Five Feet High and Rising (song)
| "Five Feet High and Rising" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Johnny Cash | |
| from the album Songs of Our Soil | |
| A-side | "Five Feet High and Rising" "I Got Stripes" |
| Released | July 1959 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 1:46 |
| Label | Columbia 4-41427 |
| Songwriter(s) | Johnny Cash[1] |
| Producer(s) | Don Law |
| Audio | |
| "Five Feet High and Rising" on YouTube | |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Billboard[2] | Spotlight winner of the week |
"Five Feet High and Rising" is a song written[3] and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.
The song was recorded by Cash on March 12, 1959[4][5] for his third Columbia album[6] and released as a single on July 6, 1959,[7] with "I Got Stripes" (another song from the same recording session) on the opposite side.[4][5][6][8][9][10][11]
Content
[edit]The song is a first person account of the 1937 flood that Cash, then aged four years and 11 months, endured with his family. They had to leave their home and flee.[5][6][9][10]
Legacy
[edit]The song provided the inspiration for the name of De La Soul's debut album "Three Feet High and Rising" and is sampled in the song "The Magic Number."[12]
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1959) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[13] | 76 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[14] | 14 |
References
[edit]- ^ "I Got Stripes / Five Feet High And Rising". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 6 July 1959. pp. 27–. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ Robert K. Oermann (1999). A Century of Country: An Illustrated History of Country Music. TV Books. ISBN 978-1-57500-083-1.
I Got Stripes Five Feet High And Rising.
- ^ a b Johnny Cash (2004). Johnny Cash, the Songs. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 9781560256298.
- ^ a b c Don Cusic (15 July 2011). The Cowboy in Country Music: An Historical Survey with Artist Profiles. McFarland. pp. 148–. ISBN 978-0-7864-6314-5.
- ^ a b c Robert Hilburn (31 October 2013). Johnny Cash: The Life. Orion. pp. 136–. ISBN 978-0-297-86658-9.
- ^ Johnny Cash - I Got Stripes, retrieved 2019-06-15
- ^ Steve Turner (30 October 2005). The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend. Thomas Nelson. pp. 245–. ISBN 978-1-4185-7809-1.
- ^ a b C. Eric Banister (1 August 2014). Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black. Backbeat Books. pp. 62–. ISBN 978-1-61713-608-5.
- ^ a b John M. Alexander (16 April 2018). The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash. University of Arkansas Press. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-1-61075-628-0.
- ^ Red Robinson; Peggy Hodgins (1983). Rockbound: Rock'n'roll Encounters. Hancock House. ISBN 978-0-88839-162-9.
- ^ Simpson, Dave (29 April 2014). "How we made 3 Feet High and Rising". The Guardian.
- ^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
