"Smokin' Johnny Cash" is a single by The Blackeyed Susans, released in May 1997. It was the first single lifted from the band's album, Spin the Bottle.
The song reached #86 on Triple J's Hottest 100 in 1997 and was featured in the Australian television drama series The Secret Life of Us (Episode 3 Second Series).Secret Life Of Us - songlist
The video for the song was also aired on the national Australian music video program, rage, in July 2002.rage playlist (2002)
Track listing Smokin' Johnny Cash (Kakulas/Snarski/Dawson) – 3:40 You Rule Me (Snarski/Kakulas) – 4:15 Out of Our Skins (Kakulas/Jennings) – 2:50 Take Me Down (Kakulas/Snarski) – 5:18
Personnel Track 1-2 Rob Snarski – vocals, guitars, whistling Phil Kakulas – bass, omnichord Kiernan Box – piano, organ, harmonium, string arrangement Dan Luscombe – guitars, optigan, vocals Mark Dawson – drums, percussion Jen Anderson – violin Suzanne Simpson -violin Deirdre Dowling – viola Helen Mountfort – cello Matthew Habben – saxophone Ken Gardner – trumpet Adam Hutterer – trombone Mark C Halstead – backing vocals Graham Lee – backing vocals Lisa Miller – backing vocals Jodie Meehan – backing vocals Kelly Nash – backing vocals
Track 3 Phil Kakulas Gary Jennings
Track 4 Phil Kakulas Rob Snarski Graham Lee Mark C Halstead
Other credits Produced by Victor van Vugt and Phil Kakulas. Recorded by and mixed by Victor Van Vugt. Produced by Victor van Vugt and Phil Kakulas. Recorded by and mixed by Victor Van Vugt. Recorded by Phil Kakulas in a bedroom in Nedlands, Perth, long ago. Played by P.K. and Gary Jennings. Recorded by Phil Kakulas on an 8-track in a spare room in Abbotsford, Melbourne 1992. Mixed by PK & Julian Wu.
Charts Chart (1997)PeakpositionAustralia (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.145
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