Mean-Eyed Cat

"Mean-Eyed Cat"
Single by Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
from the album Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams
A-side"Mean Eyed Cat"
"Port of Lonely Hearts"
ReleasedOctober 1960 (1960-10)
RecordedJuly 1955 (1955-07)
GenreRockabilly
LabelSun 347
Songwriter(s)Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two singles chronology
"Going to Memphis"
(1960)
"Mean-Eyed Cat"
(1960)
"Girl in Saskatoon"
(1960)
Music video
"Mean-Eyed Cat" (audio only) on YouTube

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

The song was recorded by Cash at Sun Records on July 30, 1955. Sun released it as a single (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.