Back Home Again (song)

"Back Home Again" is the title of a popular song written and performed by the American singer-songwriter John Denver. Released as a single from his album of the same name in 1974, "Back Home Again" peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart^[2] in November of that year; it was Denver's fifth Top 10 hit on the pop chart. "Back Home Again" topped the adult contemporary chart for two weeks. The single was the first of three number ones on the country music chart where it stayed for a single week.^[3] The single was certified a gold record by the RIAA. The song won a CMA Award for Denver in 1975 in the category "Song of the Year"; he was also named "Entertainer of the Year" at the same ceremony, prompting country pop singer Charlie Rich to light the envelope on fire after reading that Denver had won—in an apparent insult to Denver's musical style and image.

Chart performance

Chart (1974)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	5
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles	10
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

↑ Kurt Wolff; Orla Duane (2000). Country Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. p. 425. ISBN 978-1-85828-534-4.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 173.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 103.

Preceded by "Carefree Highway" by Gordon Lightfoot	Billboard Easy Listening Singles number-one single by John Denver October 26, 1974 (2 weeks)	Succeeded by "My Melody of Love" by Bobby Vinton
Preceded by "Trouble in Paradise" by Loretta Lynn	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single November 30, 1974	Succeeded by "She Called Me Baby" by Charlie Rich
Preceded by "I Can Help" by Billy Swan	RPM Country Tracks number-one single December 21, 1974	Succeeded by "She Called Me Baby" by Charlie Rich

John Denver

Studio albums	John Denver Sings Rhymes & Reasons Take Me to Tomorrow Whose Garden Was This Poems, Prayers & Promises Aerie Rocky Mountain High Farewell Andromeda Back Home Again Windsong Spirit I Want to Live John Denver Autograph Some Days Are Diamonds Seasons of the Heart It's About Time Dreamland Express One World Higher Ground Earth Songs The Flower That Shattered the Stone Different Directions All Aboard! Love Again

Live albums	An Evening with John Denver Christmas in Concert

Specialty albums	Rocky Mountain Christmas A Christmas Together Rocky Mountain Holiday Christmas, Like a Lullaby Forever, John

Compilation albums	John Denver's Greatest Hits John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 3 The Very Best of John Denver John Denver: A Portrait The John Denver Collection Something to Sing About 16 Biggest Hits

Tribute albums	The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver

Singles	"Take Me Home, Country Roads" "Rocky Mountain High" "Sunshine on My Shoulders" "Annie's Song" "Back Home Again" "Sweet Surrender" "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" "I'm Sorry" "Calypso" "Fly Away" "Looking for Space" "Like a Sad Song" "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)" "The Cowboy and the Lady" "Perhaps Love" "Shanghai Breezes" "Dreamland Express" "And So It Goes"

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