Thank God I'm a Country Boy

"Thank God I'm a Country Boy"
Single by John Denver
from the album Back Home Again & An Evening with John Denver
B-side"My Sweet Lady"
ReleasedMarch 1975
RecordedAugust 26, 1974
Genre
Length3:13
2:47 (single edit)
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)John Martin Sommers
Producer(s)Milton Okun
John Denver singles chronology
"Sweet Surrender"
(1975) 		"Thank God I'm a Country Boy"
(1975) 		"I'm Sorry"
(1975)
Audio
John Denver – "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" on YouTube

"Thank God I'm a Country Boy", also known as "Country Boy", is a song written by John Martin Sommers[3] and recorded by American singer/songwriter John Denver. The song was originally included on Denver's 1974 album Back Home Again. A version recorded live on August 26, 1974, at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles was included on his 1975 album An Evening with John Denver. The live version was released as a single and went to No. 1 on both the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles[4] and Billboard Hot 100 charts.[5] The song topped both charts for one week each, first the country chart (on May 31), and the Hot 100 chart a week later. Thank God I'm a Country Boy also became the name of a variety special show hosted by Denver in 1977.

"Thank God I'm a Country Boy" was one of six songs released in 1975 that topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. Denver's two-sided hit "I'm Sorry"/"Calypso" also received that distinction.

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  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 173.