The John Denver Take Me Home Country Road song 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. The song was released in 1971 as part of his album “Poems, Prayers, and Promises”. the opening lines of “Take Me Home, Country Roads” instantly transport the listener to a place of natural beauty and serenity. This song quickly became one of Denver’s most beloved and enduring hits, a tribute to the state of West Virginia and the simple pleasures of rural life.
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Little did he realize that his “Take Me Home Country Road” song would be one of three songs selected for the epic “Forever Country” song included in the mash-up to celebrate the 50th Annual CMA Awards.
The audio video for this song is the most popular of Denver’s career with over 471 million views as of April of 2023. Listen to the official audio for John Denver’s “Take Me Home Country Road”, see the live performance video, and check out the lyrics to this Country Classic below.
John Denver Take Me Home Country Road
John Denver’s official audio for ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’.
John Denver Take Me Home Country Road Live Performance
Take Me Home Country Roads was written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver. The song was derived from a poem written in a letter to them by their friend (John Albert Fitzgerald) who was living in West Virginia at the time.
Take Me Home Country Roads Lyrics
Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze.
Country roads, take me home to the place I belong.
West Virginia, mountain mamma, take me home, country roads.
All my memories gather round her, miner’s lady, stranger to blue water.
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.
Country roads, take me home to the place I belong.
West Virginia, mountain mamma, take me home, country roads.
I hear her voice in the morning hour, she calls me, the radio reminds me of my home far away.
And driving down the road I get a feeling that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.
Country roads, take me home to the place I belong.
West Virginia, mountain mamma, take me home, country roads.
Tragically, Denver’s life was cut short in 1997 when he died in a plane crash off the coast of California. However, his music and legacy live on, and “Take Me Home, Country Roads” remains a beloved tribute to the beauty of West Virginia and the simple pleasures of country living. As Denver sings in the final verse, “I hear her voice, in the morning hour she calls me, the radio reminds me of my home far away.” For millions of fans around the world, “Take Me Home, Country Roads” is a reminder of the power of music to transport us to a place of peace and comfort, no matter where we are.
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