John Denver - Thank God I'm A Country - Boy (sing...

Appears on Back Home Again (1974) and the live album An Evening with John Denver (1975). The Story Behind the Song

The hit live version was released as a single in March 1975. John Denver - Thank God I'm A Country Boy (Sing...

John Martin Sommers wrote the tune during a moment of profound contentment with his life in Aspen. Despite its country themes, John Denver was actually born in Roswell, New Mexico, and lived in various places as an "Army brat," but he deeply identified with the "country boy" spirit. Appears on Back Home Again (1974) and the

Since the summer of 1975, the song has been a staple of the seventh-inning stretch for the Baltimore Orioles . Despite its country themes, John Denver was actually

It hit No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts.

"Thank God I'm a Country Boy" is a high-energy, fiddle-fueled tribute to the simple pleasures of rural life. The song, a defining hit for John Denver, reached the top of the charts in 1975, powered by a popular live version.