Music video description
There is a film genre that we call road cinema. If one were to use the same analogy in relation to music then the song Take Me Home, Country Roads - would fit perfectly into the road music trend. The light, pleasing to the ear ballad in the convention of country music is already considered one of West Virginia's anthems. The composition has also achieved spectacular commercial success. Among other things, it is worth recalling here the second place on the famous US Billboard list of 100 Hot Singles. The single also went gold very quickly.
Take Me Home, Country Roads is a hit from 1971 and would seem to be long gone by now. Like many other hits from that period. Well, no. What we have here is an amazing example of the fact that there are recordings that never age and in the year 2020 this song is still eagerly listened to. What's more, recorded in digital form, it has gained new life and is selling well again. The song was covered 30 years after its premiere - in 2001. The original and original version of this song was recorded by the pop band Hermes House Band and their version of this hit was entitled Country Roads. It was a real chart hit in Europe, reaching number one in Scotland, number two in Germany and Ireland. It also made the top ten in Austria, Denmark and the UK.