I Got Stripes
| "On a Monday" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Lead Belly | |
| Released | 1939 |
| Genre | Country |
| "I Got Stripes" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Johnny Cash | ||||
| A-side | "I Got Stripes" "Five Feet High and Rising" | |||
| Released | July 1959 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Columbia 4-41427 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Charlie Williams, Johnny Cash[1] | |||
| Johnny Cash singles chronology | ||||
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| Audio | ||||
| "I Got Stripes" on YouTube | ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Billboard[2] | Spotlight winner of the week |
"I Got Stripes" is a song recorded by Johnny Cash.
Cash's version is credited to him and Charlie Williams,[3] but they borrowed from a song by Lead Belly titled "On a Monday".[4]
Lead Belly's original, also known as "Yellow Women's Door Bells" and "Almost Done", was recorded and released by him in 1939[5] and reflected his "prison experiences".[6]
Johnny Cash version[edit]
The song was recorded by Cash on March 12, 1959[7][8] and released as a single in July,[9] with "Five Feet High and Rising" (another song from the same recording session) on the opposite side.[7][8][4][10][11][12][13][excessive citations]
According to Robert Hilburn and his book Johnny Cash: The Life, "I Got Stripes" is a "raucous prison tale" written by Johnny Cash and Charlie Williams, a DJ from Los Angeles and Cash's friend. They borrowed from a song by Lead Belly titled "On a Monday".[4]
Charts[edit]
| Chart (1959) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[14] | 43 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[15] | 4 |
References[edit]
- ^ "I Got Stripes / Five Feet High And Rising". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (6 July 1959). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 27–. ISSN 0006-2510.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Robert K. Oermann (1999). A Century of Country: An Illustrated History of Country Music. TV Books. ISBN 978-1-57500-083-1.
I Got Stripes Five Feet High And Rising.
- ^ a b c Robert Hilburn (31 October 2013). Johnny Cash: The Life. Orion. pp. 136–. ISBN 978-0-297-86658-9.
- ^ "Song: On a Monday written by Leadbelly | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
- ^ Schmid, Will (1990). A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly, Teacher's Guide. R&L Education. ISBN 9780940796850.
- ^ a b Johnny Cash (2004). Johnny Cash, the Songs. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 9781560256298.
- ^ a b Don Cusic (15 July 2011). The Cowboy in Country Music: An Historical Survey with Artist Profiles. McFarland. pp. 148–. ISBN 978-0-7864-6314-5.
- ^ Johnny Cash - I Got Stripes, retrieved 2019-06-15
- ^ 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.
- ^ C. Eric Banister (1 August 2014). Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black. Backbeat Books. pp. 62–. ISBN 978-1-61713-608-5.
- ^ John M. Alexander (16 April 2018). The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash. University of Arkansas Press. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-1-61075-628-0.
- ^ Red Robinson; Peggy Hodgins (1983). Rockbound: Rock'n'roll Encounters. Hancock House. ISBN 978-0-88839-162-9.
- ^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
