is a quiet goodbye, then A Big Hunk O’ Love is the bold comeback. Released a few years earlier, that second song shows another side of the same heart still desperate, but this time unwilling to wait. It is love on fire, it is longing turned electric and it proves that heartbreak may slow you down, but it never silences you for good.
Elvis Presley – A Big Hunk O’ Love (Official Audio)
In A Big Hunk O’ Love, Elvis demands attention. His voice punches through the melody, asking for what he wants without apology. It is playful, urgent, and full of energy. The rhythm gallops, the guitar snarls, and Elvis lets loose. You can almost hear him breaking free of whatever sadness came before. It is not just another love song but a revival.
Elvis Presley stays timeless because he gave fans every part of love, the ache and the hunger, the silence and the scream. His songs live on because they still speak to whatever stage of the heart you are in. If you are not yet following Elvis on YouTube, Instagram, or Facebook — you should because the next song might say what you have not yet found the words for.