Georgia on a Fast Train

"Georgia on a Fast Train" (originally titled "I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train") is a song by Billy Joe Shaver from his debut 1973 album Old Five and Dimers Like Me.^[1][2][3]

"I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train"
Single by Billy Joe Shaver
from the album Old Five and Dimers Like Me
B-side	"Old Five and Dimers Like Me"
Released	July 1973 (1973-07)
Recorded	June 1973 (1973-06)
Studio	Sound Spectrum Recordings, House Of Cash, Hendersonville, TN
Genre	Country, country rock, outlaw country
Label	Monument
Songwriter(s)	Billy Joe Shaver
Producer(s)	Kris Kristofferson
Audio
"I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train" on YouTube

Released as a single that year,^[4] it peaked at number 88 on U.S. Billboard's country chart.

In 1994, Shaver released this song as a single again, that time under the shortened title "Georgia on a Fast Train". The new version did not chart.

Charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5]	88

Johnny Cash version

"Georgia on a Fast Train"
Single by Johnny Cash
from the album The Adventures of Johnny Cash
B-side	"Sing a Song"
Released	July 1982 (1982-07)[6] or August 1982 (1982-08)[7]
Genre	Country, country rock, outlaw country, rockabilly
Length	2:36
Label	Columbia 18-03058
Songwriter(s)	Billy Joe Shaver
Producer(s)	Jack Clement[8]
Johnny Cash singles chronology
"The General Lee" (1982) "Georgia on a Fast Train" (1982) "Fair Weather Friends" (1982)
Audio
"Georgia on a Fast Train" on YouTube

Johhny Cash covered the song on his Jack Clement–produced 1982 album The Adventures of Johnny Cash.^[1][9] Released as the first of three singles from it, his version reached number 55 on U.S. Billboard's country chart for the week of September 4, 1982.^[10][11][12]

Track listing

7" single (Columbia 18-03058, 1982)^[13][7][8]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Georgia on a Fast Train"	B. J. Shaver	2:36
2.	"Sing a Song"	T. Cisco	2:55

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[14]	55