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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Written by Tillman Franks, also Honky Tonk Man (Dwight Yoakam), Sink the Bismarck and I’m a One‐Woman Man
Part of Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits, also The Mansion You Stole (Columbia version) and I’m Ready If Your Willing
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Johnny Horton wrote 24 songs on fono
Tillman Franks wrote 11 songs on fono
Johnny Horton’s most frequent co-writer is Tillman Franks (9 songs together)
Johnny Horton first appears on fono in 1956, 5 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Johnny Horton and Tillman Franks
- Released on
- Columbia
- Written by
- Johnny Horton and Tillman Franks
- Released on
- Columbia
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Tillman Franks
Same label: Columbia
Same release: Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits
Same writer: Tillman Franks
Same label: Columbia
Same release: Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits
Same writer: Tillman Franks
Same label: Columbia
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) was written by Johnny Horton
When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) was written by Johnny Horton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) was written by Tillman Franks
When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) was written by Tillman Franks
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) is part of the release Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits
When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) is part of the release Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below)
Columbia is the label of the song When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below)
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) was released on 1961-01
When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) was released on 1961-01
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026