Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

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"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"
Single by Johnny Cash
from the album The Johnny Cash Show
B-side "I'm Gonna Try to Be That Way"
Released May 1970
Genre Country
Length 4:04
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Kris Kristofferson
Producer Bob Johnston
Johnny Cash singles chronology
"What Is Truth"
(1970)
"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"
(1970)
"Flesh and Blood"
(1970)

"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and first recorded by Ray Stevens in 1969; it became Stevens' first country chart hit, reaching #55 on the country charts and #81 on the pop Top 100 in 1969. Kristofferson released his own version the following year, on his debut album, Kristofferson.[1] Johnny Cash also released a version of the song that year, on his live album The Johnny Cash Show. Cash's recording won the Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year in 1970 and hit number one on the country charts.[2] In 1974, Cash performed the song during an episode of Columbo (titled "Swan Song"). Most recently it was featured on Willie Nelson's 2011 album, Remember Me, Vol. 1.

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[edit] Chart performance

[edit] Ray Stevens

Chart (1969) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 55
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 81
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 46
Canadian RPM Top Singles 59

[edit] Johnny Cash

Chart (1970) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 46
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 30

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Kristofferson-Exp-Kris/dp/B000058T62
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 75. 
Preceded by
"There Must Be More to Love Than This"
by Jerry Lee Lewis
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single
(Johnny Cash version)

October 10-October 17, 1970
Succeeded by
"Run Woman Run"
by Tammy Wynette
Preceded by
"All for the Love of Sunshine"
by Hank Williams, Jr.
RPM Country Tracks number-one single
(Johnny Cash version)

October 17, 1970
Succeeded by
"There Must Be More to Love Than This"
by Jerry Lee Lewis


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