Rawhide ( song ) - wikipedia Rawhide ( song ) `` Rawhide '' Song Language English Composer ( s ) Dimitri Tiomkin Lyricist ( s ) Ned Washington This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2014 ) `` Rawhide '' is a Western song written by Ned Washington ( lyrics ) and composed by Dimitri Tiomkin in 1958. It was originally recorded by Frankie Laine. The song was used as the theme to Rawhide, a western television series that ran on CBS from 1959 to 1966. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. The song is about the job of a drover on a cattle drive. Contents 1 In other media 2 Notable covers 3 See also 4 References 5 External links In other media In The Blues Brothers, the band performs `` Rawhide '' in a local country bar. The song is played in a scene on Fievel Goes West, when the titular character is rolling through the desert inside a tumbleweed. In Shrek 2 the character Donkey ( voiced by comedian and singer Eddie Murphy ) was briefly heard singing the song, however the song was n't included in the soundtrack. In Happy Feet 2 the elephant seals were heard singing with an Australian accent while marching to the iceberg was included in the soundtrack. Notable covers Frankie Laine ( performed again with Jimmy Carroll and his orchestra ). This version was used in 2013 in an advertisement for Google Chrome. Liza Minnelli Big John Bates Riders in the Sky Dead Kennedys The Blues Brothers ( on the soundtrack to their eponymous film ) 101 Strings Orchestra Greenbriar Boys Sublime The Jackson 5 The Meteors The Men They Could n't Hang Dezperadoz ( The legend and the truth album, 2006 ) Litfiba ( Pirata live album, 1989 ) Oingo Boingo Jan Rot translated the song in Dutch as `` Yippieyayee '' for the album An + Jan gaan landelijk, 2008 Johnny Western Happy Feet Two Johnny Cash The New Zealand Railways Department used a cover of the song in a 1978 television advertisement for its freight services. Nassim ( full name Nassim Ait - Kaci ) recorded an instrumental version for the soundtrack of Tony Hawk 's American Wasteland. Ensiferum Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra ; the first bars of this instrumental version were used in a news jingle by Radio Veronica in the 1970s See also Rawhide ( TV series ) Fedora Rawhide, a development tree of Fedora whose name was influenced by this song. References Jump up ^ Western Writers of America ( 2010 ). `` The Top 100 Western Songs ''. American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Jump up ^ Video on YouTube Jump up ^ `` New Zealand Railways. Rollin ', rollin ', rollin ', rail freight ''. Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision. Retrieved 8 April 2018... Jump up ^ `` Ensiferum `` One Man Army '' ``. Jump up ^ ufrp136 ( 2014 - 06 - 06 ), FRANK CHACKSFIELD - RAWHIDE, retrieved 2017 - 10 - 03 Jump up ^ Chacksfield, Frank ( 3 October 2017 ). `` Audio : Veronica news jingle with Dragnet and Rawhide ''. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Jump up ^ `` Fedora Rawhide history ''. Retrieved 26 June 2016. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Frankie Laine Studio albums With All My Heart ( 1955 ) Jazz Spectacular ( 1956 ) Rockin ' ( 1957 ) Foreign Affair ( 1958 ) Wanderlust ( 1963 ) Singles `` The 3 : 10 to Yuma '' `` Answer Me '' `` The Ballad of High Noon '' `` Cool Water '' `` The Cry of the Wild Goose '' `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' `` Granada '' `` Hey Joe '' `` Hey, Good Lookin ' '' `` Hummingbird '' `` I Believe '' `` I 'm Gonna Be Strong '' `` In the Beginning '' `` Jezebel '' `` The Kid 's Last Fight '' `` Laura ( What 's He Got That I Ai n't Got ) '' `` Mam'selle '' `` Mule Train '' `` Rawhide '' `` Rose, Rose, I Love You '' `` Shine '' `` Sixteen Tons '' `` Some Day '' `` Sugar Bush '' `` That Lucky Old Sun '' `` That 's Good, That 's Bad '' `` That 's My Desire '' `` To Each His Own '' `` Up Above My Head '' `` Way Down Yonder in New Orleans '' `` A Woman in Love '' `` You Gave Me a Mountain '' `` Your Cheatin ' Heart '' Related Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rawhide_(song)&oldid=835888394 '' Categories : 1958 singles 1958 songs Dead Kennedys songs Frankie Laine songs Songs with lyrics by Ned Washington Songs with music by Dimitri Tiomkin The Blues Brothers songs Western swing songs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from March 2014 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 11 April 2018, at 11 : 23. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang the theme song for the tv show 'rawhide'
Answer: Frankie Laine