"Five Feet High and Rising" | |
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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 | Country |
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 | |
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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]
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]
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]
Chart (1959) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [13] | 76 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard) [14] | 14 |
I Got Stripes Five Feet High And Rising.