I Walk the Line

Name: I Walk the Line
Duration: 2 min 45 s

~ Recording by Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two

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#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
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1.1	I Walk the Line	2:48	Johnny Cash	I Walk the Line / Get Rhythm	Johnny Cash	Single	US1956-05-19	Sun (US label founded in 1952)	241
1.9	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar	Johnny Cash	Album	US1957-10-11	Sun Record Company	1220
1.3	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US1958-11-13	Sun Record Company	SLP 1235
1.9	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	Sings Hank Williams	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US1960-09-15	Sun Record Company	SLP 1245
1.9	I Walk the Line	2:47	Johnny Cash	Sings Hank Williams	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	-1960
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:42	Johnny Cash	The Heart of Cash	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US1968-06	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	STS-2004
2.11	I Walk the Line	2:42	Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two	The Sun Story	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1986	Rhino (reissue label)	RNDA 71103
1.11	I Walk The Line	2:42	Johnny Cash	Greatest Hits	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	PL1987	Polskie Nagrania “Muza” (Polish record label)	SX 2454
1.17	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	The Sun Story	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1987	Rhino (reissue label)	RNCD 75884
1.9	I Walk the Line	2:43	Johnny Cash	1955 to 1958 Recordings	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	-1988
1.9	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash	Rock Times, Volume 1: 1955-1956	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1989	Zounds	2700021
1.15	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	Rockfile, Volume 8	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1989	Backline Records (Line Music GmbH)	BLCD 9.00765 L
1.20	I Walk the Line	2:47	Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two	The Rock 'n' Roll Era: 1956 Still Rockin'	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1989	Time–Life Music	2RNR-23
1.24	I Walk the Line	2:47	Johnny Cash	The Man in Black: 1954-1958	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	DE1990-09	Bear Family Records	BCD 15517 EH
1.12	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	Country USA: 1956	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1990	Time–Life Music	CTD-13
1.3	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash	The Sun Years	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US1990	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 70950
1.5	I Walk the Line	2:47	Johnny Cash	The Best of Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US1991	Curb Records	D2-77494
3.23	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	The Man in Black: 1959-'62	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	DE1991	Bear Family Records	BCD 15562 EH
2.12	I Walk the Line	2:42	Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two	Vragen staat vrij	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1991	Reader’s Digest	B 82 206 BB3
1.14	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash	Arbeidsvitaminen, Volume 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1992	Disky	DCD 5262
1.13	I Walk the Line	2:41	Johnny Cash	Country Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1992	Heartland Music	HD 2020-2
1.9	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash	Get Rhythm	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	-1992
1.14	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two	Memphis Rocks: Rockabilly in Memphis 1954-1968	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1992	The Smithsonian Collection of Recordings	RD 051
1.8	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash	Million Sellers 3: The Fifties	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1992	Disky	MSCD 1903
1.6	I Walk The Line	2:42	Johnny Cash	The Essential Johnny Cash (Remastered)	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US1992	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	C3K 47991
1.6	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	The Essential Johnny Cash (1955-1983)	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US1992	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	C3K 65557
1.6	I Walk the Line	2:41	Johnny Cash	Going Back in Time: Hits From the 50's, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1993	Disky	KWCD 650
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash Collection	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	DE1993
3.3	I Walk the Line	2:34	Johnny Cash	The Many Sides of Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US1993	Sony Music Special Products	A3-23571
1.4	I Walk the Line	2:43	Johnny Cash	Those Were the Days, Volume 1: The Country Stars	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1993	Goldies	GLD 63011
1.3	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	Super Hits	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US1994-11-01	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	CK 66773
2.26	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	Shades of Country	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1994	L&D Records	LBSCD 003
1.3	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	Super Hits	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	AU1994	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	498961.2
2.20	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two	The Sun Records Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1994	BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), Rhino (reissue label), RCA Special Products	DRC3-1211, R2 71780
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	Country Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1995	Sun Record Company
1.2	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash	Country Gold (disc 1)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1995	Disky	TIN 861282
1.14	I Walk the Line	2:48	Johnny Cash	Only Country 1955-1959	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1995	JCI	JCD-3152
2.2	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	The Complete Sun Singles, Volume 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1995	Bear Family Records	BCD 15802
1.2	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash	The Hit Collection	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	SE1995	Scana	95030
1.6	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	The Stars of Rock'n Roll	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1995	stereoplay
1.24	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	The Sun Years	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	-1995
3.11	I Walk the Line	2:47	Johnny Cash	200 Original Mega Jukebox Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1996	Disky	HR 871792
9.11	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	200 Original Mega Jukebox Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1996	Disky	HR 871792
9.11	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash	200 Original Mega Jukebox Hits: Hot Dogs, Hits & Happy Days	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1996	Disky	DC 872982, DC 872992, DC 873002, DC 873012, DC 873022, DC 873032, DC 873042, DC 873052, DC 873062, DC 873072
9.11	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	200 Original Mega Jukebox Hits: Hotdogs, Hits & Happy Days	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1996	Disky	HRCDA 8081
3.17	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	Authentic Sun Blues Rockabilly Rock’n’Roll	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1996	Hallmark Records (Pickwick UK imprint, unrelated to the US Hallmark greeting card label)	390372
1.14	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	Country Stars, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1996	Creative Sounds, Inc. (US (cat#: CSIxxx))	CSI515
1.10	I Walk the Line	2:47	Johnny Cash	Easy‐Listening Country: Best of the 50’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1996	Reader’s Digest Music	RS7-814-1
9.11	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash	Mega Jukebox Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AT1996 DE1996 CH1996	Disky	HR 873652
1.4	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash	The Very Best of Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	AU1996	RedX Entertainment	CPCD1, CPCD2
9.11	I Walk the Line	2:40	Johnny Cash	Chart Breaker: Greatest Hits of the 50’s and 60’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1997	Disky
1.4	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	NL1997	Weton-Wesgram	CD 97033
1.4	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash: The Masters Vol. 2	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	XE1997	Eagle Records (division of Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.)	EAB CD 059
1.7	I Walk the Line	2:41	Johnny Cash	There You Go	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	-1998-11-17	Cleopatra Records (US label, predominantly industrial/goth, and low budget compilations)
1.9	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash	Classic Country: 1950-1959	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1998	Time–Life Music, BMG Special Products	R808-03, TCD809
2.11	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash	Original Hits From the Movies	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1998	Super Doubles	SD 854112
1.15	I Walk the Line	2:47	Johnny Cash	The Best of Wild West	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1998
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:43	Johnny Cash	16 Biggest Hits	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US1999-02-02	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	CK 69739
1.2	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	The Man in Black: His Greatest Hits	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US1999-03-02	Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	C2K 65752
1.7	I Walk the Line	2:49	Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two	Sun Records: 25 All-Time Greatest Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1999-08-24	Varèse Vintage Records	302 066 048 2
1.5	I Walk the Line	2:48	Johnny Cash	Complete Sun Singles	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	-1999-09-21	Varèse Vintage Records
1.5	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two	The Complete Original Sun Singles (Remastered)	Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two	Album + Compilation	US1999-09-21	Varèse Sarabande, Varèse Vintage Records	302 066 056 2
9.11	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	200 Original Mega Jukebox Hits: Hot Dogs, Hits & Happy Days (1-16 is Killer Joe, not Sherry)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1999	Disky	DB 248062
9.11	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	200 Original Mega Jukebox Hits: Hot Dogs, Hits & Happy Days (3-1 is Reet Petite, not Sugar Sugar; 6-19 is Sally Was a Good Girl, not Rag Doll)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1999	Disky	DB 248062
9.11	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	Hotdogs, Hits & Happy Days (disc 9)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1999	Disky	BX 248872
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	I Walk the Line	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	GB1999	Prism Leisure (budget UK-based compilation label)	PLATCD 515
1.3	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	I Walk the Line	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	GB1999	Castle Pie	PIESD 151
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	-1999
1.5	I Walk the Line	2:41	Johnny Cash	The Essential Sun Collection	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	XE1999	Snapper Music	SMCD 213
3.1	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash	The Legendary Sun Records Story, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2000-01-24	Castle Pulse (aka “Pulse”, sub‐label in the Castle/Sanctuary “family”)	PBX CD 336/1, PBX CD 336/2, PBX CD 336/3
1.1	I Walk the Line (mono)	2:45	Johnny Cash	Love, God, Murder	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US2000-05-23	Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	489643 2, DIDP 099943
1.1	I Walk the Line (mono)	2:45	Johnny Cash	Love, God, Murder	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US2000-05-23	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	C3K 63809
1.3	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	Country Greatest	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	NL2000-06-13	EMI Plus	724357603829
1.2	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	Hello, I'm Johnny Cash: 18 Cash Classics	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	CA2000-11-28	Sony Music Direct (Canadian label)	TVK 24081
1.4	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	GB2000	Dressed to Kill	METRO490
1.1	I Walk the Line (Mono)	?:??	Johnny Cash	Love	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	XE2000	Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	COL 489642 2 / 4896422000
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	Wanted Man: The Very Best of Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	GB2000	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	498427 2
1.9	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash	Classic Country: 1950‐1959	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2001-02-20	Time–Life Music, BMG Special Products	M18438, TCD836
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	The Real...Johnny Cash: The Ultimate Johnny Cash Collection [1-CD]	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	XW2001-06-21	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	91537
2.8	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two	1000 Original Hits: 50’s, Volume 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2001-08-31	EMI Plus
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	Sun Records 50th Anniversary Edition	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US2001-10-02
3.20	I Walk the Line	2:42	Johnny Cash	His Sun Years	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	GB2001-10-15	Charly Records	SNAJ 706 CD
1.3	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	30 Essential Hits	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US2001	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
2.5	I Walk the Line	2:47	Johnny Cash	A Boy Named Sue	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	GB2001	Weton-Wesgram	BB233
2.5	I Walk the Line	2:47	Johnny Cash	Anthology	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	GB2001		KBOX3260
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:47	Johnny Cash	Classic Country: Stars	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2001	Time–Life Music	TL 626/29
1.2	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	Man in Black: The Very Best of Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	SE2001	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	COL 503023 2
2.2	I Walk the Line	2:48	Johnny Cash	The Greatest Hits	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	GB2001	Gemini (German, budget releases)	220438-303
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash	The Very Best of the Sun Years	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	GB2001	Metro (UK reissue/compilation imprint, METRCD cat prefix)	METRCD045
1.3	I Walk the Line	2:43	Johnny Cash	The Essential Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	XW2002-02-12	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.3	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	The Essential Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US2002-02-12	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	C2K 86290
1.3	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	The Essential Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	CA2002-02-12	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Razor & Tie	TV2K 24127
1.4	I Walk the Line	2:44	Johnny Cash	Man in Black: The Very Best of Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	GB2002-02-25	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	COL 506345 2
1.4	I Walk the Line	2:47	Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two	The Essential Sun Singles	Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two	Album + Compilation	US2002-04-02
3.10	I Walk the Line	2:43	Johnny Cash	The Sun Records Story	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2002-04-23	Sun Record Company	55713
(unknown)
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	The Golden Years	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	GB1997	Nectar Masters
1.12	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two	American Songs: The Very Best of Johnny Cash & Boxcar Willie	Johnny Cash & Boxcar Willie	Album + Compilation	-1998-02-17	Proper Records	R2CD ● 40-56
1.12	I Walk the Line	2:45	Johnny Cash	American Songs: The Very Best of Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	-1998
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:41	Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two	Sings I Walk the Line & Sings Folsom Prison Blues	Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two	Album + Compilation	US1999	Collectables (US reissue label)	COL 6437
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:43	Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	GB2001	Forever Gold (compilations, either marketed, distributed and/or copyrighted by Weton Wesgram B.V.)	FGD65

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recorded in:	Memphis, United States (on 1956-04-02)

producer:	Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer) Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:	Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
double bass:	Marshall Grant (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:	Luther Perkins (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
vocals:	Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) Sun Record Company (in 1956)

recorded at:	Sun Studio in Memphis, United States (on 1956-03-30)

part of:	Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 30) (order: 30) Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 33) (order: 33) The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 76) (order: 76)

SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/4033 [info]

recording of:	I Walk the Line (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)

I Walk the Line

lyricist and composer:	John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)

publisher:	Aberbach (London) (Publisher) Carlin Music Corporation Hill and Range Songs, Inc. Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)

later parody versions:	I Cross the Line I Walk The Line #3 The Cats of Cash
later translated versions:	Jou blijf ik trouw Yölinjalla
later versions:	... och flickan spann Ich bleib auf Kurs (I Walk The Line)
arrangements:	Wer Kennt Den Weg (translated)

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