“I’m a songwriter. I was looking for words,” songwriter Bill Danoff once said about writing “Take Me Home, Country Roads”. “The words that I loved in that song were Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah ...

Despite its deep connection to West Virginia, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" was actually inspired by a backroad in Maryland. The song came together with John Denver in a late-night writing session and ...

Initially, Rocket Mortgage was rebuffed in its effort to stage a Super Bowl singalong. A staple of Super Bowl Sunday advertising and a two-time winner of USA TODAY’s Ad Meter contest, Rocket’s new ...

Whether fans were rooting for the Kansas City Chiefs or the Philadelphia Eagles at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday night (Feb. 9), there was one thing that everybody could agree on: John Denver's "Take Me ...

One of Cash’s alleged motivations for doing this performance is because “Take Me Home Country Roads” was originally intended to be his song. Written by Bill Danoff and Tyler Nivert, they planned to ...

Midway through the second quarter of Super Bowl LIX, ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ echoed throughout the Caesars Superdome as a “moment of unity,” and fans can be seen swaying to the official state ...