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

| format =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| 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
position

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{{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