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Strawberry Cake (song)
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Wikipedia article
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| name = Strawberry Cake
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| type = single
| artist = Johnny Cash
| album = Strawberry Cake
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| B-side = "I Got Stripes"
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| genre = Country
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| label = Columbia 3-10279
| writer = J. R. Cash
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| producer = Charlie Bragg
| prev_title = Texas 1947
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| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = One Piece at a Time
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"'Strawberry Cake'" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash for his 1976 live album 'Strawberry Cake'.
Released in a live version as single from the album, the song reached number 54 on U.S. 'Billboard' country chart for the week of March 13, 1976. The B-side contained a live version of "I Got Stripes" from the same album.
Content
It is a story song.
Critical response
In the opinion of Greg Laurie, the author of the book 'Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon', "Cash's late 1970s output'The Last Gunfighter Ballad', 'Look at Them Beans', 'Strawberry Cake', and 'The Rambler'was stale and out of touch."
Track listing
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| headline = 7" single {{nobold|(Columbia 3-10279, 1976)}}
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| writer1 = J. R. Cash
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| length1 = 3:04
| title2 = I Got Stripes
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| writer2 = J. R. Cash, C. Williams
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Charts
References
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