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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.
| Johnny Cash discography | |
|---|---|
| |
| Singles | 170 |
| Music videos | 20 |
| #1 Singles | 14 |
| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 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 | 110 | — | — | — | — | 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 | ||
| — | 107 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "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 | 108 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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 b/w "A Little At A Time" | 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 | 119 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Old Golden Throat | |||
| "Wide Open Road" / "Belshazah" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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 | ||
| — | 124 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Sons of Katie Elder" b/w "A Certain Kind of Hurtin'" |
10 | 119 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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 | 107 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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 | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 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 |
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | 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 | ||||||||||
| 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 | |||||
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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| Year | Song | Certifications | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | "The Man Comes Around" |
|
American IV: The Man Comes Around |
| 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/Michael Salomon |
| 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 |
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