Don't Make Me Go

For the film, see Don't Make Me Go (film).

"Don't Make Me Go" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.

"Don't Make Me Go"
Single by Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two
from the album Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
A-side	"Don't Make Me Go" "Next in Line"
Released	1957 (1957)[1]
Genre	Country
Label	Sun 266
Songwriter(s)	Johnny Cash[2]

The song was recorded by Cash in April 1957 and released as a single on Sun Records (Sun 266) later in the year, with "Next in Line" (another song from the same recording session) on the opposite side.^[3][1] The single reached #9 on the Billboard C&W Best Sellers in Stores chart.^[4][5][6]

Composition

It is a melancholy love song, as is the song it was coupled with on the single.^[7]