when did the song country roads come out
April 12, 1971
title: Take Me Home, Country Roads text: Take Me Home, Country Roads "Take Me Home, Country Roads", also known as "Take Me Home" or "Country Roads", is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver about the state of West Virginia. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971, peaking at number 2 on "Billboard"s US Hot 100 singles for the week ending August 28, 1971. The song was a success on its initial release and was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 18, 1971, and Platinum on April 10, 2017. The song became one of John Denver's title: Country Road (song) text: Country Road (song) "Country Road" is a song written and performed by James Taylor. It appears on his 1970 second album, "Sweet Baby James". The song references Somerset Street in Belmont, Massachusetts, a wooded road running adjacent to the land owned by McLean Hospital, where Taylor had committed himself in 1965 to receive treatment for depression. "Country Road" reached number 37 on the Billboard pop singles chart and number 9 Easy Listening in early 1971. On the Canadian charts, the song was a bigger hit on both the Pop (#19) and Adult Contemporary (#3) charts. "Country Road" is also featured title: Take Me Home, Country Roads text: of the longest in Cellar Door history. They recorded it in New York City in January 1971. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" appeared on the LP "Poems, Prayers & Promises" and was released as a 45 in the spring of 1971. Original pressings credited the single to "John Denver with Fat City". It broke nationally in mid-April but moved up the charts very slowly. After several weeks, RCA Records called John and told him that they were giving up on the single. His response: "No! Keep working on it!" They did, and the single went to number 1 on the title: Take Me Home, Country Roads text: uploaded in 2013, would later edit its description in response to the song's use for the game. In Australia, a promotional "Fallout 76" vinyl featuring the cover was included with the December 2018 issue of "STACK Magazine" exclusively from retailer JB Hi-Fi. Take Me Home, Country Roads "Take Me Home, Country Roads", also known as "Take Me Home" or "Country Roads", is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver about the state of West Virginia. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971, peaking at number 2 on "Billboard"s US Hot title: Take Me Home, Country Roads text: of the Pops". A cover version of the song—a collaboration between Copilot Music + Sound and the vocal group Spank—was commissioned for and featured in both the teaser and full E3 2018 trailers for the 2018 video game, "Fallout 76", whose plot events are set in West Virginia. Released as an iTunes-only single on July 4, 2018, the song reached #1 on the iTunes singles chart. It debuted at #41 on "Billboard's" Hot Country Songs chart that week and at #21 on "Billboard's" Country Digital Songs the following week. The official YouTube upload of the original John Denver recording, initially