Take Me Home, Country Roads

"Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Single by John Denver
from the album Poems, Prayers & Promises
Released	April 12, 1971 (1971-04-12)
Recorded	January 1971, New York City
Genre	Country[1]
Length	3:17
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Bill Danoff Taffy Nivert John Denver
Producer(s)	Milton Okun Susan Ruskin
John Denver singles chronology
"Friends With You" (1971) "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (1971) "Everyday" (1972)
Audio
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" (audio) at 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.

1. ↑ Kurt Wolff; Orla Duane (2000). Country Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. p. 425. ISBN 978-1-85828-534-4.
2. ↑ "American single certifications – John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Road". Recording Industry Association of America.
3. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (March 9, 2019). "Top 30 Digital Country Tracks: March 11, 2019". Roughstock. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
4. ↑ "John Denver - UNPLUGGED COLLECTION [IMPORT] Music CDs" (list), Choose, 2007, webpage: JD-Collect Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine.