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“I've Been Everywhere” by Johnny Cash
Released 1996
“I've Been Everywhere” by Johnny Cash appears on 8 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2010 and 2024. It was first released in 1996. Its best result is #27 on the WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,422 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Johnny Cash cut his version of "I've Been Everywhere" in 1996, and it's a song made for that voice: a novelty number that is almost nothing but a breathless roll call of place names, rattled off like a lifetime of tour itineraries. It was written back in 1959 by the Australian country singer Geoff Mack, whose original lyric strung together the towns of his own country.
Rick Rubin produced Cash's take, with Sylvia Massy engineering and mixing, Steve Ferrone on drums and percussion, and Marty Stuart chipping in acoustic guitar, electric guitar and bass. Cash, for his part, rides the list like a freight train that has somewhere to be.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 27 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2022 | 345 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2023 | 587 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 669 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2023 | 485 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2023 | 100 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
| 2024 | 795 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 494 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
Also listed as: Ive Been Everywhere.
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