![]() (Spoken) "Yeah but listen here, mate, have you been to." I've been to Moree, Taree, Jerilderie, Bambaroo, Toowoomba, Gunnedah, Caringbah, Woolloomooloo, Dalveen, Tamborine, Engadine, Jindabyne, Lithgow, Casino, Brigalow and Narromine, Megalong, Wyong, Tuggerawong, Wanganella, Morella, Augathella, Brindabella, I'm the feller. Been to: Tullamore, Seymour, Lismore, Mooloolaba, Nambour, Maroochydore, Kilmore, Murwillumbah, Birdsville, Emmaville, Wallaville, Cunnamulla, Condamine, Strathpine, Proserpine, Ulladulla, Darwin, Gin Gin, Deniliquin, Muckadilla, Wallumbilla, Boggabilla, Kumbarilla, I'm a killer. 'Cross the deserts bare, man I've breathed the mountain air, man. He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand, I said "Listen, mate, I've travelled ev'ry road in this here land." Cos "I've been everywhere, man, I've been everywhere, man. (Spoken) "If you're goin' to Oodnadatta, mate, um, with me you can ride." So I climbed in the cabin and I settled down inside. Well, I was humpin' my bluey on the dusty Oodnadatta road, When along came a semi with a high and canvas-covered load. ![]() You can even track the Man in Black on his intercontinental odyssey – and study the song’s lyrics – with this Johnny Cash Has Been Everywhere map that should probably come with a warning about potential car-sickness.I've been everywhere. With Cash’s version, “I’ve Been Everywhere” covered approximately 112,515 miles or 181,075 kilometers, from Reno to Dodge City and points in between. In 1996, Johnny Cash, accompanied by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, closed out his Unchained LP, the second in his American Recordings series produced by Rick Rubin, with a raucous version that took on an extended life through its use in several TV commercials. ![]() More recently, in his live shows, Houston-area native Hayes Carll has even paid tribute to his hometown – and his varied pharmaceutical experience – with a version of the song called “ I’ve Done Every Drug.” Country versions that followed Snow’s included one by Lynn Anderson that reached the Top 20 in 1970, and a steel-driven 1973 recording by Asleep at the Wheel. Not surprisingly, “I’ve Been Everywhere” has been remade and revised numerous times, with versions specific to New Zealand, Great Britain and Ireland, Finland, Germany and more. ‘Andor’ Star Diego Luna on ‘Bold’ Season Two and Why He’s Done With Cassian Opening with the line, “I was humpin’ my bluey,” which is basically Australian slang for carrying a sleeping bag, the tune first became a hit for another Australian pop-rock artist, Lucky Starr, in 1962. “I’ve Been Everywhere” was written and first performed by Australian entertainer Geoff Mack in 1959, and dotted with some 90 places on the Aussie map in its rapid-fire lyrics. ![]() ![]() But thanks to Snow and, later, Johnny Cash, it has become an American classic. Produced by Chet Atkins and recorded by Snow on this day, June 27th, 1962, at RCA’s historic Studio B, “I’ve Been Everywhere” actually began its global journey on an entirely different continent. But in 1962 the “Singing Ranger,” Canadian-born Opry star Hank Snow, notched a Number One hit that traveled thousands of miles in under three minutes. In 1945 alone, Oklahoma, Sioux City and Iwo Jima were all name-checked. Since Billboard magazine started keeping track of such things in 1944, there have been dozens of Number One country songs with geographical locations in their titles. ![]()
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