Take Me Home, Country Roads

"Take Me Home, Country Roads" is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver that plays on Appalachia Radio . It also appears in the Fallout 76 trailer.
While the most popular rendition of the song was recorded by Denver, the version appearing in-game and in its trailers is a cover performed by New York-based doo-wop group Spank.Pete Hines' twitter "IT’S FINALLY HERE. Download Country Roads cover now. It was recorded by our friends at CoPilot with a group out of New York called Spank. You’ve never heard of them, but maybe seen them performing on the streets of New York." It was produced by Copilot Music + Sound, a music content company that had previously created the Nuka-World theme song.iTunesYouTube: Take Me Home, Country Roads; Fallout 76 (Original Trailer Soundtrack); Bethesda Softworks Music account
The "Fallout Radio" Spotify playlist promoting includes the original version performed by John Denver.Fallout Radio - Spotify
==Lyrics==
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, blowing like the breeze
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mamma
Take me home, country roads
All my memories, gather round her
Miners' lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrops in my eye
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mamma
Take me home, country roads
I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And driving down the road I get a feeling
That I should've been home yesterday, yesterday
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mamma
Take me home (Take me home), Country roads (country roads)
Why don't ya, take me home (Take me home), country roads (Country roads)
Why dont ya, take me home (Take me home), country roads (Country roads)
Why dont ya, take me home (Take me home), country roads (Country roads)
==Notes==
* Bethesda Softworks promised to donate 100% of the proceeds made from the sale of the cover song to Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization focused on providing affordable housing to those in poverty.PCGamer
* The song begins with the guitar riff leitmotif used by The Ink Spots for the majority of their music.
* The song is mentioned in-game in Fallout 76's Appalachia Radio,Julie: "Terminals here in the station say this was the most popular song pre-war. I can't take a real survey, but I'm betting it's still true today. Here's 'Country Roads.'"(Julie's dialogue) and by Sam Nguyen, who tells a story about hearing the song on the radio and how it inspired him to move to Appalachia.Sam Nguyen: "My ma and I used to move around a lot. We never had a place we called home. I remember I was about ten years old when I met this other kid at a junkyard. He offered to teach me how to fix up old radios, and we'd sell them for fifty caps a piece. So the first one I get working, I turn the dial, and out comes this song about West Virginia. Best song I ever heard. And ever since then I've always wanted to visit. I mean yeah, I get that it's just a song. But you never know. Maybe it's got a point, and this place, right here, is where I belong."(Sam Nguyen's dialogue)
*Bethesda Softworks uploaded a video of John Denver’s rendition of the song, prior to the official release of the version used in Fallout 76, but it is unclear if the video itself is still accessible, as it is an old video.
==Quotes==
Variety Magazine interviewed Todd Howard, Pete Hines, and the founding members of Copilot Music + Sound regarding the production of the song on July 31, 2018.Songs for Screens: How a John Denver Classic Resurfaced Thanks to ‘Fallout 76’ @ Variety Magazine
Group member Scout Ford was interviewed by the expatalachians website on March 5, 2019 regarding the recording process.‘Country Roads:’ How John Denver’s Hit Became the World’s Most Popular Song @ expatalachians.com
==Videos==
Fallout 76 – Official Teaser Trailer
Take Me Home, Country Roads Fallout 76 (Original Trailer Soundtrack)
Take_Me_Home,_Country_Roads|Danny Shorago cosplaying his character John Hancock while performing Take Me Home, Country Roads
==External links==
* Song page on Wikipedia
==References==
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