| Why I'm Walkin' | |
| Cover: | Why I'm Walkin'.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Stonewall Jackson |
| Album: | The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson |
| B-Side: | Life of a Poor Boy |
| Released: | February 22, 1960 |
| Recorded: | 1959 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 1:50 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Prev Title: | Mary Don't You Weep |
| Prev Year: | 1960 |
| Next Title: | Life of a Poor Boy |
| Next Year: | 1960 |
"Why I'm Walkin'" is a song written and performed by Stonewall Jackson and released on the Columbia label (catalog no. 4–41591). It debuted on the Billboard country and western chart in April 1960, peaked at the No. 6 spot, and remained on the chart for a total of 17 weeks.[1]
The song became a country music standard and was recorded by numerous artists, including Ernest Tubb (1960), Wanda Jackson (1961), Skeeter Davis (1962), George Hamilton IV (1963), Loretta Lynn (1963), Carl Smith (1968), Johnny Paycheck, Ricky Skaggs (1988), Heather Myles] (1992), The Gordons (2005), and Buddy Miller (2011).