Walking_the_Floor_over_You
"Walking the Floor Over You" is a country music song written by Ernest Tubb, recorded on April 26, 1941 in Fort Worth, Texas,[1] and released in the United States that year.[2]
The original version included only Tubb's vocals and acoustic guitar accompanied by "Smitty" Smith on electric guitar. Tubb later re-recorded the song with his band, the Texas Troubadours.[2]
The original single became a hit, reaching the number-23 spot[3] in the charts in 1941 but eventually the song sold over a million copies. Critic David Vinopal called "Walking the Floor Over You" the first honky tonk song that launched the musical genre itself.[4] Tubb's version is heard on the soundtrack of the 1980 film Coal Miner's Daughter.[5]
In 1998, the 1941 recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[6]
In 2022, the single was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[7]