I Just Thought You'd Like to Know explained

I Just Thought You'd Like to Know
Type:	single
Artist:	Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
A-Side:	"I Just Thought You'd Like to Know" "It's Just About Time"
Genre:	Country
Label:	Sun 309

"I Just Thought You'd Like to Know" is a song originally recorded by Johnny Cash. It was written for him by Charlie Rich.^{[1] [2]}

The song was recorded by Cash in July 1958 during his final sessions for Sun Records. and released as a single (Sun 309, with "It's Just About Time", another song from the same sessions,^[3] on the opposite side)^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} in November.^[8]

Background

"I Just Thought You'd Like to Know" only made it to number 85 on the Billboard Hot 100, with only a one-week stay there, and didn't enter the Billboard country chart, while "It's Just About Time" reached number 30 on the country chart and number 47 on the Hot 100. John M. Alexander (in his book The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash) notes that as a good result (achieved "despite all the attention surrounding" Cash's second Columbia single, "Don't Take Your Guns to Town", the Sun single was released "on the heels of"), while Peter Lowry (in his book I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle) says that "compared to [Cash's] recent singles this could be seen as a flop chartwise."

Notes and References

1. Book: John M. Alexander. The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash. 16 April 2018. University of Arkansas Press. 978-1-61075-628-0. 41–.
2. Book: John L. Smith. Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash. 1 January 1999. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-3629-7.
3. Book: John L. Smith. Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash. 1 January 1999. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-3629-7.
4. 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.
   Book: Joel Whitburn. Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard. 2005. Record Research. 978-0-89820-165-9.
5. Book: Tim Neely. Goldmine Records & Prices. registration. It's Just About Time Just Thought You'd Like to Know Sun 309.. 2004-05-01. Krause Publications. 978-0-87349-781-7.
6. Book: Colin Escott. Colin Escott. Martin Hawkins. Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Recording Label. registration. It's Just About Time I Just Thought You'd Like to Know.. 1980. Quick Fox. 978-0-8256-3161-0.
7. Book: George Albert. The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. 1984-01-01. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-1685-5.
8. Book: Peter Lewry. I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. 2001. Helter Skelter. 978-1-900924-22-1.