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| "Rocky Mountain High" | ||||
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| Single by John Denver | ||||
| from the album Rocky Mountain High | ||||
| B-side | "Spring" | |||
| Released | October 30, 1972 | |||
| Recorded | August 1972 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:43 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John Denver, Mike Taylor | |||
| Producer(s) | Milt Okun | |||
| John Denver singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Rocky Mountain High" (audio only) on YouTube | ||||
State song of Colorado | |
| Adopted | March 12, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Where the Columbines Grow (equal status as of 2007, first adopted 1915) |
"Rocky Mountain High" is a folk rock song written by John Denver and Mike Taylor and is one of the two official state songs of Colorado.[1][2] Recorded by Denver in 1972, it is the title track of the 1972 album Rocky Mountain High, and rose to No. 9 on the US Hot 100 in 1973. Denver told concert audiences in the mid-1970s that the song took him an unusually long nine months to write[citation needed]. On April 10, 2017, the record was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales exceeding 500,000 digital downloads.
Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[3]
- ^ Brown, Jennifer (March 12, 2007). ""Rocky Mountain High" now 2nd state song". The Denver Post. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- ^ "State Songs". Colorado.gov. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- ^ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010.
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