Flesh and Blood (song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Flesh and Blood
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Johnny Cash
| album = I Walk the Line (soundtrack album)
| B-side = This Side of the Law
| released = October 1970
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| recorded =
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| genre = Country
| length = 2:39
| label = Columbia
| writer = Johnny Cash
| producer = Bob Johnston
| prev_title = Sunday Morning Coming Down
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = Big River
| next_year = 1971
}}
"Flesh and Blood" is a 1970 single written and recorded by Johnny Cash and was featured in the film, I Walk the Line starring Gregory Peck (see: soundtrack album I Walk the Line). The song went to #1 on the U.S. country singles chart for one week, spending a total of 13 weeks on the chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=75}}
Content
The song describes a man observing and interacting with nature, but noting that it is no substitute for a human partner: "flesh and blood needs flesh and blood."
Chart performance
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!align="left"|Chart (1970–1971) !align="center"|Peak |
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Johnny Cash}} |
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|54|artist=Johnny Cash}} |
align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks
|align="center"|1 |
align="left"|Canadian RPM Top Singles
|align="center"|41 |
align="left"|Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks
|align="center"|23 |
References
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Category:Songs written for films
Category:Songs written by Johnny Cash
Category:Song recordings produced by Bob Johnston
Category:Columbia Records singles
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