Take Me Home, Country Roads
~ Recording by John Denver
Annotation
USRC10400931 is the ISRC for the remaster
Annotation last modified on 2021-12-09 11:11 UTC.
Appears on releases
# | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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1.7 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:10 | John Denver | Poems, Prayers & Promises | John Denver | Album |
| RCA Victor | LSP-4499 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | The Best of John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | APL1 0374 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | John Denver’s Greatest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | CPL1-0374 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:09 | John Denver | Seine großen Erfolge | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PL 89 047(2) |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | John Denver’s Greatest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PCD1-0374 |
1.2 | Take Me Home Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | Collection | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2253 |
2.2 | Take Me Home Country Roads | 3:08 | John Denver | Country’s Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic Gap | AGR 101 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | John Denver’s Greatest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PD80374 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | Zijn grootste successen | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PD90204 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | Best | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | B23D-41064 |
1.7 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:10 | John Denver | Poems, Prayers & Promises | John Denver | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 5189-2-R |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | John Denver’s Greatest Hits (Germany, PMDC) | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | ND 90523 |
3.2 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | Country Classics | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | 300694300 |
1.2 | Take Me Home Country Roads | 3:09 | John Denver | Het beste van | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. See annotation) | PD 74599 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | Seine großen Erfolge | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | ND 90537 (2) |
1.7 | (Take Me Home) Country Roads | 3:09 | John Denver | Favourites | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| VPCD0855 | |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:10 | John Denver | Voice of America | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 54792 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:10 | John Denver | Voice of America | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321 15479 2 |
2.2 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | The Very Best of John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Heartland Music | DVC2-1189 |
1.5 | Take Me Home Country Roads | 3:09 | John Denver | Gold | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA International | CDRCA(WM)4100 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | Two Different Directions | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Double Platinum | DBP 102008 |
1.7 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:16 | John Denver | Love Again: Greatest and Latest | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| CMC Records (Danish label) | 5216282 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:17 | John Denver | The Best of Country 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PMF Records | 91.023-2 UK |
1.7 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | The Rocky Mountain Collection (BMG Direct) | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | D212419, RCA 07863 66837-2 |
1.7 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | The Rocky Mountain Collection | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 07863 66837-2 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:17 | John Denver | The John Denver Collection | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Delta (sub-label owned by Delta Entertainment Corporation) | |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:15 | John Denver | The Collection | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| MasterTone | 0109 |
1.4 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:14 | John Denver | A Celebration of Life (1943 - 1997) | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| River North Records (Chicago based label; parent of River North Nashville Records) | 51416 1360 2 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:16 | John Denver | Country Roads: The Very Best of John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Delta (sub-label owned by Delta Entertainment Corporation) | 46 003 |
1.20 | Take Me Home Country Roads | 3:09 | John Denver | Gold Collection | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 74321 46252 2 |
1.3 | Take Me Home Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | His Greatest Hits and Finest Performances | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest Music | 023B, 023C |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:16 | John Denver | Take Me Home, Country Roads | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
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1.13 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | The Country Roads Collection | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 07863 67437-2 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:16 | John Denver | The John Denver Collection | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| LaserLight Digital | 15 978 |
1.1 | Take Me Home Countryroads | 3:14 | John Denver | Take Me Home Countryroads | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
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1.7 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:15 | John Denver | The Best of John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Madacy Entertainment | JD-2-4750 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | Greatest Country Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA Victor Europe | |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | Greatest Country Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 07863 67604 2 |
1.3 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:16 | John Denver | The Best of John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| EMI-Capitol Special Markets | 72438-19953-2-7 |
2.13 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:10 | John Denver | American Pie: Great Tales and Sagas in Song | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest Music | |
1.1 | Take Me Home Country Road | 3:19 | John Denver | Country Roads, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SBF Records | CRO 26001 |
1.2 | Take Me Home Country Road | 3:11 | John Denver | Best: Country Roads | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
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1.2 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | Legendary John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Australia (use with caution, be prepared to prove your edit!) | 74321659632 |
1.10 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:09 | John Denver | Sing America | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9 47245-2 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:15 | John Denver | The Very Best of John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Mastertech | 550202 |
1.6 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:10 | John Denver | The Very Best of John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004) | 74321 674422 |
1.6 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:15 | John Denver | Take Me Home: The John Denver Story | John Denver | Album + Soundtrack |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | BG2-67950 |
2.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | Singers and Songwriters: 1970-1971 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Special Markets, Time–Life Music | 314545891-2, 3145458922, 3145458932, R812-02 |
1.12 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:15 | John Denver | Take Me Home: The John Denver Collection | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Delta (sub-label owned by Delta Entertainment Corporation) | 47 031, CD 47031 |
1.3 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | The Best of the Rocky Mountain Collection | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 74321 780062 |
1.7 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | Poems, Prayers and Promises & Farewell Andromeda | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| BMG UK & Ireland | 74321 869682 |
1.18 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | The All Time Greatest Country Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 500538 2 |
1.2 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | The Complete Collection | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Denmark | 74321 88230 2 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:15 | John Denver | Songs for America | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Special Products | |
1.3 | Take Me Home Country Roads | 3:09 | John Denver | Goodbye Again | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Falcon Neue Medien | 4081 |
1.3 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | I miti musica: John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321918582 |
1.4 | Take Me Home Country Roads | 3:10 | John Denver | The Story | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PD90622 |
2.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:14 | John Denver | The Very Best of Country Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Decadance (UK label) | DECTV012 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:14 | John Denver | Memories of a Country Boy | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| LaserLight Digital | 32156 |
1.2 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | A Song’s Best Friend: The Very Best of John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 82876 60765 2 |
1.2 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 82876607642, BMG 60764 |
1.2 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), BMG Canada, BMG Strategic Marketing Group, RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 82876-60764-2 |
1.2 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | A Song’s Best Friend: The Very Best of John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 82876 652742 |
1.18 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:15 | John Denver | The Best of John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Music Digital | CD 6562 |
1.7 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:15 | John Denver | The Essential | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Madacy Records | |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | John Denver’s Greatest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | John Denver’s Greatest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | John Denver’s Greatest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PCD1-0374 |
1.6 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | 70s Music Explosion, Vol 3: Miracles | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | 20292-2 |
1.2 | Take Me Home Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | Greatest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
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1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | John Denver’s Greatest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 82876 69376 2 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:10 | John Denver | Take Me Home Country Roads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Falcon Neue Medien | 4224 |
2.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:17 | John Denver | Annie's Song: A Collection of His Finest Recordings | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Music Club Deluxe | MCDLX001 |
1.6 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | 16 Biggest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 82876 87805 2 |
1.3 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | The Essential John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 88697 03153 2 |
1.3 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | The Essential John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 88697070082 |
2.18 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:10 | John Denver with Fat City | Die Hit‐Giganten: Après‐Ski‐Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 88697374542 | |
1.2 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 88697 22676 2 |
1.3 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | Greatest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
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1.4 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | Playlist: The Very Best of John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 88697272902 |
1.4 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | Playlist: The Very Best of John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
1.16 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | Die Oldie‐WM | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:16 | John Denver | John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Delta Leisure Group | 90518 |
1.3 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | The Essential John Denver (Limited Edition 3.0) | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 88697 42578 2 |
3.20 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:09 | John Denver | The Country Roads Collection | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
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1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | Sunshine on My Shoulders | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
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1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | Sunshine On My Shoulders / The Best Of John Denver | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Camden Deluxe, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697536592 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:16 | John Denver | Take Me Home | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Music Digital | 60354 |
1.2 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | Thank God I'm a Country Boy: His Greatest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004) | 88697636282 |
1.3 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | Pure… Country | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697753012 |
3.14 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:15 | John Denver | De topcollectie: ’70, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697806932 |
2.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | Singers and Songwriters: 1970-1971 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time-Life, Universal Music Special Markets | 25912-D, 3145458912 IN02 |
1.6 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | 16 Biggest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 83110 2 |
3.19 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | 1000 klassiekers: De eindejaarstop van Radio 2, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697807102 |
1.16 | Take Me Home Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | 1971: The Best Year of My Life! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697722482 |
2.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:18 | John Denver | Don’t Rock The Jukebox: Country’s All-Time Favorites | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest Music, Sony Music Commercial Music Group | A775325, SSTC08130 |
1.9 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:11 | John Denver | Ultimate Country: 60 Essential Country Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Club (Demon Music Club, UK) | MCCDULT006 |
1.2 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:15 | John Denver | The Ultimate Collection | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697939312 |
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1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:13 | John Denver | John Denver's Greatest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PCD1 0374, PCD1-0374 |
1.1 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | 3:12 | John Denver | Behind the Music: The John Denver Collection | John Denver | Album + Compilation |
| SBME Special Markets | 769728 |
Relationships
recording engineer: | Ray Hall (engineer) |
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assistant producer: | Jean Kaplow |
producer: | Milt Okun |
acoustic guitar [6-string guitar] and lead vocals: | John Denver |
banjo and pedal steel guitar: | Eric Weissberg |
double bass: | Dick Kniss |
guitar: | Bill Danoff Michael Taylor (Guitarist & former member of the John Denver Band) |
membranophone: | Gary Chester (studio drummer and educator) |
piano: | Frank Owens (American pianist) |
background vocals: | Bill Danoff Taffy Nivert Starland Vocal Band |
vocals: | John Denver |
has remixes: | Country Roads (Pretty Lights remix) |
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mash-ups: | Octopus Road by Kurran1998 overture by jan Misali (order: 12) |
recording of: | Take Me Home, Country Roads (on 1971-02-04) |
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Related works
Take Me Home, Country Roads
writer: | Bill Danoff John Denver Taffy Nivert |
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publisher: | BMG Ruby Songs Dino Park Publishing JD Legacy Publishing My Pop’s Songs Reservoir Media Music ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc. (in 1971) |
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referred to in medleys: | 4 Chords (Unicante 2013 version) Forever Country (order: 1) |
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later parody versions: | Country Putata Crunchy Roll, Take Me Home |
later translated versions: | Elke roos Ich komm heim, Österreich In de zon J'ai encore ma maison Mon pays est ici Siva pot Vanha tie Veď mě dál, cesto má カントリー・ロード |
is the basis for: | King of Elland Road Le Retour de Malon |