of "Paradise" for her 1976 album, All the King's Horses. The song was also released as a single and peaked at No. 26 on the US Country chart. Roy Acuff recorded "Paradise" in 1980. A cover recorded by Johnny Cash was used in the soundtrack of the 1981 TV movie The Pride of Jesse Hallam, which starred Cash in the title role. This version was later released on the compilation album Personal File. "Paradise" was the end credit song for the film Fire Down Below. Tim Flannery, former baseball player, recorded a version of "Paradise" on his 1999 album Pieces of the Past. Jimmy Buffett has played "Paradise" twice in concert, in 2002 at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati and again in 2008 at Riverbend. The 2008 Riverbend recording appears on Buffett's 2010 CD Encores. Pat Green & Cory Morrow covered "Paradise" on their album Songs We Wish We'd Written, which was released in 2001. Dwight Yoakam recorded the song on his 2004 compilation album, Dwight's Used Records. This rendition is divided into two tracks. The first track has a slower tempo, while the second track has a faster tempo. Hayseed Dixie often include the song in their live setlist and vocalist John Wheeler (aka Barley Scotch) has referred to it on several occasions as his favorite song ever recorded. John Fogerty recorded a version as the lead off track for his 2009 album The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again. John Kadlecik performed this live in an acoustic performance 2011-06-22 at the New Deal Cafe. Jamestown Revival recorded the song as the second song on their 2013 EP California Sturgill Simpson released a cover of the song in 2021 as a single from his upcoming Prine tribute album, Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows Vol. 2. References External links Lyrics Lynn Anderson songs John Denver songs 1971 singles John Prine songs American folk songs Songs written by John Prine Atlantic Records singles Songs about Kentucky Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1971 songs Environmental songs Peabody Energy