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The trailer for Henry Cavill and Dua Lip’s new movie Argylle includes two classic rock songs. One of them is Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds.” The use of the song is flattering in one way, but it isn’t doing any favors for Elvis’ posthumous image.

The ‘Argylle’ trailer uses David Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’ and Elvis Presley’s ‘Suspicious Minds’

Here’s a summary of the Argylle trailer. It starts with a 007-esque spy dancing with a glamorous woman to David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance.” The scene is elegant, and “Let’s Dance” is an elegant dance song if there ever was one.

We then learn these characters are the fictional creations of an author named Elly Conway. In the real world, criminals feel that Conway is predicting their lives through their books so they target her. The tone of the film gets more comic and a remix of “Suspicious Minds” plays.

Elvis Presley‘s “Suspicious Minds” is suspiciously contradictory. The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll performed the song in a way that destroyed all its cohesion. In fact, the forgotten original version of “Suspicious Minds” makes more sense than Elvis’ cover — at least, from a certain point of view.

‘Suspicious Minds’ has sad lyrics but Elvis Presley sings it like he’s on top of the world

Like every other Elvis song that anyone remembers, “Suspicious Minds” was a cover. The original was written and performed by Mark James, a songwriter most known for penning “Always on My Mind” and “Hooked on a Feeling.” James’ recording has plenty of energy, but his singing is melancholy. Of course, it’s melancholy — the song is about a relationship falling apart!

Elvis’ version feels less like a breakup song and more like it’s supposed to pump up a crowd. He almost sounds too happy when he sings it.