Gone Girl (Johnny Cash song)

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"Gone Girl"
Single by Johnny Cash
from the album Gone Girl
A-side "Gone Girl"
"I'm Alright Now"
ReleasedSeptember 1978 (1978-09)
Genre country
Label Columbia 3-10817
Songwriter(s) Jack Clement [1]
Producer(s) Larry Butler [1]
Johnny Cash singles chronology
"There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" / "I Wish I Was Crazy Again"
(1978)		"Gone Girl"
(1978)		"It'll Be Her"
(1978)
Audio
"Gone Girl" on YouTube

"Gone Girl" is a song written by Jack Clement [2] and originally recorded by Johnny Cash, giving its title to Cash's album Gone Girl that appeared in December 1978.

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Cash recorded this song with producer Larry Butler on May 4, 1978, later returning to work on it on August 1. [2] "'Gone Girl' was certainly worth the extra time, with a smooth melody that gives Cash the room to glide into the low notes, and a rhythm that is infectious," writes C. Eric Banister in his book Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black. [2]

Released by Cash as a single (Columbia 3-10817, with "I'm Alright Now" on the opposite side) [3] in September, [4] the song only reached number 44 on U.S. Billboard 's country chart. [5]

When the first single from Gone Girl was released, Waylon Jennings was just coming down from the #1 spot, where he'd recently been camped out with "I've Always Been Crazy." Instead of putting out a second Cash/Jennings duet [after "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" that had peaked at country number 2 in August], [6] Columbia — no doubt prodded by Cash — released "Gone Girl," a great song that peaked at #44, held on to #71 the following week, and then dropped out of sight.

— C. Eric Banister. Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black [2]

Track listing

7" single (Columbia 3-10817, [1] 1978)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gone Girl" J. Clement 3:04
2."I'm Alright Now"J. Hensley2:40

Charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 44

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Johnny Cash - Gone Girl | Releases". Discogs . 1978. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  2. 1 2 3 4 C. Eric Banister (1 August 2014). Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black. Backbeat Books. pp. 221–223. ISBN   978-1-61713-608-5.
    C. Eric Banister (1 August 2014). Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black. Backbeat Books. pp. 223–. ISBN   978-1-61713-608-5.
  3. ↑ Standard Catalog of American Records, 1950-1975. Krause Publications. 2000. ISBN   978-0-87341-934-5.
    Tim Neely (1 August 2002). Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975. Krause Publications. ISBN   978-0-87349-471-7.
    Tim Neely (31 August 2006). Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975. Krause Publications. ISBN   9780896893078.
  4. ↑ The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1994. p. 11. ISBN   978-0-313-29506-5.
  5. ↑ 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.
    "Gone Girl Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard . Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  6. ↑ "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard . Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  7. ↑ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
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