"I Walk The Line" Is A Classic American Country Song Written By Johnny Cash And Recorded In 1956. In 2004 Rolling Stone Magazine Ranked The Song At #30 On Their List Of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. Originally Recorded At Sun Studio On April 2 1956 And Released On May 1 It Spent Six Weeks At The Top Spot On The U.S. Country Charts That Summer And Also Reached Number 19 On The Pop Music Charts. The Song Was Re-Recorded Four Times During Cash's Career. In 1964 For The I Walk The Line Album Again In 1969 For The At San Quentin Album In 1970 For The I Walk The Line Soundtrack And Finally In 1988 For The Classic Cash Album. Cash's Ex-Son-In-Law Singer-Songwriter Rodney Crowell Adapted The Song Into "I Walk The Line Revisited " Which Was Recorded As A Duet With Cash And Released On Crowell's 2001 Album "The Houston Kid." A 1970 Movie Drama Of The Same Name Starring Gregory Peck Featured A Soundtrack Of Johnny Cash Songs Including The Title Song. In 2005 A Biographical Film Entitled Walk The Line Was Produced Starring Joaquin Phoenix As Johnny Cash And Reese Witherspoon As June Carter Directed By James Mangold.