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"The Last Time"
Single by Johnny Cash
from the album Rockabilly Blues
B-side"Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955)"
Released1980 (1980)[1]
GenreCountry, outlaw country, urban cowboy
LabelColumbia 11-11399
Songwriter(s)Kris Kristofferson
Producer(s)Earl Poole Ball[2]
Johnny Cash singles chronology
"Cold Lonesome Morning"
(1980) 		"The Last Time"
(1980) 		"Without Love"
(1981)
Audio
"The Last Time" on YouTube

"The Last Time" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and recorded by Johnny Cash for his 1980 album Rockabilly Blues.

Released in 1980 as a single (Columbia 11-11399, with "Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955)" on the B-side) from that album,[2][3][4] the song reached number 85 on U.S. Billboard's country chart for the week of December 6.[5][6]

"The Last Time" was the first Kris Kristofferson Cash had recorded in six years. The way his voice slips into it, like a body into a comfortable chair, suggests he shouldn't have waited so long. (In fact, a few years prior, the two had discussed recording an album together, where Cash would sing Kristofferson songs, and Kristofferson Cash's, but the album never came to be.)

— C. Eric Banister. Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black[7]

Kristofferson also recorded the song himself, his version appears on the 1981 album To the Bone.

Track listing

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7" single (Columbia 11-11399, 1980)[2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Last Time"K. Kristofferson3:12
2."Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955)"J. R Cash3:18

Charts

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Chart (1980) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8] 85

References

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  1. ^ "The Last Time". Johnny Cash official site. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  2. ^ a b c "Johnny Cash - The Last Time / Rockabilly Blues". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-10-08. JOHNNY CASH THE LAST TIME -K. Kristofferson- Taken From The Columbia Lp: "ROCKABILLY BLUES" JC 36779 Produced by Earl Poole Ball // JOHNNY CASH ROCKABILLY BLUES (TEXAS 1955) -J.R. Cash- Taken From The Columbia Lp: "ROCKABILLY BLUES" JC 36779 Produced by Earl Poole Ball
  3. ^ Lewry, Peter (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. Helter Skelter. ISBN 978-1-900924-22-1.
  4. ^ Smith, John L. (1994). The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. p. 11. ISBN 9780313295065.
  5. ^ "Johnny Cash". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Hot Country Songs Chart (The week of December 6, 1980)". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  7. ^ Banister, C. Eric (2014-08-01). Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 287. ISBN 978-1-61713-609-2.
  8. ^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
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