Take Me Home, Country Roads
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"Take Me Home, Country Roads" is a classic 1971 country-folk song by John Denver that nostalgically celebrates the rural landscape of West Virginia and has become one of his signature hits.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Take Me Home, Country Roads canonical | 6 |
| Country Roads (cover) | 1 |
| Take Me Home Country Road | 1 |
| “Country Roads” | 1 |
| “Take Me Home, Country Roads” (cover) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4263564 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Take Me Home, Country Roads Context triple: [Ten Years of Gold, includesWork, Take Me Home, Country Roads]
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A.
Country Road
"Country Road" is a folk-rock song by American singer-songwriter James Taylor that reflects themes of longing, home, and personal journey.
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B.
Old Country Road
Old Country Road is a major commercial thoroughfare in Nassau County, New York, lined with shopping centers, restaurants, and retail businesses.
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C.
Big Sky Country
Big Sky Country is a popular nickname for the U.S. state of Montana, evoking its vast open landscapes and expansive, unobstructed skies.
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D.
Up Country
Up Country is a term commonly used to refer to the central highland region of Sri Lanka, known for its mountainous terrain, tea plantations, and cooler climate.
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E.
Come Home with Me
Come Home with Me is a 2002 studio album by rapper Cam'ron that helped popularize the early-2000s New York hip-hop sound and features hits like "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Take Me Home, Country Roads Target entity description: "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is a classic 1971 country-folk song by John Denver that nostalgically celebrates the rural landscape of West Virginia and has become one of his signature hits.
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A.
Country Road
"Country Road" is a folk-rock song by American singer-songwriter James Taylor that reflects themes of longing, home, and personal journey.
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B.
Old Country Road
Old Country Road is a major commercial thoroughfare in Nassau County, New York, lined with shopping centers, restaurants, and retail businesses.
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C.
Big Sky Country
Big Sky Country is a popular nickname for the U.S. state of Montana, evoking its vast open landscapes and expansive, unobstructed skies.
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D.
Up Country
Up Country is a term commonly used to refer to the central highland region of Sri Lanka, known for its mountainous terrain, tea plantations, and cooler climate.
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E.
Come Home with Me
Come Home with Me is a 2002 studio album by rapper Cam'ron that helped popularize the early-2000s New York hip-hop sound and features hits like "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album |
Poems, Prayers & Promises
ⓘ
linked to:
Poems, Prayers and Promises
|
| artist | John Denver ⓘ |
| bSide | Poems, Prayers and Promises ⓘ |
| chartPeakCountry | 3 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 2 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coWriter |
Bill Danoff
ⓘ
John Denver ⓘ Taffy Nivert ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
popular sing-along song worldwide
ⓘ
widely sung at sporting events in West Virginia ⓘ |
| decade | 1970s ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
commercials
ⓘ
film Whisper of the Heart ⓘ various television shows ⓘ |
| firstPerformer | John Denver ⓘ |
| genre |
country
ⓘ
country folk ⓘ folk ⓘ |
| hasChorusLyric | Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
7-inch single
ⓘ
album track ⓘ |
| hasLyricReference |
Blue Ridge Mountains
ⓘ
Shenandoah River ⓘ |
| hasNotableCover |
Brandi Carlile version
ⓘ
Hermes House Band version ⓘ Olivia Newton-John version ⓘ Toots & The Maytals version ⓘ |
| includedIn | John Denver Greatest Hits ⓘ |
| label | RCA Records ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:10 ⓘ |
| mentions | West Virginia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
becoming one of John Denver's signature songs
ⓘ
evocative depiction of West Virginia landscape ⓘ |
| originallyPublishedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| producer | Milton Okun ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | unofficial anthem of West Virginia ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1970 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1971-04-12 ⓘ |
| setting | West Virginia ⓘ |
| signatureSongOf | John Denver ⓘ |
| theme |
homecoming
ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
| usedAs | state song of West Virginia (one of several) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Take Me Home, Country Roads Description of subject: "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is a classic 1971 country-folk song by John Denver that nostalgically celebrates the rural landscape of West Virginia and has become one of his signature hits.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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