Georgia on a Fast Train

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"I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train"
Single by Billy Joe Shaver
from the album Old Five and Dimers Like Me
Released1973 (1973)
Genre Country, country rock, outlaw country
Songwriter(s) Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Joe Shaver singles chronology
""Chicken on the Ground"
(1970)
"I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train"
(1973)
"Black Rose"
(1973)
Audio
"I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train" on YouTube

"Georgia on a Fast Train" (originally titled "I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train") is a song by Billy Joe Shaver from his debut 1973 album Old Five and Dimers Like Me . [1] [2] [3]

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Released as a single that year, [4] it topped at number 88 on U.S. Billboard 's country chart.

In 1994, Shaver released this song as a single again, that time under the shortened title "Georgia on a Fast Train". The new version did not chart.

Charts

Chart (1973)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 88

Johnny Cash version

"Georgia on a Fast Train"
Single by Johnny Cash
from the album The Adventures of Johnny Cash
B-side "Sing a Song"
ReleasedJuly 1982 (1982-07) [6] or August 1982 (1982-08) [7]
Genre Country, country rock, outlaw country, rockabilly
Length2:36
Label Columbia 18-03058
Songwriter(s) Billy Joe Shaver
Producer(s) Jack Clement [8]
Johnny Cash singles chronology
"The General Lee"
(1982)
"Georgia on a Fast Train"
(1982)
"Fair Weather Friends"
(1982)
Audio
"Georgia on a Fast Train" on YouTube

Johhny Cash covered the song on his Jack Clement–produced 1982 album The Adventures of Johnny Cash . [1] [9] Released as the first of three singles from it, his version reached number 55 on U.S. Billboard 's country chart for the week of September 4, 1982. [10] [11] [12]

Track listing

7" single (Columbia 18-03058, 1982) [13] [7] [8]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Georgia on a Fast Train" B. J. Shaver 2:36
2."Sing a Song" T. Cisco 2:55

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [14] 55

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