| "Walking the Floor Over You" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Ernest Tubb | |
| B-side | "I'm Missing You" |
| Released | May 28, 1941 |
| Recorded | April 26, 1941[1] |
| Studio | Fort Worth, Texas[1] |
| Genre | Honky-tonk |
| Length | 2:37 |
| Label | Decca 5958[1] |
| Songwriter(s) | Ernest Tubb |
| "Walking the Floor Over You" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Pat Boone | ||||
| from the album Pat Boone's Golden Hits Featuring Speedy Gonzales | ||||
| A-side | "Spring Rain" | |||
| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | 1960 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:20 | |||
| Label | Dot | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ernest Tubb | |||
| Pat Boone singles chronology | ||||
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"Walking the Floor Over You" is a country music song written by Ernest Tubb, recorded on April 26, 1941 in Fort Worth, Texas,[1] and released in the United States that year.[2]
The original version included only Tubb's vocals and acoustic guitar accompanied by "Smitty" Smith on electric guitar. Tubb later re-recorded the song with his band, the Texas Troubadours.[2]
The original single became a hit, reaching the number-23 spot[3] in the charts in 1941 but eventually the song sold over a million copies. Critic David Vinopal called "Walking the Floor Over You" the first honky tonk song that launched the musical genre itself.[4] Tubb's version is heard on the soundtrack of the 1980 film Coal Miner's Daughter.[5]
In 1998, the 1941 recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[6]
In 2022, the single was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[7]