Song · Wall of Voodoo
“Ring of Fire” by Wall of Voodoo
From the EP Wall of Voodoo (1980)
“Ring of Fire” by Wall of Voodoo appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1988 and 2003. It was first released in 1980 on the EP Wall of Voodoo. Its best result is #138 on the KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,256 alternative song of all time.
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"Ring of Fire" is the country standard written by June Carter and Merle Kilgore and made famous by Johnny Cash, and Wall of Voodoo took it on for their self-titled 1980 EP, carrying a country classic into a very different world.
The band produced their version themselves with Philip Culp, and Jim Hill engineered it. Anita Carter cut the song first, back in 1962, and Cash turned it into one of his biggest hits; Wall of Voodoo's reading gave it a second life on rock radio.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 196 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1994 | 138 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) | 497 |
| 2003 | 1054 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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