Rocky Mountain High
1972 single by John Denver / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Rocky Mountain High" is a folk rock song written by John Denver and Mike Taylor and is one of the two official state songs of Colorado.[1][2] Recorded by Denver in 1972, it is the title track of the 1972 album Rocky Mountain High, and rose to No. 9 on the US Hot 100 in 1973. Denver told concert audiences in the mid-1970s that the song took him an unusually long nine months to write[citation needed]. On April 10, 2017, the record was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales exceeding 500,000 digital downloads.
"Rocky Mountain High" | ||||
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Single by John Denver | ||||
from the album Rocky Mountain High | ||||
B-side | "Spring" | |||
Released | October 30, 1972 | |||
Recorded | August 1972 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:43 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Songwriter(s) | John Denver, Mike Taylor | |||
Producer(s) | Milt Okun | |||
John Denver singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Rocky Mountain High" (audio only) on YouTube | ||||
State song of Colorado | |
Adopted | March 12, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-03-12) |
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Preceded by | Where the Columbines Grow (equal status as of 2007, first adopted 1915) |
Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[3]