Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues

"Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues"
Single by Johnny Cash
from the album Man in Black
B-side"You've Got a New Light Shining"
Released1971 (1971)
GenreCountry, talking blues, protest song[1]
LabelColumbia 4-45393
Songwriter(s)Johnny Cash[2]
Producer(s)Johnny Cash[2]
Johnny Cash singles chronology
"Man in Black"
(1971) 		"Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues"
(1971) 		"Papa Was a Good Man"
(1971)
Audio
"Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues" on YouTube

"Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues" (or "Singin' in Viet Nam Talkin' Blues") is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.

Released in May 1971[3][4] as the second single (Columbia 4-45393, with "You've Got a New Light Shining" on the opposite side)[5] from Cash's that year's album Man in Black,[6] the song reached #18 on U.S. Billboard's country chart[7] and #124 on Billboard's Bubbling Under the Hot 100.[7]

  1. ^ "10 Protest Songs of Johnny Cash". Protest Music Hall of Fame. January 9, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Singing In Viet Nam Talking Blues / You've Got A New Light Shining was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Peter Lewry (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. Helter Skelter. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-900924-22-1.
    May
    "Singing In Vietnam Talking Blues"/ "You've Got A New Light Shining" (Columbia 4-45393) is released and will hit #18 in July.
  4. ^ The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1994. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0-313-29506-5.
  5. ^ Standard Catalog of American Records, 1950-1975. Krause Publications. 2000. ISBN 978-0-87341-934-5.
    Tim Neely (1 August 2002). Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975. Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87349-471-7.
    Tim Neely (31 August 2006). Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975. Krause Publications. ISBN 9780896893078.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Banister2014 (page 179) was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b Joel Whitburn (2002). Top Country Singles, 1944 to 2001: Chart Data Compiled from Billboard's Country Singles Charts, 1944-2001. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-151-2.
    Joel Whitburn (2005). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-165-9.
    "Singing In Viet Nam Talking Blues Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-05-23.