"Take Me Home, Country Roads" | ||||
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Single by John Denver | ||||
from the album Poems, Prayers & Promises | ||||
Released | April 12, 1971 | |||
Recorded | January 1971, New York City | |||
Genre | Country[1] | |||
Length | 3:17 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
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John Denver singles chronology | ||||
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Audio | ||||
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" (audio) on YouTube |
"Take Me Home, Country Roads", (also called "Take Me Home" or "Country Roads") is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver about the state of West Virginia. Some people tend to believe it is about Western Virginia or even Maryland [source?]. West Virginia is home of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah river. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971. It got to number 2 on Billboard's US Hot 100 singles for the week ending August 28, 1971. The song was a success on its first release. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 18, 1971, and Platinum on April 10, 2017.[2] The song became one of John Denver's most popular songs. It still sells, with over 1.5 million digital copies sold in the United States.[3] It is considered to be Denver's signature song.[4]
The song has a status as an iconic symbol of West Virginia, which it describes as "almost Heaven". In March 2014, it became one of the four official state anthems of West Virginia.
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