Return to Sender

song written and composed by Winfield Scott and Otis Blackwell, originally recorded by Elvis Presley and released in 1962
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2705905
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Return to Sender

Summary

Return to Sender is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (541 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Return to Sender's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Return to Sender's composer is recorded as Otis Blackwell[4].
  • Return to Sender's composer is recorded as Winfield Scott[5].
  • Return to Sender's genre is rock and roll[6].
  • Return to Sender followed She's Not You[7].
  • Return to Sender was followed by It Happened at the World's Fair[8].
  • Among the performers on Return to Sender was Elvis Presley[9].
  • Among the performers on Return to Sender was Rocky Sharpe[10].
  • Return to Sender's record label is recorded as RCA Records[11].
  • Return to Sender is part of Girls! Girls! Girls![12].
  • Return to Sender's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • Return to Sender's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • Return to Sender was released on October 2, 1962[15].
  • Return to Sender's main subject is stalking[16].
  • Return to Sender's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Return to Sender'}[17].
  • Return to Sender's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 82f8415e-2f04-4f7d-a15c-e58ceef7a39c[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Elvis Presley[9] and Rocky Sharpe[10].

Publication

Return to Sender was released on October 2, 1962[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Its genre is rock and roll[6]. It is part of Girls! Girls! Girls![12].

Subject and Themes

Return to Sender's main subject is stalking[16].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Return to Sender followed She's Not You[7]. It was followed by It Happened at the World's Fair[8].

Why It Matters

Return to Sender ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (541 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . hitparade.ch. Retrieved . hitparade.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . hitparade.ch. Retrieved . hitparade.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . hitparade.ch. Retrieved . hitparade.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Return to Sender. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/return-to-sender-q2705905-2
MLA “Return to Sender.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/return-to-sender-q2705905-2.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_return-to-sender-q2705905-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Return to Sender}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/return-to-sender-q2705905-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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