You Beat All I Ever Saw
| "You Beat All I Ever Saw" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Johnny Cash | |
| from the album More of Old Golden Throat | |
| A-side | "You Beat All I Ever Saw" "Put the Sugar to Bed" |
| Released | November 1966 |
| Genre | country |
| Label | Columbia 4-43921 |
| Songwriter(s) | Johnny Cash |
| Producer(s) | Don Law and Frank Jones[1] |
| Audio | |
| "You Beat All I Ever Saw" on YouTube | |
"You Beat All I Ever Saw" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.
Released in November 1966[2] as a single (Columbia 4-43921, with "Put the Sugar to Bed" on the opposite side),[3][4][2] it debuted on the U.S. Billboard country chart at number 66 on the week of December 24,[5] eventually reaching number 20.[6] On the Cash Box country chart, the song peaked at number 28 [7]
Later the song was included on the U.K. compilation album More of Old Golden Throat (1969).
Background and analysis[edit]
On the way back to that fire, Cash recorded two songs for single release on November 1, 1966. The A-side was a Cash-penned tune called "You Beat All I Ever Saw," another run at using bold trumpets. The flip side was a cowrite with Mother Maybelle Carter, "Put the Sugar to Bed." The most notable thing about both cuts is the extremely fuzzedout guitar that bubbles in the background of the former and then takes center stage on the latter.
Columbia placed a half-page ad in Billboard to declare the single to be "Hard Cash. Country and Western and man of the world. A modern troubadour who doesn't mince words. When John cuts a single, it's an event. And everyone shares the experience." n the event, "You Beat All I Ever Saw" only made it to #20 before beginning to drop and make room for the next single, a duet with June Carter that would return Cash to the top of the charts.
— C. Eric Banister. Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black[8]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You Beat All I Ever Saw" | J. Cash | 3:11 |
| 2. | "Put the Sugar to Bed" | J. Cash, M. Carter | 1:58 |
Charts[edit]
| Chart (1966–1967) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] | 20 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Johnny Cash - You Beat All I Ever Saw". Discogs. 1966. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ a b The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1994. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-313-29506-5.
- ^ Steve Turner (1 November 2005). The man called Cash: the life, love, and faith of an American legend. Thomas Nelson Inc. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-8499-0815-6.
- ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (23 May 1970). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 1–. ISSN 0006-2510.
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Standard Catalog of American Records, 1950-1975. Krause Publications. 2000. ISBN 978-0-87341-934-5.
Tim Neely (31 August 2006). Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975. Krause Publications. ISBN 9780896893078. - ^ Peter Lewry (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. Helter Skelter. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-900924-22-1.
24 December
"You Beat All I Ever Saw" makes its chart debut at #66. It will manage to reach the top twenty early in 1967. - ^ 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.
Joel Whitburn (2005). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-165-9. - ^ George Albert (1984-01-01). The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1685-5.
- ^ C. Eric Banister (1 August 2014). Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black. Backbeat. pp. 138–. ISBN 978-1-61713-609-2.
C. Eric Banister (1 August 2014). Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black. Backbeat Books. pp. 123–. ISBN 978-1-61713-608-5. - ^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
External links[edit]
- "You Beat All I Ever Saw" on the Johnny Cash official website
