<P> `` Ring of Fire '' , or `` The Ring of Fire '' , is a song written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore and recorded by Johnny Cash . The single appears on Cash 's 1963 album , Ring of Fire : The Best of Johnny Cash . The song was originally recorded by June 's sister , Anita Carter , on her Mercury Records album Folk Songs Old and New ( 1963 ) as `` ( Love 's ) Ring of Fire '' . `` Ring of Fire '' was ranked No. 4 on CMT 's 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music in 2003 and # 87 on Rolling Stone 's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . In June 2014 , Rolling Stone ranked the song # 27 on its list of the 100 greatest country songs of all time . </P>
<P> `` Ring of Fire '' , or `` The Ring of Fire '' , is a song written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore and recorded by Johnny Cash . The single appears on Cash 's 1963 album , Ring of Fire : The Best of Johnny Cash . The song was originally recorded by June 's sister , Anita Carter , on her Mercury Records album Folk Songs Old and New ( 1963 ) as `` ( Love 's ) Ring of Fire '' . `` Ring of Fire '' was ranked No. 4 on CMT 's 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music in 2003 and # 87 on Rolling Stone 's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . In June 2014 , Rolling Stone ranked the song # 27 on its list of the 100 greatest country songs of all time . </P>
who wrote the song burning ring of fire
who wrote the song burning ring of fire
June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore
June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore