Don't Make Me Go Explained

Don't Make Me Go
Type:	single
Artist:	Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two
Album:	Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
A-Side:	"Don't Make Me Go" "Next in Line"
Released:	^[1]
Genre:	Country
Label:	Sun 266

"Don't Make Me Go" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.

The song was recorded by Cash in April 1957 and released as a single on Sun Records (Sun 266) later in the year, with "Next in Line" (another song from the same recording session) on the opposite side.^[2] The single reached #9 on the Billboard C&W Best Sellers in Stores chart.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Composition

It is a melancholy love song, as is the song it was coupled with on the single.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Steve Turner. The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend. 30 October 2005. Thomas Nelson. 978-1-4185-7809-1. 245–.
2. Book: Steve Turner. The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend. 30 October 2005. Thomas Nelson. 978-1-4185-7809-1. 63–.
3. Book: Joel Whitburn. Top Country Singles, 1944 to 2001: Chart Data Compiled from Billboard's Country Singles Charts, 1944-2001. 2002. Record Research. 978-0-89820-151-2.
4. Book: Joel Whitburn. Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard. 2005. Record Research. 978-0-89820-165-9.
5. Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 24 June 1957. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 58–. 0006-2510.
6. Book: Robert Hilburn. Johnny Cash: The Life. 31 October 2013. Orion. 978-0-297-86658-9. 108–.