Take Me Home, Country Roads Take Me Home, Country Roads "Take Me Home, Country Roads", also known as "Take Me Home" or "Country Roads", is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver about the state of West Virginia. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971, peaking at number 2 on "Billboard"s US Hot 100 singles for the week ending August 28, 1971. The song was a success on its initial release and was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 18, 1971, and Platinum on April 10, 2017. The song became one of John Denver's
Take Me Home (Phil Collins song) of Phil Collins’ 'Take Me Home,' all militant stomp buried under ambient noise," said Sam Lansky of "Time" magazine. "Her voice soars and crashes over the glitchy, stuttering beat." In 2016, the song was prominently used in a scene from the season 2 premiere episode of USA's television series "Mr. Robot", in which an executive of the show's villainous corporation is blackmailed into publicly burning $5.9 million of his own company's money. All songs were written by Phil Collins, except where noted. Take Me Home (Phil Collins song) "Take Me Home" is a song written and performed by English drummer