A Thing Called Love

A Thing Called Love
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 3, 1972
Recorded1972
Length28:37
LabelColumbia
ProducerLarry Butler
Johnny Cash chronology
Sunday Morning Coming Down
(1972)
A Thing Called Love
(1972)
America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song
(1972)
Singles from A Thing Called Love
  1. "Papa Was a Good Man"
    Released: September 9, 1971
  2. "A Thing Called Love"
    Released: December 30, 1971
  3. "Kate"
    Released: April 7, 1972
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A Thing Called Love is the 39th overall album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1972 (see 1972 in music). The title song, written by Jerry Reed, was released successfully as a single (with "Daddy" as the B-side), reaching No. 2 on the country charts; two more singles charted as well, while the album itself also reached No. 2 on the country album charts. "A Thing Called Love" was re-recorded by Cash for Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series (1988), while "Tear Stained Letter" was reprised on American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002). The Canadian pressing of this album has a different version of "Kate" with altered lyrics.