I Got Stripes

"I Got Stripes"
"I Got Stripes"
Single by Johnny Cash
A-side	"I Got Stripes"; "Five Feet High and Rising"
Released	July 1959
Genre	Country
Length	2:04
Label	Columbia 4-41427
Songwriter(s)	Charlie Williams, Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash singles chronology
Audio
	"I Got Stripes" on YouTube

"On a Monday"
"On a Monday"
Single by Lead Belly
Released	1939
Genre	Country

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Billboard^[2]	Spotlight winner of the week

"I Got Stripes" is a song recorded by Johnny Cash.

Cash's version is credited to him and Charlie Williams,^[3] but they borrowed from a song by Lead Belly titled "On a Monday".^[4]

Lead Belly's original, also known as "Yellow Women's Door Bells" and "Almost Done", was recorded and released by him in 1939^[5] and reflected his "prison experiences".^[6]

Johnny Cash version

The song was recorded by Cash on March 12, 1959^[7]^[8] and released as a single in July,^[9] with "Five Feet High and Rising" (another song from the same recording session) on the opposite side.^[7]^[8]^[4]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^{[excessive citations]}

According to Robert Hilburn and his book Johnny Cash: The Life, "I Got Stripes" is a "raucous prison tale" written by Johnny Cash and Charlie Williams, a DJ from Los Angeles and Cash's friend. They borrowed from a song by Lead Belly titled "On a Monday".^[4]

Charts

Chart (1959)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[14]	43
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[15]	4

References

^ "I Got Stripes / Five Feet High And Rising". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 6 July 1959. pp. 27–. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ Robert K. Oermann (1999). A Century of Country: An Illustrated History of Country Music. TV Books. ISBN 978-1-57500-083-1. I Got Stripes Five Feet High And Rising.
^ ^a ^b ^c Robert Hilburn (31 October 2013). Johnny Cash: The Life. Orion. pp. 136–. ISBN 978-0-297-86658-9.
^ "Song: On a Monday written by Leadbelly | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
^ Schmid, Will (1990). A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly, Teacher's Guide. R&L Education. ISBN 9780940796850.
^ ^a ^b Johnny Cash (2004). Johnny Cash, the Songs. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 9781560256298.
^ ^a ^b Don Cusic (15 July 2011). The Cowboy in Country Music: An Historical Survey with Artist Profiles. McFarland. pp. 148–. ISBN 978-0-7864-6314-5.
^ Johnny Cash - I Got Stripes, retrieved 2019-06-15
^ Steve Turner (30 October 2005). The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend. Thomas Nelson. pp. 245–. ISBN 978-1-4185-7809-1.
^ C. Eric Banister (1 August 2014). Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black. Backbeat Books. pp. 62–. ISBN 978-1-61713-608-5.
^ John M. Alexander (16 April 2018). The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash. University of Arkansas Press. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-1-61075-628-0.
^ Red Robinson; Peggy Hodgins (1983). Rockbound: Rock'n'roll Encounters. Hancock House. ISBN 978-0-88839-162-9.
^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

[1] "I Got Stripes / Five Feet High And Rising". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

[Billboard_6_July_1959-2] Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 6 July 1959. pp. 27–. ISSN 0006-2510.

[Oermann1999-3] Robert K. Oermann (1999). A Century of Country: An Illustrated History of Country Music. TV Books. ISBN 978-1-57500-083-1. I Got Stripes Five Feet High And Rising.

[Hilburn2013-4] Robert Hilburn (31 October 2013). Johnny Cash: The Life. Orion. pp. 136–. ISBN 978-0-297-86658-9.

[5] "Song: On a Monday written by Leadbelly | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.

[6] Schmid, Will (1990). A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly, Teacher's Guide. R&L Education. ISBN 9780940796850.

[Cash2004-7] Johnny Cash (2004). Johnny Cash, the Songs. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 9781560256298.

[Cusic2011-8] Don Cusic (15 July 2011). The Cowboy in Country Music: An Historical Survey with Artist Profiles. McFarland. pp. 148–. ISBN 978-0-7864-6314-5.

[9] Johnny Cash - I Got Stripes, retrieved 2019-06-15

[Turner2005-10] Steve Turner (30 October 2005). The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend. Thomas Nelson. pp. 245–. ISBN 978-1-4185-7809-1.

[Banister2014-11] C. Eric Banister (1 August 2014). Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black. Backbeat Books. pp. 62–. ISBN 978-1-61713-608-5.

[Alexander2018-12] John M. Alexander (16 April 2018). The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash. University of Arkansas Press. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-1-61075-628-0.

[RobinsonHodgins1983-13] Red Robinson; Peggy Hodgins (1983). Rockbound: Rock'n'roll Encounters. Hancock House. ISBN 978-0-88839-162-9.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Johnny_Cash-14] "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Johnny_Cash-15] "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

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