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“I Walk the Line” is a classic American country song written by Johnny Cash and recorded in 1956. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song at #30 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Originally recorded at Sun Studio on April 2, 1956, and released on May 1, it spent six weeks at the top spot on the U.S. country charts that summer, and also reached number 19 on the pop music charts.
The song was re-recorded four times during Cash’s career. In 1964 for the I Walk the Line album, again in 1969 for the At San Quentin album, in 1970 for the I Walk the Line soundtrack, and finally in 1988 for the Classic Cash album.
Cash’s ex-son-in-law, singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell adapted the song into “I Walk the Line (Revisited),” which was recorded as a duet with Cash and released on Crowell’s 2001 album “The Houston Kid.”
A 1970 movie drama of the same name, starring Gregory Peck, featured a soundtrack of Johnny Cash songs including the title song. In 2005, a biographical film entitled Walk the Line was produced starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter, directed by James Mangold.
Originally recorded at Sun Studio on April 2, 1956, and released on May 1, it spent six weeks at the top spot on the U.S. country charts that summer, and also reached number 19 on the pop music charts.
The song was re-recorded four times during Cash’s career. In 1964 for the I Walk the Line album, again in 1969 for the At San Quentin album, in 1970 for the I Walk the Line soundtrack, and finally in 1988 for the Classic Cash album.
Cash’s ex-son-in-law, singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell adapted the song into “I Walk the Line (Revisited),” which was recorded as a duet with Cash and released on Crowell’s 2001 album “The Houston Kid.”
A 1970 movie drama of the same name, starring Gregory Peck, featured a soundtrack of Johnny Cash songs including the title song. In 2005, a biographical film entitled Walk the Line was produced starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter, directed by James Mangold.
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claudestar wrote:
johnny wrote this because of an experience as a soldier in landsberg am lech (bavaria)
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sdrev41 wrote:
Yes, I'll admit that I'm a fool for you Because you're mine, I walk the line
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witchblaze wrote:
Love this!
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akamadcow wrote:
This highway man will remain.
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wh1t3d3vil13 wrote:
these songs will transend time and generations. the man in black is a musical god in his legend and rightly so!
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wackersska wrote:
i try to walk the line ;-]
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danshakin wrote:
Still sounds like a giant to me, always did when i was a kid.
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obmuj wrote:
Class
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victoria1908 wrote:
very good, man in black !
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Riff55 wrote:
This 80's electric bass/piano version that last.fm has is really depressingly bad.
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SASSYSTEPH09 wrote:
respect the man in black
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danamanni wrote:
i think the movie walk the line brought a new generation into johnny cash and alows then to apreciate what music was like back then and how its developed over the years
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surfinggal wrote:
oh yeah, i'm a fool for you.............
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Kommissar_Rizzo wrote:
it`s great!!
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scarboro wrote:
It's one of the first songs I remember as a child .. 7 or 8 or so!
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jetgar wrote:
Greath country singer.
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Dunk_a_roos wrote:
because your mine I walk the line.....
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wackersska wrote:
AS sure as night is dark and day is light;-]
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Don't know why I didn't like this earlier. Stupid me.
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FurthestSky wrote:
Dont now why but love it.
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