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Goin' by the Book
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Wikipedia article
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| type = single
| artist = Johnny Cash
| album = The Mystery of Life
| A-side =
| B-side = "Beans for Breakfast"
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| genre = Country
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| label = Mercury 878 292-7
| writer = Chester Lester
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| producer = Jack Clement
| prev_title = Cat's in the Cradle
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| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = The Mystery of Life
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| next_year = 1991
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"'Goin' by the Book'" is a song written by Chester Lester and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.
Released in the second half of 1990 as a single (Mercury 878 292-7, with "Beans for Breakfast" on the B-side), the song reached number 69 on U.S. 'Billboard' country chart for the week of October 13.[https://www.billboard.com/artist/johnny-cash/chart-history/csi/ Johnny Cash | Billboard]
The song is part of Cash's Jack Clementproduced album 'The Mystery of Life' that appeared in 1991.
Background
Track listing
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| length1 = 3:19
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Charts
References
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