The Johnny Cash discography chronicles the output of American singer Johnny Cash. His lengthy career, spanning 1954 to 2003, saw the release of 130 albums and 160 singles on several record labels. Over the years, Cash also collaborated with many of the industry's most notable artists.
Singles
1955–1958: Sun years Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album US Country US AU 1955 "Cry! Cry! Cry!" b/w "Hey, Porter" 14 — — With His Hot and Blue Guitar "So Doggone Lonesome"/ "Folsom Prison Blues" 4 — — — — 1956 "I Walk the Line" / "Get Rhythm" 1 17 43 BPI: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum — — "There You Go"/ "Train of Love" 1 — — Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous 7 — — 1957 "Next in Line"/ "Don't Make Me Go" 9 99 — — — "Home of the Blues"/ "Give My Love to Rose" 3 88 — 13 — — 1958 "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"/ "Big River" 1 14 15 Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous 4 — "Guess Things Happen That Way" / "Come In, Stranger" 1 11 54 6 66 9 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1958–1985: Columbia years Color key
1950s Year Single Peak chart positions Album US Country US AU 1958 "The Ways of a Woman in Love" / "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" 3 24 28 Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous 5 "All Over Again" / "What Do I Care" 4 38 85 Old Golden Throat 7 52 57 Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash "It's Just About Time"/ "I Just Thought You'd Like to Know" 30 47 — Greatest! — 85 89 "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" b/w "I Still Miss Someone" 1 32 3 The Fabulous Johnny Cash 1959 "Luther Played the Boogie"/ "Thanks a Lot" 8 — 43 Greatest! 12 — 81 "Frankie's Man, Johnny" / "You Dreamer You" 9 57 97 The Fabulous Johnny Cash 13 — — Old Golden Throat "Katy Too" b/w "I Forget to Remember to Forget" 11 66 91 Greatest! "I Got Stripes" / "Five Feet High and Rising" 4 43 31 Old Golden Throat 14 76 Songs of Our Soil "Goodby Little Darlin'" b/w "You Tell Me" 22 — — Greatest! "The Little Drummer Boy" 24 63 39 The Christmas Spirit "Straight A's in Love"/ "I Love You Because" 16 84 — Sings Hank Williams 20 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1960s Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album US Country US US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC AU UK 1960 "Smiling Bill McCall"/ "Seasons of My Heart" 13 110 — — — — 77 — Old Golden Throat 10 — — — — — — — Now, There Was a Song! "Second Honeymoon" / "Honky-Tonk Girl" 15 79 — — — — — — More of Old Golden Throat — 92 — — — — — — "Down the Street to 301"/ "The Story of a Broken Heart" — 85 — — — — 84 — Now Here's Johnny Cash — 107 — — — — — "Going to Memphis" b/w "Loading Coal" — — — — — — — — Ride This Train "Mean-Eyed Cat" b/w "Port of Lonely Hearts" 30 — — — — — — — Sings Hank Williams "Girl in Saskatoon" b/w "Locomotive Man" — — — — — — — — More of Old Golden Throat "Oh Lonesome Me" b/w "Life Goes On" 13 93 — — — — — — Now Here's Johnny Cash 1961 "The Rebel – Johnny Yuma" b/w "Forty Shades of Green" 24 108 — — — — — — Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash "Sugartime" b/w "My Treasure" — — — — — — — — Now Here's Johnny Cash "Tennessee Flat Top Box" b/w "Tall Men" 11 84 — — — — 50 — Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash — — — — — — — — 1962 "The Big Battle" b/w "When I've Learned" 24 — — — — — — — Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash — — — — — — — — Hymns from the Heart "Blue Train" b/w "Born to Lose" — — — — — — — — All Aboard the Blue Train with Johnny Cash Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash "In the Jailhouse Now b/w "A Little at a Time" 8 — — — — — — — The Sound of Johnny Cash "Bonanza!" b/w "Pick a Bale o' Cotton" — 94 — — — — — — Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash — — — — — — — — "(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley" b/w "Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)" — — — — — — — — Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash "Busted" (with The Carter Family) 13 — — — — — — — Blood, Sweat and Tears 1963 "Ring of Fire" b/w "I'd Still Be There" 1 17 — — — — 12 — RIAA: Gold BPI: Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash "The Matador" b/w "Still in Town" 2 44 — — — — 39 — Old Golden Throat 1964 "Understand Your Man"/ "Dark as a Dungeon" 1 35 — — — — 50 — I Walk the Line 49 119 — — — — — — Old Golden Throat "Wide Open Road"/ "Belshazzar" — — — — — — — — Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash "The Ballad of Ira Hayes"/ "Bad News" 3 — — 2 — — — — Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian 8 — — 5 — — — — I Walk the Line 1965 "Orange Blossom Special" b/w "All Of God's Children Ain't Free" 3 80 — — — 2 51 — Orange Blossom Special "Mister Garfield"/ "The Streets of Laredo" 15 — — — — — — — Sings the Ballads of the True West — 124 — — — — — — "The Sons of Katie Elder" b/w "A Certain Kind of Hurtin'" 10 119 — — — — — — Old Golden Throat "Happy to Be with You" b/w "Pickin' Time" 9 — — — — — — — Happiness Is You 1966 "The One on the Right Is on the Left" b/w "Cotton Pickin' Hands" 2 46 — — 35 — 68 — Everybody Loves a Nut "Everybody Loves a Nut" b/w "Austin Prison" 17 96 — — 90 — — — "Boa Constrictor" b/w "Bottom of a Mountain" 39 107 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — More of Old Golden Throat "You Beat All I Ever Saw" b/w "Put the Sugar to Bed" 20 — — — — — — — 1967 "Red Velvet" b/w "The Wind Changes" — — — — — — — — Old Golden Throat 60 — — — — — — — "Rosanna's Going Wild" b/w "Roll Call" 2 91 — 1 — — — — International Superstar — — — — — — — — More of Old Golden Throat 1968 "Folsom Prison Blues" (live) 1 32 — 1 17 — 43 — BPI: Gold RMNZ: Platinum At Folsom Prison "Daddy Sang Bass" 1 42 — 1 49 — 88 — The Holy Land 1969 "A Boy Named Sue" (live) 1 2 1 1 3 1 3 4 RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver RMNZ: Gold At San Quentin "Blistered"/ "See Ruby Fall" 4 50 — 1 — — — — Hello, I'm Johnny Cash 75 — — 41 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1970s Year Single Peak chart positionsCertifications Album US Country US US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC AU UK 1970 "What Is Truth" b/w "Sing a Traveling Song" 3 19 4 1 9 — 14 21 "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" (live) b/w "I'm Gonna Try to Be That Way" 1 46 — 1 30 — 24 — The Johnny Cash Show "Flesh and Blood" b/w "This Side of the Law" 1 54 — 1 41 23 94 — I Walk the Line (soundtrack) 1971 "Man in Black" b/w "Little Bit of Yesterday" 3 58 — 2 38 — 43 — Man in Black "Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues" b/w "You've Got a New Light Shining" 18 124 — — — — — — "Papa Was a Good Man" b/w "I Promise You" 16 104 — 17 — — — — A Thing Called Love "A Thing Called Love" b/w "Daddy" 2 103 37 1 — — — 4 1972 "Kate" b/w "Miracle Man" 2 75 — 1 89 — — — "If I Had a Hammer" 29 — — — — — — — Any Old Wind That Blows "Oney" b/w "Country Trash" 2 101 — 1 — — 43 — "Any Old Wind That Blows" b/w "Kentucky Straight" 3 — — 1 — — — — 1973 "Children" b/w "Last Supper" 30 — — 15 — — — — The Gospel Road "Praise the Lord and Pass the Soup"(with The Carter Family and The Oak Ridge Boys) 57 — — 65 — — — — rowspan="2" "Pick the Wildwood Flower" (with Maybelle Carter) 34 — — — — — — — 1974 "Orleans Parish Prison" (live) b/w "Jacob Green" (live) 52 — — — — — — — På Österåker "Ragged Old Flag" 31 — — — — — — — Ragged Old Flag "The Junkie and the Juicehead, Minus Me" — — — 32 — — — — The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me "Father and Daughter (Father and Son)"(with Rosey Nix) — — — — — — — — "The Lady Came from Baltimore" b/w "Lonesome to the Bone" 14 — — 11 — — — — John R. Cash 1975 "My Old Kentucky Home(Turpentine and Dandelion Wine)" 42 — — — — — — — "Look at Them Beans" b/w "All Around Cowboy" 17 — — 17 — — — — Look at Them Beans "Texas 1947" b/w "I Hardly Ever Sing Beer Drinking Songs" 35 — — 29 — — — — 1976 "Strawberry Cake" (live) b/w "I Got Stripes" (live) 54 — — 49 — — — — Strawberry Cake "One Piece at a Time" b/w "Go On Blues" 1 29 6 1 40 1 82 32 One Piece at a Time "Sold Out of Flagpoles" b/w "Mountain Lady" 29 — — 26 — — — — "It's All Over" b/w "Ridin' on the Cotton Belt" 41 — — — — — — — Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 1977 "The Last Gunfighter Ballad" b/w "City Jail" 38 — — 38 — — — — The Last Gunfighter Ballad "Lady" b/w "Lately" 46 — — 34 — — — — The Rambler "After the Ball" b/w "Calilou" 32 — — 42 — — — — 1978 "I Would Like to See You Again" b/w "Lately" 12 — — 23 — — — — I Would Like to See You Again "Gone Girl" b/w "I'm Alright Now" 44 — — 53 — — — — Gone Girl "It'll Be Her" b/w "It Comes and Goes" 89 — — — — — — — "I Will Rock and Roll with You" b/w "A Song for the Life" (with Rosanne Cash) 21 — — 36 — — — — 1979 "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" 2 — — 1 — — — — RMNZ: Gold Silver "I'll Say It's True" b/w "Cocaine Blues" 42 — — 63 — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1980s Year Single Peak chart positions Album US Country CAN Country AU 1980 "Wings in the Morning" — — — A Believer Sings the Truth "Bull Rider" b/w "Lonesome to the Bone" 66 — — Silver "Song of the Patriot" b/w "She's a Go-er" 54 — — Encore "Cold Lonesome Morning" 53 74 — Rockabilly Blues "The Last Time" b/w "Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955)" 85 — — 1981 "Without Love" b/w "It Ain't Nothing New Babe" 78 68 — "The Baron" b/w "I Will Dance with You" 10 6 77 The Baron "Mobile Bay" b/w "The Hard Way" 60 — — 1982 "The Reverend Mr. Black" / "Chattanooga City Limit Sign" 71 — — — — "The General Lee" b/w "Duelin' Dukes" 26 23 — The Dukes of Hazzard (soundtrack) "Georgia on a Fast Train" b/w "Sing a Song" 55 41 — The Adventures of Johnny Cash "Fair Weather Friends" — — — 1983 "We Must Believe in Magic" b/w "I'll Cross over Jordan Someday" 84 — — "I'm Ragged but I'm Right" 75 — — Johnny 99 "Johnny 99" — — — 1984 "That's the Truth" b/w "Joshua Gone Barbados" 84 43 — "The Chicken in Black" b/w "Battle of Nashville" 45 — — rowspan="2" "They Killed Him" — — — 1985 "I'm Leaving Now" — — — Rainbow
In 1986 Johnny Cash released a single on Ezra records 227 entitled "the Man in White" ( side 1, stereo, side 2, mono).
1987–1991: Mercury years 1980s Year Single Peak chart positions Album US Country CAN Country AU 1987 "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" (with Waylon Jennings) b/w "I'd Rather Have You" 43 — — Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town "Sixteen Tons" — — — "Let Him Roll" — — — "W. Lee O'Daniel (and the Light Crust Doughboys)" b/w "Letters from Home" 72 — — 1988 "Get Rhythm" (re-recording) — — — Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series "That Old Wheel" (with Hank Williams Jr.) b/w "Tennessee Flat Top Box" (re-recording) 21 30 — Water from the Wells of Home — — — Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series 1989 "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"(re-recording; with Rosanne Cash and The Everly Brothers) 45 — — Water from the Wells of Home "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1990s Year Single Peak positions Album US Country 1990 "Farmer's Almanac" —A Boom Chicka Boom "Cat's in the Cradle" — "Goin' by the Book" b/w "Beans for Breakfast" 69 The Mystery of Life 1991 "The Mystery of Life" — "Wanted Man" — "—" denotes releases that did not chart A "Farmer's Almanac" did not chart on Hot Country Songs, but peaked at No. 10 on Hot Country Radio Breakouts.
Since 1991: American Recordings years and posthumous releases 1990s Year Single Peak positions Album US Country 1994 "Delia's Gone" — American Recordings "Drive On" — 1996 "Rusty Cage" — American II: Unchained "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s and 2010s Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album US Country US CAN UK 2002 "The Man Comes Around" — — — — RMNZ: Gold American IV: The Man Comes Around 2002 "Personal Jesus" — — — 39 2003 "Hurt" 56 — — 39 RIAA: Gold BPI: 2× Platinum BVMI: Gold FIMI: Gold RMNZ: 3× Platinum 2006 "God's Gonna Cut You Down" — — — 77 BPI: Gold RMNZ: Gold American V: A Hundred Highways 2010 "Ain't No Grave" — 112 95 170 American VI: Ain't No Grave 2014 "She Used to Love Me a Lot" — — — 136 Out Among the Stars "I'm Movin' On" — — — — "Baby, Ride Easy" — — — — "Out Among the Stars" — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Other singles Promotional singles