the popularity of the song has gotten bills in the west virginia legislature to make "take me home, country roads" an official state song. on march 7, 2014, the west virginia legislature approved a bill to make "take me home, country roads" an official state song of west virginia. they did this along three other songs: "west virginia hills", "this is my west virginia", and "west virginia, my home sweet home". governor earl ray tomblin signed the resolution into law on march 8, 2014.