"Mean-Eyed Cat" (or "Mean Eyed Cat") is a song written and originally recorded by

Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...

. The song was recorded by Cash at

Sun Records Sun Records is an American independent record label founded by producer Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee in February 1952. Sun was the first label to record Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny C ...

on July 30, 1955. Sun released it as a

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(Sun 347, with " Port of Lonely Hearts" on the opposite side)
in October 1960,
which was the last Sun release by Cash as he left the label for Columbia a few years earlier. Cash also made a completely revised cover of this song for his 1996 album '' Unchained'' (a Rick-Rubin produced follow-up to '' American Recordings''.

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