"Rawhide" is a Western song written by Ned Washington (lyrics) and composed by Dimitri Tiomkin in 1958. It was originally recorded by Frankie Laine. The song was used as the theme to Rawhide, the western television series that ran on CBS from 1959 to 1966. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.
The song is about the job of a drover on a cattle drive.
Notable covers
- Frankie Laine (performed again with Jimmy Carroll and his orchestra). This version was used in 2013 in an advertisement for Google Chrome.
- Liza Minnelli
- Link Wray
- Big John Bates
- Riders in the Sky
- The Ventures
- Dead Kennedys
- The Blues Brothers (on the soundtrack to their eponymous film)
- 101 Strings Orchestra
- Greenbriar Boys
- Sublime
- The Jackson 5
- The Meteors
- The Men They Couldn't Hang
- Dezperadoz (The legend and the truth album, 2006)
- Litfiba (Pirata live album, 1989)
- Oingo Boingo
- Jan Rot translated the song in Dutch as "Yippieyayee" for the album An + Jan gaan landelijk, 2008
- Johnny Western
- Happy Feet Two
- Johnny Cash
- The New Zealand Railways Department used a cover of the song in a 1978 television advertisement for its freight services.
- Nassim (full name Nassim Ait-Kaci) recorded an instrumental version for the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.
- Ensiferum
See also
- Rawhide (TV series)
References
- ^ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.Â
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ "New Zealand Railways: "Rolling, rolling, rolling, rail freight" advertisement". The New Zealand Film Archive. Retrieved 1 April 2013. .
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ "Ensiferum “One Man Armyâ€".Â
External links
- Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
