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Johnny Cash discography
Singles170
Music videos20
#1 Singles13

The Johnny Cash discography chronicles the output of American singer Johnny Cash. His lengthy career, spanning 1954 to 2003, saw the release of 91 albums and 170 singles on several record labels. Over the years, Cash also collaborated with many of the industry's most notable artists.

Singles

1955–1958: Sun years

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
AU
1955 "Cry! Cry! Cry!"
 b/w "Hey, Porter"
14 With His Hot and Blue Guitar
"So Doggone Lonesome"
/ "Folsom Prison Blues"
4
1956 "I Walk the Line"
 / "Get Rhythm"
1 17 43
"There You Go"
/ "Train of Love"
1 Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
7
1957 "Next in Line"
/ "Don't Make Me Go"
9 99
"Home of the Blues"
/ "Give My Love to Rose"
3 88
13
1958 "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"
/ "Big River"
1 14 15 Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
4
"Guess Things Happen That Way"
 / "Come In, Stranger"
1 11 54
6 66 9
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1958–1985: Columbia years

Color key

  •   Singles released by Johnny Cash's former label Sun Records after he had signed with Columbia

1950s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
AU
1958 "The Ways of a Woman in Love"
 / "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven"
3 24 28 Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
5
"All Over Again"
 / "What Do I Care"
4 38 85 Old Golden Throat
7 52 57 Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
"It's Just About Time"
/ "I Just Thought You'd Like to Know"
30 47 Greatest!
85 89
"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"
 b/w "I Still Miss Someone"
1 32 3 The Fabulous Johnny Cash
1959 "Luther Played the Boogie"
/ "Thanks a Lot"
8 43 Greatest!
12 81
"Frankie's Man, Johnny"
 / "You Dreamer You"
9 57 97 The Fabulous Johnny Cash
13 Old Golden Throat
"Katy Too"
 b/w "I Forget to Remember to Forget"
11 66 91 Greatest!
"I Got Stripes"
 / "Five Feet High and Rising"
4 43 31 Old Golden Throat
14 76 Songs of Our Soil
"Goodbye Little Darlin'"
 b/w "You Tell Me"
22 Greatest!
"Little Drummer Boy" 24 63 39 The Christmas Spirit
"Straight A's in Love"
/ "I Love You Because"
16 84 Sings Hank Williams
20
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1960s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC AU UK
1960 "Smiling Bill McCall"
/ "Seasons of My Heart"
13 77 Old Golden Throat
10 Now, There Was a Song!
"Second Honeymoon"
 / "Honky-Tonk Girl"
15 79 More of Old Golden Throat
92
"Down the Street to 301"
/ "The Story of a Broken Heart"
85 84 Now Here's Johnny Cash
"Going to Memphis"
 b/w "Loading Coal"
Ride This Train
"Mean-Eyed Cat"
 b/w "Port of Lonely Hearts"
30 Sings Hank Williams
"Girl in Saskatoon"
 b/w "Locomotive Man"
More of Old Golden Throat
"Oh Lonesome Me"
 b/w "Life Goes On"[4]
13 93 Now Here's Johnny Cash
1961 "The Rebel – Johnny Yuma"
 b/w "Forty Shades of Green"
24 Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
"Sugartime"
 b/w "My Treasure"
Now Here's Johnny Cash
"Tennessee Flat Top Box"
 b/w "Tall Men"
11 84 50 Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
1962 "The Big Battle"
 b/w "When I've Learned"
24 Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
Hymns from the Heart
"Blue Train"
 b/w "Born to Lose"
All Aboard the Blue Train with Johnny Cash
Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash
"In the Jailhouse Now" 8 The Sound of Johnny Cash
"Bonanza"
 b/w "Pick a Bale o' Cotton"
94 Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
"(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley"
 b/w "Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)"
Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
"Busted" (with The Carter Family) 13 Blood, Sweat and Tears
1963 "Ring of Fire"
 b/w "I'd Still Be There"
1 17 12 Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
"The Matador"
 b/w "Still in Town"
2 44 39 Old Golden Throat
1964 "Understand Your Man"
/ "Dark as a Dungeon"
1 35 50 I Walk the Line
49 Old Golden Throat
"Wide Open Road"
 b/w "Belshazzar"
Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash
"The Ballad of Ira Hayes"
/ "Bad News"
3 2 Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian
8 5 I Walk the Line
1965 "Orange Blossom Special"
 b/w "All Of God's Children Ain't Free"
3 80 2 51 Orange Blossom Special
"Mister Garfield"
/ "The Streets of Laredo"
15 Sings the Ballads of the True West
"The Sons of Katie Elder"
 b/w "A Certain Kind of Hurtin'"
10 Old Golden Throat
"Happy to Be with You"
 b/w "Pickin' Time"
9 Happiness Is You
1966 "The One on the Right Is on the Left"
 b/w "Cotton Pickin' Hands"
2 46 35 68 Everybody Loves a Nut
"Everybody Loves a Nut"
 b/w "Austin Prison"
17 96 90
"Boa Constrictor"
 b/w "Bottom of a Mountain"
39
More of Old Golden Throat
"You Beat All I Ever Saw"
 b/w "Put the Sugar to Bed"
20
1967 "Red Velvet"
 b/w "The Wind Changes"
Old Golden Throat
60
"Rosanna's Going Wild"
 b/w "Roll Call"
2 91 1 International Superstar
More of Old Golden Throat
1968 "Folsom Prison Blues" (live) 1 32 1 17 43 At Folsom Prison
"Daddy Sang Bass" 1 42 1 49 88 The Holy Land
1969 "A Boy Named Sue" (live) 1 2 1 1 3 1 3 4 At San Quentin
"Blistered"
/ "See Ruby Fall"
4 50 1 Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
75 41
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC AU UK
1970 "What Is Truth"
 b/w "Sing a Traveling Song"
3 19 4 1 9 14 21
"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" (live)
 b/w "I'm Gonna Try to Be That Way"
1 46 1 30 24 The Johnny Cash Show
"Flesh and Blood"
 b/w "This Side of the Law"
1 54 1 41 23 94 I Walk the Line (soundtrack)
1971 "Man in Black"
 b/w "Little Bit of Yesterday"
3 58 2 38 43 Man in Black
"Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues"
 b/w "You've Got a New Light Shining"
18 124
"Papa Was a Good Man"
 b/w "I Promise You"
16 104 17 A Thing Called Love
"A Thing Called Love"
 b/w "Daddy"
2 103 37 1 4
1972 "Kate"
 b/w "Miracle Man"
2 75 1 89
"If I Had a Hammer" 29 Any Old Wind That Blows
"Oney"
 b/w "Country Trash"
2 101 1 43
"Any Old Wind That Blows"
 b/w "Kentucky Straight"
3 1
1973 "Children"
 b/w "Last Supper"
30 15 The Gospel Road
"Praise the Lord and Pass the Soup"
(with The Carter Family and The Oak Ridge Boys)
57 65
"Pick the Wildwood Flower" (with Maybelle Carter) 34
1974 "Orleans Parish Prison" (live)
 b/w "Jacob Green" (live)
52 På Österåker
"Ragged Old Flag" 31 Ragged Old Flag
"The Junkie and the Juicehead, Minus Me" 32 The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me
"Father and Daughter (Father and Son)"
(with Rosey Nix)
"The Lady Came from Baltimore"
 b/w "Lonesome to the Bone"
14 11 John R. Cash
1975 "My Old Kentucky Home
(Turpentine and Dandelion Wine)
"
42
"Look at Them Beans"
 b/w "All Around Cowboy"
17 17 Look at Them Beans
"Texas 1947"
 b/w "I Hardly Ever Sing Beer Drinking Songs"
35 29
1976 "Strawberry Cake" (live)
 b/w "I Got Stripes" (live)
54 49 Strawberry Cake
"One Piece at a Time"
 b/w "Go On Blues"
1 29 6 1 40 1 82 32 One Piece at a Time
"Sold Out of Flagpoles"
 b/w "Mountain Lady"
29 26
"It's All Over"
 b/w "Ridin' on the Cotton Belt"
41 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
1977 "The Last Gunfighter Ballad"
 b/w "City Jail"
38 38 The Last Gunfighter Ballad
"Lady"
 b/w "Lately"
46 34 The Rambler
"After the Ball"
 b/w "Calilou"
32 42
1978 "I Would Like to See You Again"
 b/w "Lately"
12 23 I Would Like to See You Again
"Gone Girl"
 b/w "I'm Alright Now"
44 53 Gone Girl
"It'll Be Her"
 b/w "It Comes and Goes"
89
"I Will Rock and Roll with You"
 b/w "A Song for the Life" (with Rosanne Cash)
21 36
1979 "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" 2 1 Silver
"I'll Say It's True"
 b/w "Cocaine Blues"
42 63
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country
[1]
CAN Country AU
1980 "Wings in the Morning" A Believer Sings the Truth
"Bull Rider"
 b/w "Lonesome to the Bone"
66 Silver
"Song of the Patriot"
 b/w "She's a Go-er"
54 Encore
"Cold Lonesome Morning" 53 74 Rockabilly Blues
"The Last Time"
 b/w "Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955)"
85
1981 "Without Love"
 b/w "It Ain't Nothing New Babe"
78 68
"The Baron"
 b/w "I Will Dance with You"
10 6 77 The Baron
"Mobile Bay"
 b/w "The Hard Way"
60
1982 "The Reverend Mr. Black"
 / "Chattanooga City Limit Sign"
71
"The General Lee"
 b/w "Duelin' Dukes"
26 23 The Dukes of Hazzard (soundtrack)
"Georgia on a Fast Train"
 b/w "Sing a Song"
55 41 The Adventures of Johnny Cash
"Fair Weather Friends"
1983 "We Must Believe in Magic"
 b/w "I'll Cross over Jordan Someday"
84
"I'm Ragged but I'm Right" 75 Johnny 99
"Johnny 99"
1984 "That's the Truth"
 b/w "Joshua Gone Barbados"
84 43
"The Chicken in Black"
 b/w "Battle of Nashville"
45
"They Killed Him"
1985 "I'm Leaving Now" Rainbow

1987–1991: Mercury years

1980s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country
[1]
CAN Country AU
1987 "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" (with Waylon Jennings)
 b/w "I'd Rather Have You"
43 Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town
"Sixteen Tons"
"Let Him Roll"
"W. Lee O'Daniel (and the Light Crust Doughboys)"
 b/w "Letters from Home"
72
1988 "Get Rhythm" (re-recording) Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series
"That Old Wheel" (with Hank Williams Jr.)
 b/w "Tennessee Flat Top Box" (re-recording)
21 30 Water from the Wells of Home
Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series
1989 "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"
(re-recording; with Rosanne Cash and The Everly Brothers)
45 Water from the Wells of Home
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
[1]
1990 "Farmer's Almanac" A Boom Chicka Boom
"Cat's in the Cradle"[6]
"Goin' by the Book"
 b/w "Beans for Breakfast"
69 The Mystery of Life
1991 "The Mystery of Life"[7]
"Wanted Man"[8]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
  • A "Farmer's Almanac" did not chart on Hot Country Songs, but peaked at No. 10 on Hot Country Radio Breakouts.[9]

Since 1991: American Recordings years and posthumous releases

1990s

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
[1]
1994 "Delia's Gone" American Recordings
"Drive On"
1996 "Rusty Cage" American II: Unchained
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s and 2010s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
CAN UK
[10]
2002 "Personal Jesus"[11] American IV: The Man Comes Around
2003 "Hurt" 56 39
  • RIAA: Gold[5]
  • BPI: Platinum[3]
2006 "God's Gonna Cut You Down" 77 American V: A Hundred Highways
2010 "Ain't No Grave" 112 95 170 American VI: Ain't No Grave
2014 "She Used to Love Me a Lot" 136 Out Among the Stars
"I'm Movin' On" (with Waylon Jennings)
"Baby, Ride Easy" (with June Carter Cash)
"Out Among the Stars"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other singles

Promotional singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US AC CAN Country CAN AU
1969 "Get Rhythm" (re-release) 23 60 1 59
1970 "Rock Island Line" 35 93 22
"Big River" 41 18 Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles with June Carter Cash

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
CAN Country CAN CAN AC AU UK
1964 "It Ain't Me Babe" 4 58 85 28 Orange Blossom Special
1967 "Jackson" 2 Johnny Cash's Greatest Hits Volume 1
"Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man" 6 Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter
1969 "If I Were a Carpenter" 2 36 1 13 11 52 Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
1971 "No Need to Worry" 15 7 International Superstar
1972 "The Loving Gift" 27 22 Any Old Wind That Blows
1973 "Allegheny" 69 35 Johnny Cash and His Woman
1976 "Old Time Feeling" 26 24 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles with Waylon Jennings

Year Single Peak chart
positions
Album
US Country
[1]
CAN Country
1978 "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
 / "I Wish I Was Crazy Again"
2 5 I Would Like to See You Again
22 25
1986 "Even the Cowgirls Get the Blues" 35 40 Heroes
"The Ballad of Forty Dollars" 50
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson

The Highwaymen's first two albums and singles released from them were credited to "Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson".

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country
[12]
CAN Country
[13]
CAN AC
[14]
AUS
[15]
1985 "Highwayman"[16]
 b/w "The Human Condition" (with Willie Nelson)
1 1 19 98 Highwayman
"Desperados Waiting for a Train"[17]
 b/w "The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over" (with Willie Nelson)
15 20
1990 "Silver Stallion"[18]
 b/w "American Remains"
25 21 Highwayman 2
"Born and Raised in Black and White"
 b/w "Texas"
A
"American Remains"
 b/w "Texas"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
  • A "Born and Raised in Black and White" did not chart on Hot Country Songs, but peaked at No. 1 on Hot Country Radio Breakouts.[19]

Guest singles

Year Single Artist Peak chart
positions
Album
US Country
[1]
CAN Country
1971 "A Song to Mama" The Carter Family 37 42 Travelin' Minstrel Band
1972 "The World Needs a Melody" 35 55
1984 "I Will Dance with You" Karen Brooks 45 Hearts on Fire
1991 "Man in Black" One Bad Pig I Scream Sunday[20]
1993 "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia" Mark O'Connor (with Charlie Daniels,
Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt)
54 Heroes
1998 "I Walk the Line Revisited" Rodney Crowell 61 The Houston Kid
2003 "September When It Comes" Rosanne Cash Rules of Travel
2019 "Redemption Day" Sheryl Crow Threads
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year Single Director
1981 "The Baron"
1983 "Johnny 99"
1984 "The Chicken in Black" Sherman Halsey
1987 "Sixteen Tons"
"Let Him Roll"
1991 "Goin' by the Book" Coke Sams
1993 "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia"
(with Mark O'Connor, Charlie Daniels, Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt)
Gustavo Garzon
1994 "Delia's Gone" Anton Corbijn
"The Man Who Couldn't Cry"
1996 "Rusty Cage"
1999 "Folsom Prison Blues" Steven T. Miller/R. Brad Murano
2001 "I Walk the Line Revisited" (with Rodney Crowell)
2002 "Hurt" Mark Romanek
2003 "September When It Comes" (with Rosanne Cash)
2006 "God's Gonna Cut You Down" Tony Kaye
2007 "Help Me"
2010 "Ain't No Grave" Chris Milk
2014 "She Used to Love Me a Lot" John Hillcoat
2019 "Redemption Day" (with Sheryl Crow) Shaun Silva

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-89820-188-8.
  3. ^ a b c d e "British single certifications – Johnny Cash". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 19, 2022. Select singles in the Format field. Type Johnny Cash in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  4. ^ Lewry, Peter (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. ISBN 9781900924221.
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  6. ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. June 16, 1990.
  7. ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. March 30, 1991.
  8. ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. July 20, 1991.
  9. ^ "Hot Country Radio Breakouts" (PDF). Billboard. March 24, 1990.
  10. ^ "CHART: CLUK Update 16.04.2011 (wk13)". Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  11. ^ "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. September 27, 2002.
  12. ^ "The Highwaymen Album & Song Chart History – Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
  13. ^ "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
  14. ^ "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Adult Contemporary". RPM. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
  15. ^ Australian chart peaks:
    • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 214. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
    • Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  16. ^ "Highwayman / The Human Condition". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  17. ^ "Desperados Waiting For A Train". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  18. ^ "Silver Stallion Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  19. ^ "Hot Country Radio Breakouts" (PDF). Billboard. June 30, 1990.
  20. ^ http://www.onebadpig.com/I_Scream_Sunday.html
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