Editing Johnny Paycheck (section)

== Legacy ==
A tribute album, ''Touch My Heart: a Tribute to Johnny Paycheck'', was released in 2004 on the Sugar Hill Label. Produced by [[Robbie Fulks]], the album features George Jones, [[Marshall Crenshaw]], [[Hank Williams III]], [[Al Anderson (NRBQ)|Al Anderson]], [[Dallas Wayne]], [[Neko Case]], [[Gail Davies]], and Fulks himself, covering some of Paycheck's best-known songs. In his song "Grand Ole Opry (Ain't So Grand Anymore)", Hank Williams III praises Paycheck (along with [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Johnny Cash]], and [[Hank Williams Jr.]]) as a "real rebel" the Grand Ole Opry only reluctantly inducted. {{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

{{blockquote|text=I'm a man who believes that right is right and wrong is wrong. Treat me right, and I will give you my all. Treat me wrong, and I will give you nothing. They don't like me for that, but that's the way I am.{{Quote without source|date=March 2008}}|author=Johnny Paycheck}}

His song "It Won't Be Long (And I'll Be Hating You)" appears in the open-world action-adventure video game ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Flanagan |first=Andrew |date=2013-08-27 |title='Grand Theft Auto V' Soundtrack Leaks After U.K. Pre-Loads, Features METZ, Kendrick Lamar, Elton John |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/grand-theft-auto-v-soundtrack-leaks-after-uk-pre-loads-features-metz-kendrick-5672721/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>

His song "(Pardon Me) I've Got Someone to Kill" is covered on the album ''[[All the Way (Diamanda Galás album)|All the Way]]'' by [[Diamanda Galás]].

An episode of ''[[Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus]]'' features an account of Paycheck's life and rise to fame during the outlaw country movement.