In 2025, Forbes Magazine called Denver's tune one of the 30 Best Songs of the decade. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" was called his "greatest and most memorable work," reported the outlet.
The song ranked at No. 20 on the list. Other artists represented were Queen, Led Zeppelin, Bee Gees, ABBA, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, Eagles, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon, Earth, Wind & Fire, Dolly Parton, Bob Marley, and Elton John, to name a few.
The song, an ode to West Virginia, has an ironic twist. Neither Denver nor his co-writers, Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert, had ever set foot in the state, as reported by Country Living.
At a later date, Denver met up with Danoff and Nivert after asking them to be his opening act at a Washington, D.C. club. He visited them at their apartment, and the trio finished "Country Roads" before the performance.
RELATED: 1975 Country Apology Ballad Turned Heartbreak Into a No. 1 HitDenver spoke about "Country Roads" to Rolling Stone in 1975. “I had a record on the charts, and all of a sudden, it’s not John Denver, the writer of 'Leaving on a Jet Plane,' but it’s John Denver who sings the song that you hear on the radio. So a whole thing changed."
John Denver died on October 12, 1997. He was 53.
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