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Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues
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| type = single
| artist = Johnny Cash
| album = Man in Black
| A-side =
| B-side = You've Got a New Light Shining
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| genre = Country, talking blues
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| label = Columbia 4-45393
| writer = Johnny Cash
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| producer = Johnny Cash
| prev_title = Man in Black
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| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = Papa Was a Good Man
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"'Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues'" (or "'Singin' in Viet Nam Talkin' Blues'") is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.
Released in May 1971 as the second single (Columbia 4-45393, with "You've Got a New Light Shining" on the opposite side)
from Cash's that year's album 'Man in Black', the song reached #18 on U.S. 'Billboard' country chart
and #124 on 'Billboard's Bubbling Under the Hot 100.
Analysis
Track listing
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| length1 = 2:55
| title2 = You've Got a New Light Shining
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Charts
References
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