"Smokin' Johnny Cash" is a single by The Blackeyed Susans, released in May 1997. It was the first single lifted from the band's album, Spin the Bottle.
The song reached #86 on Triple J's Hottest 100 in 1997 and was featured in the Australian television drama series The Secret Life of Us (Episode 3 Second Series).
The video for the song was also aired on the national Australian music video program, rage, in July 2002.
Track listing
Smokin' Johnny Cash (Kakulas/Snarski/Dawson) – 3:40
You Rule Me (Snarski/Kakulas) – 4:15
Out of Our Skins (Kakulas/Jennings) – 2:50
Take Me Down (Kakulas/Snarski) – 5:18
Personnel
Track 1-2
Rob Snarski – vocals, guitars, whistling
Phil Kakulas – bass, omnichord
Kiernan Box – piano, organ, harmonium, string arrangement
Dan Luscombe – guitars, optigan, vocals
Mark Dawson – drums, percussion
Jen Anderson – violin
Suzanne Simpson -violin
Deirdre Dowling – viola
Helen Mountfort – cello
Matthew Habben – saxophone
Ken Gardner – trumpet
Adam Hutterer – trombone
Mark C Halstead – backing vocals
Graham Lee – backing vocals
Lisa Miller – backing vocals
Jodie Meehan – backing vocals
Kelly Nash – backing vocals
Track 3
Phil Kakulas
Gary Jennings
Track 4
Phil Kakulas
Rob Snarski
Graham Lee
Mark C Halstead
Other credits
Produced by Victor van Vugt and Phil Kakulas. Recorded by and mixed by Victor Van Vugt. Produced by Victor van Vugt and Phil Kakulas. Recorded by and mixed by Victor Van Vugt. Recorded by Phil Kakulas in a bedroom in Nedlands, Perth, long ago. Played by P.K. and Gary Jennings. Recorded by Phil Kakulas on an 8-track in a spare room in Abbotsford, Melbourne 1992. Mixed by PK & Julian Wu.