Top 10 Johnny Cash Cover Songs

Most of the songs in the Top 10 of this list are from American IV: The Man Comes Around. Not in particular order.

The Top Ten

1 Hurt - Nine Inch Nails

The best Johnny cash song of all time.

We all know this one.

2 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams

I believe that this is even more heartbreaking than the original.

3 In My Life - The Beatles

This got my vote - of course, for the out-of-key singing... Alpha101, your comment is accurate but I didn't expect to see the last several words, LOL ("with him singing out of key"). But it made my day!

While I don't think anything can beat the original, Cash made it much more sad and nastalgic, with his low voice, and with him singing out of key.

4 I Hung My Head - Sting

Another beautiful track by the Man in Black.

5 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

6 Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode

Another raw cover by Cash.

7 Desperado - The Eagles

8 The First Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack

9 Danny Boy - Frederic Weatherly

10 Rusty Cage - Soundgarden

The Contenders

11 We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn

12 Sunday Mornin' Comin Down - Kris Kristofferson

13 Tennessee Flat - Top Box

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