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Leaving on a Jet Plane  is a song written by John Denver in 1966 and most famously recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary. The original title of the song was Babe, I Hate to Go but Denver's then producer Milt Okun convinced him to change the title.
Denver got his break in 1965, when he won a spot with the Chad Mitchell Trio, to his great surprise. The wearying travel schedule inspired Denver to write Leaving on a Jet Plane, which was recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary and became a No. 1 hit in 1969. His career took off from there.