It's All Over (Johnny Cash song)

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"It's All Over"
Single by Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three
from the album Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
B-side "Ridin' on the Cotton Belt"
ReleasedSeptember 1976 (1976-09) [1]
Genre Country
Label Columbia 3-10424
Songwriter(s) J. R. Cash
Producer(s) Johnny Cash, Charlie Bragg [2]
Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three singles chronology
"Sold Out of Flagpoles"
(1976)
"It's All Over"
(1976)
"The Last Gunfighter Ballad"
(1977)
Audio
"It's All Over" on YouTube

"It's All Over" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.

Contents

Released in September 1976 as a single (Columbia 3-10424, with "Ridin' on the Cotton Belt" on the B-side), [2] [3] [4] the song reached number 41 on U.S. Billboard 's country chart for the week of November 27. [5] [6]

Later the song was included on the Cash album Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 (1978).

Track listing

7" single (Columbia 3-10424, 1976) [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's All Over" J. R. Cash 1:55
2."Ridin' on the Cotton Belt"J. R. Cash2:52

Charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 41

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References

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