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"Take Me Home, Country Roads", also known simply as "Country Roads", is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971, peaking at number two on Billboard ' s US Hot 100 singles for the week ending August 28, 1971.
Poems, Prayers & Promises is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released on April 6, 1971 by RCA Records.The album was recorded in New York City, and produced by Milton Okun and Susan Ruskin.
The lyrics focus on struggling with love relationships, as well as alcohol addiction to cope with losses. [2] [4] [5] [6] Machine Gun Kelly sings in the melody of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" on the chorus: "Lonely road take me home / To the place where we went wrong / Where'd you go now?/ It's been a ghost town / And I'm still here / All alone".
The group began as Fat City, a husband/wife duo of Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert. [2]Danoff and Nivert co-wrote the song "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado" and then, with John Denver, "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which became a hit single in 1971 and became an official song of West Virginia in 2014. [3]
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" is an official state song of West Virginia. [6] Danoff has stated he had never been in West Virginia before co-writing the song, having written it in a house in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
An Evening with John Denver is the first live album by American singer and songwriter John Denver.It was recorded at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California, in August and September 1974.
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“Cue Country Roads”, the 17th song on the album, honors West Virginia University’s tradition of playing John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” after sporting event victories. "10-38", written by Godwin, is a direct sequel to Bruce Springsteen's 1982 song, "State Trooper". [7]