Nothing says civic pride like adopting a song about flying the coop, moonshine, or being mocked by the British. Check it out at https://tnocs.com/us-state-songs-explained-the-surprising-stories-behind-americas-official-anthems/

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"Rocky Mountain High" is a song written by #JohnDenver and #MikeTaylor and is one of the two official #stateSongs of the U.S state of #Colorado. Recorded by Denver in 1972, it is the title track of the 1972 album #RockyMountainHigh, and rose to No. 9 on the #USHot100 in 1973. Denver told concert audiences in the mid-1970s that the song took him an unusually long nine months to write. On April 10, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOB4VdlkzO4
John Denver - Rocky Mountain High (Official Audio)

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"Rocky Mountain High" is a song written by #JohnDenver and #MikeTaylor and is one of the two official #stateSongs of the U.S state of #Colorado. Recorded by Denver in 1972, it is the title track of the 1972 album #RockyMountainHigh, and rose to No. 9 on the #USHot100 in 1973. Denver told concert audiences in the mid-1970s that the song took him an unusually long nine months to write. On April 10, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_VSecrPiFM
John Denver - Rocky Mountain High (Lyrics)

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