I Walk the Line

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

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.5	I Walk the Line	2:47	Johnny Cash	Rock Island Line	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation		Desperado (Holland?)	DS002
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	The Box Set Series	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation	US-	Sony Legacy (this is a dubious label; please verify if it's not Legacy (Recordings) or some other instead that you want)
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	The Essential Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation
2.2	I Walk the Line	2:49	Johnny Cash	The Greatest Hits	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation
1.2	I Walk the Line	2:43	Johnny Cash	The Sun Records Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation
1.2	I Walk the Line	2:43	Johnny Cash	The Worlds Biggest Country Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		Union Square Music	WBSTCD003
(unknown)
1.1	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	The Collection	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation
1.4	I Walk the Line	2:46	Johnny Cash	The Signature Series	Johnny Cash	Album + Compilation

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)

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)