

In 2017, Alabama updated the song by re-recording the unplugged version of it for their third Christmas album titled American Christmas

More than a dozen artists, including Ray Charles, Loretta Lynn, Eddy Arnold, Lynn Anderson and Daryle Singletary, have recorded cover versions of the tune Carrie Underwood also performed the song during her 2010 Play On Tour. In 2014, the song became the official state anthem for West Virginia, and in 2016, the Country Music Association used the song as part of their all-star "Forever Country" mashup in celebration of the CMA Awards' 50th anniversary. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" was a hit on the country charts, as well as on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts. And you can't predict what's going to happen." One thing I learned in this business is that things turn out other than you planned them to, no matter what it is. "We could've beat up Nashville and nobody would've recorded it. "It wasn't a country record," Danoff maintains. While the two may have found success by releasing "Take Me Home, Country Roads" as their own tune, neither of the songwriters regrets letting Denver have what became the biggest hit of his career.

At the time, Danoff and Nivert were both struggling musicians who were trying to make a name for themselves together.
