"Rosanna's Going Wild" is a song written by June, Helen, and Anita Carter for Johnny Cash.
Cash released it as a single (Columbia 4-44373, with "Roll Call" on the opposite side) in November 1967. The song made it to number 2 on U.S. Billboards country chart and to number 91 on the Hot 100.
Years later the song was included on Johnny Cash's album International Superstar (1972).
Analysis It was a cover of a song by The Carter Sisters. C. Eric Banister describes it in his Johnny Cash FAQ as a story of "a young woman who is out to experience life to the fullest." The flip side, "Roll Call", was about "an army platoon losing their final battle, culminating in the attendant roll call in the beyond."
Cash's four previous singles had only "flickered briefly on the country charts", and the success was completely unexpected:
Track listing
Charts Chart (1967–1968)PeakpositionCanadian RPM Country Tracks1
References
External links "Rosanna's Going Wild" on the Johnny Cash official website