Leaving on a Jet Plane - wikipedia Leaving on a Jet Plane `` Leaving on a Jet Plane '' Single by Peter, Paul and Mary from the album Album 1700 B - side `` The House Song '' Released October 1969 Format 7 '' Genre Folk Length 3 : 27 Label Warner Bros. - Seven Arts 7340 Songwriter ( s ) John Denver Producer ( s ) Milt Okun Peter, Paul and Mary singles chronology `` Day Is Done '' ( 1969 ) `` Leaving on a Jet Plane '' ( 1969 ) `` The Marvelous Toy '' ( 1969 ) `` Day Is Done '' ( 1969 ) `` Leaving on a Jet Plane '' ( 1969 ) `` The Marvelous Toy '' ( 1969 ) `` 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 '', as featured on his 1966 studio album John Denver Sings, but Denver 's then producer Milt Okun convinced him to change the title. Peter, Paul and Mary recorded the song for their 1967 Album 1700 but only released it as a single in 1969. It turned out to be Peter, Paul and Mary 's biggest ( and final ) hit, becoming their only No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. The song also spent three weeks atop the easy listening chart and was used in commercials for United Airlines in the late 1970s. The song also topped the charts in Canada, and reached No. 2 in both the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart in February 1970. In 1969, John Denver recorded a version of the song for his debut solo album, Rhymes & Reasons, and re-recorded it in 1973 for John Denver 's Greatest Hits. His version was featured in the end credits of The Guard. Contents 1 Lawsuit 2 Chart performance 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 References 4 External links Lawsuit In the 1980s the song prompted litigation involving the British group New Order. The band 's single `` Run 2 '' ( 1989 ) was the subject of a lawsuit brought by John Denver, who argued that its wordless guitar break was based on his `` Leaving on a Jet Plane ''. An out - of - court settlement ensured that the song would never be re-released in its original form. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1969 - 70 ) Peak position Australia KMR 30 Canada RPM UK US Billboard Hot 100 US Easy Listening ( Billboard ) US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1969 ) Rank US ( Joel Whitburn 's Pop Annual ) 13 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) 50 Chart ( 1970 ) Rank Canada 71 UK 27 References Jump up ^ Amy Willis ( September 17, 2009 ). `` Peter, Paul and Mary : Career timeline ''. The Daily Telegraph. ^ Jump up to : Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 192. Jump up ^ `` New Order : Singles : Run 2 ''. Niagara.edu. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 02. Jump up ^ David Kent 's `` Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992 '' Archived 2016 - 03 - 05 at Archive.is Jump up ^ ( Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 2002 ) Jump up ^ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/19691220.html Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1999 ). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin : Record Research Inc. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 142 - X. Jump up ^ Top Records on 1969 ( Based on Billboard Charts ) ``, Billboard, December 27, 1969. pp. 16 - 17. Accessed December 7, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. collectionscanada.gc.ca. Jump up ^ http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1970.shtml External links Review of `` Leaving on a Jet Plane '' at AllMusic Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Try a Little Kindness '' by Glen Campbell Billboard Easy Listening Singles number - one single ( Peter, Paul & Mary version ) November 22, 1969 ( 3 weeks ) Succeeded by `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' by B.J. Thomas Preceded by `` Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye '' by Steam Billboard Hot 100 number one single ( Peter Paul and Mary version ) December 20, 1969 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Someday We 'll Be Together '' by Diana Ross & the Supremes John Denver Studio albums John Denver Sings Rhymes & Reasons Take Me to Tomorrow Whose Garden Was This Poems, Prayers & Promises Aerie Rocky Mountain High Farewell Andromeda Back Home Again Windsong Spirit I Want to Live John Denver Autograph Some Days Are Diamonds Seasons of the Heart It 's About Time Dreamland Express One World Higher Ground Earth Songs The Flower That Shattered the Stone Different Directions All Aboard ! Love Again Live albums An Evening with John Denver Christmas in Concert Specialty albums Rocky Mountain Christmas A Christmas Together Rocky Mountain Holiday Christmas, Like a Lullaby Forever, John Compilation albums John Denver 's Greatest Hits John Denver 's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 John Denver 's Greatest Hits, Volume 3 The Very Best of John Denver John Denver : A Portrait The John Denver Collection Something to Sing About 16 Biggest Hits Tribute albums The Music Is You : A Tribute to John Denver Singles `` Take Me Home, Country Roads '' `` Rocky Mountain High '' `` Sunshine on My Shoulders '' `` Annie 's Song '' `` Back Home Again '' `` Sweet Surrender '' `` Thank God I 'm a Country Boy '' `` I 'm Sorry '' `` Calypso '' `` Fly Away '' `` Looking for Space '' `` Like a Sad Song '' `` Some Days Are Diamonds ( Some Days Are Stone ) '' `` The Cowboy and the Lady '' `` Perhaps Love '' `` Shanghai Breezes '' `` Dreamland Express '' `` And So It Goes '' Related articles Discography Filmography Perhaps Love `` Leaving on a Jet Plane '' Peter, Paul and Mary Peter Yarrow Paul Stookey Mary Travers Studio albums Peter, Paul and Mary Moving In the Wind A Song Will Rise See What Tomorrow Brings The Peter, Paul and Mary Album Album 1700 Late Again Peter, Paul and Mommy No Easy Walk To Freedom In These Times Compilation albums The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary : Ten Years Together Songs of Conscience and Concern Live albums In Concert Peter, Paul & Mommy, Too Singles `` Lemon Tree '' `` If I Had a Hammer '' `` Puff, the Magic Dragon '' `` 500 Miles '' `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right '' `` Stewball '' `` Tell It on the Mountain '' `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' `` When the Ship Comes In '' `` San Francisco Bay Blues '' `` Early Morning Rain '' `` I Dig Rock and Roll Music '' `` Too Much of Nothing '' `` Day Is Done '' `` Leaving on a Jet Plane '' Other songs `` Where Have All the Flowers Gone ? '' `` And When I Die '' `` El Salvador '' `` The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face '' `` This Land Is Your Land '' Oliver Studio albums Good Morning Starshine Again The Best of Oliver Prisms Singles `` Good Morning Starshine '' `` Jean '' `` Sunday Mornin ' '' Cover Songs `` Both Sides Now '' `` If You Go Away '' `` In My Life '' `` Leaving on a Jet Plane '' `` Ruby Tuesday '' `` The Twelfth of Never '' `` Until It 's Time for You to Go '' `` Where Is Love ? '' Chantal Kreviazuk Studio albums Under These Rocks and Stones ( 1997 ) Colour Moving And Still ( 1999 ) What If It All Means Something ( 2002 ) Ghost Stories ( 2006 ) Plain Jane ( 2009 ) Hard Sail ( 2016 ) Compilation albums Since We Met : The Best of 1996 - 2006 ( 2008 ) Singles `` Surrounded '' `` Leaving on a Jet Plane '' `` Feels Like Home '' `` Before You '' `` All I Can Do '' `` Invincible '' `` Into Me '' Related artists Chantal Kreviazuk production discography Raine Maida Our Lady Peace Avril Lavigne Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leaving_on_a_Jet_Plane&oldid=794579034 '' Categories : 1966 songs 1969 singles Warner Bros. 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Question: who wrote the original leaving on a jet plane
Answer: John Denver