IF YOU DON'T SEE THE GREEN FOOTNOTE REFERENCE NUMBER(S) IN THE TEXT ABOVE TRY GOING TO THE PREVIOUS VERSION BY CLICKING ON THE LINK "SEE OTHER VERSIONS" IN THE ORANGE BOX ABOVE. ALSO SOMETIMES THE LYRICS ON PREVIOUS VERSIONS ARE MORE ACCURATE THAN THE ONES DISPLAYED BY GRACENOTE AS THE CURRENT VERSION.

{1}In "I Walk the Line," there is a key change between each of the five verses, and Cash hums the new root note before singing each verse. The final verse, a reprise of the first, is sung a full octave lower than the first verse.

{2}Cash scored his first #1 hit with "I Walk the Line." The song spent six weeks at the top spot on [The U.S. Billboard Country Juke Box Chart,] one week on [The Country & Western Jockey Chart] and hit #2 on the [The C&W Best Seller Chart.] Also, "I Walk the Line" crossed over and reached #19 on the pop music chart. The song was re-recorded four times during Cash's career. In 1964, for the [I Walk the Line] album, again in 1969, for [At San Quentin], in 1970, for the [I Walk the Line] film soundtrack, and finally in 1988, for [Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series.] In 2004, [Rolling Stone] ranked the song at #30 on their list of [The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.]

{3}Cash wrote this song for his second wife, June Carter-Cash.

{4a}Personnel Performing on this recording: Luther Perkins (guitar) Marshall Grant (bass) (Usually known as The Tennessee Two)

{4b}Covered by: Doug Allen Bill Anderson Hoyt Axton Baby Bonk Baby Goes Country Randy Bachman Brook Benton Johnny Bond Gary "U.S." Bonds Jeb Brown Glen Campbell Ace Cannon Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger The Carter Family June Carter Cash Frank Chacksfield The Dave Clark Five David Allan Coe Ben Colder (parodied as "I Walk the Line No. 2"){6} Ray Conniff The Countdown Kids The Countdown Singers Country Mountain Masters Dick Curless Bobby Darin Skeeter Davis Little Jommy Dempsey Diamond Jack Dion The Downlands "Deacon" Evans Rusty Evans The Everly Brothers Flatt & Scruggs Lester Flatt Foster & Allen Pete Fountain Connie Francis Eydie Gorme Joel Harrison Jim Hendricks The Highwaymen Al Hirt The Hit Crew The Hot Dogs Mark A. Humphrey Hushabye Baby Burl Ives Steve Ivey Sonny James Garland Jeffreys Waylon Jennings George Jones Norah Jones L.A. Blues Alliance Sleepy LaBeef Live Hank Locklin Los Lonely Boys The Lonelys Lullaby Players Shelby Lynn Dean Martin Jody Miller Vince Mira Micky Modelle Michel Montecrossa Marc Moreland Mess John Morgan Orquestra y Coros Jerry Naylor Leonard Nimoy The Original Nashville Riders Patti Page Dolly Parton Carl Perkins Joaquin Phoenix Elvis Presley Charlie Pride Bill Pursell Telly Savalas Rick Schell Earl Scruggs The Sidekicks The Skulls Snoop Dogg Stars at Studio 99 Jimmy Sturr Brad Suggs Sybersound The Tennessee Riders The Tennessee Three The Tennessee Two Those Poor Bastards Travis Tritt Ernest Tubb The Ventures Jeffrey Venturo The Vernatones Dale Watson Peter Wells David West Johnny Western The Wilburn Brothers Hank Williams, Jr. Kai Winding Y'all et al.

{5}Released on:{*} SINGLE(s): (1)Johnny Cash: A-side: "I Walk the Line" B-side: "Get Rhythm" (a) Sun Records, 10-Inch, Vinyl, 78rpm Single, #241, US-1956. (b) Sun Records, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #241, US-1956. (c) London American Records, 10-Inch, Vinyl, 78rpm Single, #HL-8358, UK-1957. (d) London Records, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #HL-45-8358, UK-1957.

(2)Johnny Cash: A-side: "In Virginia" B-"Wer Kennt Den Weg" ("I Walk the Line") (a) CBS Records, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #2114, Germany-1965.

EP(s): (EP1a)Johnny Cash A1. "I Walk the Line" A2. "The Wreck of the Old '97" B1. "Folsom Prison Blues" B2. "Doin' My Time" (a) Sun Records, 4-Track, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm EP, #EP-113, US-1958. (b) London Records, 4-Track, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm EP, #EZA-7515, Australia-1963.

ALBUM(s): (A)Johnny Cash: [Johnny Cash with His Hot & Blue Guitar] (1) Sun Records, 12-Track, Vinyl, Mono LP, #SLP-1220, US-1957. (2) Sun Records, 12-Track, Vinyl, Mono LP, Alternate Cover, #SU-1220, Canada-1957.{@} (3) Quality Records, 12-Track, Vinyl, Mono LP, #V-1607, UK-1957. (4) Charity Records, 12-Track, Vinyl, Mono LP, #CRM-2013, Europe-1957. (5) Get Back Records, 12-Track, 5-Inch CD, #GET-7503, US-2002. (6) Get Back Records, 12-Track, Vinyl LP, #GET-97503, UK-2004. (7) Get Back Records, 12-Track, Vinyl LP, Picture Disc #GET-7503P, Canada-2004. (8) Varése Sarabande Records, 17-Track, 5-Inch CD, #066369, US-2004. {@} This album is named just [Johnny Cash,] but it has the same track listing as all the others with 12-tracks.

(B)Johnny Cash: [The Essential Johnny Cash] (1) Columbia Records, 36-Track, 5-Inch, 2-CD Set, #86290-2, US-2002.{7} (2) Sony Music Distribution, 36-Track, 5-Inch, 2-CD Set, #2K-86290, Europe-2002. (3) Sony Music Distribution, 36-Track, 2-Cassette Set, #86290-4, Europe-2002. (4) Columbia, 36-Track, 5-Inch, 2-CD Set, #5063459, US-2009. (5) Legacy, 44-Track, 5-Inch, 2-CD Set, Limited Edition, #729089, US-2008.

{*}The album(s) and record(s) listed here may have different versions of the song than the one that was transcribed. Also, this list is not intended to be the complete discography on which this song appears.

{6}You can see the lyrics to "I Walk the Line No. 2" by Ben Colder on mp3lyrics.org at: Ben Colder - I Walk the Line No. 2

{7}Transcribed from the track on this album, (1956 version).