Rawhide (song)

"Rawhide" is a Western song written by Ned Washington (lyrics) and composed by Dimitri Tiomkin in 1958. It was originally recorded by Frankie Laine. The song was used as the theme to Rawhide, the western television series that ran on CBS from 1959 to 1966.

The song is about the job of drover on a cattle drive.

Notable Covers

• Frankie Laine (performed again with Jimmy Carroll and his orchestra)
• Liza Minnelli
• Link Wray
• Riders in the Sky
• Dead Kennedys
• The Blues Brothers
• 101 Strings Orchestra
• Greenbriar Boys
• Sublime
• The Jackson 5
• The Meteors
• The Men They Couldn't Hang
• Dezperadoz (The legend and the truth album, 2006)
• Litfiba (Pirata album, 1989)
• Oingo Boingo
• Jan Rot translated the song in Dutch as "Yippieyayee" for the album An + Jan gaan landelijk, 2008
• Johnny Western

See also

• Rawhide (TV series)