This song reached number one in March of 1974, becoming John Denver's first chart-topping 45. Its success can be attributed to both his moving rendition and the TV exposure his composition got. The tune was certainly an inspiring one, and not only in the context of the movie. In May 1974, New York policeman Ben Huggard swam 165 miles from the Florida Keys to the Bahamas listening to it and other John Denver music. And when seventeen-year-old Lyn Cox swam Cook's Strait in New Zealand - the tune than ran endlessly through her mind, she said, was this song. Name that song. | Country Roads | Sunshine On My Shoulders | Rocky Mountain High | Back Home Again Trivia Archives | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |