Next in Line (Johnny Cash song)

"Next in Line" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.

"Next in Line"
Single by Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two
A-side	"Next in Line" "Don't Make Me Go"
Released	1957 (1957)[1]
Genre	Country
Label	Sun 266
Songwriter(s)	Johnny Cash[2]
Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two singles chronology
"There You Go" (1956) "Next in Line" (1957) "Home of the Blues" (1957)
Music video
"Next in Line" (audio only) on YouTube

The song was recorded by Cash in April 1957 and released as a single on Sun Records (Sun 266) later in the year, with "Don't Make Me Go" (another song from the same recording session) on the opposite side.^[3][1] The single reached #9 on the Billboard C&W Best Sellers in Stores chart.^[4][5] The song "Next in Line" (on its own) also reached #99 on the Top 100^[6] and the top ten on the Most Played C&W by Jockeys chart.^[7]

Composition

It is a melancholy love song, as is the song it was coupled with on the single.^[8]

References

1. Steve Turner (30 October 2005). The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend. Thomas Nelson. pp. 245–. ISBN 978-1-4185-7809-1.
2. "Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two - Next In Line". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
3. Steve Turner (30 October 2005). The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend. Thomas Nelson. pp. 63–. ISBN 978-1-4185-7809-1.
4. Joel Whitburn (2005). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-165-9.
5. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 24 June 1957. pp. 58–. ISSN 0006-2510.
6. Joel Whitburn (2002). Top Country Singles, 1944 to 2001: Chart Data Compiled from Billboard's Country Singles Charts, 1944-2001. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-151-2.
7. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 10 June 1957. pp. 58–. ISSN 0006-2510.
8. Robert Hilburn (31 October 2013). Johnny Cash: The Life. Orion. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-0-297-86658-9.