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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.
Danoff and his then-wife Taffy Nivert wrote "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado" and "Take Me Home, Country Roads," both of which were hits for John Denver. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is an official state song of West Virginia. [6]
It opened in 1980 and serves as the home field for the West Virginia Mountaineers football team. On the day the stadium opened, at an opening ceremony, John Denver touched down on the field in a helicopter, performed the song "Take Me Home, Country Roads," and then immediately departed by helicopter.
When the weather heats up, it's time to rock out to the best summer country songs. Because "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" is more than just a song title—it's a way of life.
The couple planned to complete the song and sell it to Johnny Cash. When Fat City opened for John Denver at The Cellar Door in December 1970, they decided to show the not yet completed song to him. Denver, who had injured his thumb in a car crash hours before, arrived at Danoff and Nivert's apartment in the early hours of the morning, where the ...
It also hit in the middle of West Virginia's then-robust back-to-the-land movement, which, Fowler said, owes a bit of its debt to a biologist with a bent for botany and land preservation.
Bill Danoff's website says it was indeed Clopper Road: "'Take Me Home, Country Roads' was inspired by a drive to a family reunion in Gaithersburg along Clopper Road -- which back then was still a country road." (URL added as a reference to the main page). Michael D. Sullivan 22:10, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Most filming took place in the Wilmington, North Carolina, according to the North Carolina Film Office.Wilmington is actually a very popular filming location, and about 15 other productions filmed ...