"take me home, country roads", (also called "take me home" or "country roads") is a song written by bill danoff, taffy nivert, and john denver about the state of west virginia. some people tend to believe it is about western virginia or even maryland, those people would be incorrect, for obvious reasons. west virginia is home of the beautiful blue ridge mountains and the shenandoah river. it was released as a single performed by denver on april 12, 1971. it got to number 2 on "billboard"s us hot 100 singles for the week ending august 28, 1971. the song was a success on its first release. it was certified gold by the riaa on august 18, 1971, and platinum on april 10, 2017. the song became one of john denver's most popular songs. it still sells, with over 1.5 million digital copies sold in the united states. it is considered to be denver's signature song.