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John Denver Back in Hot 100’s Top 40 as a Writer Thanks to MGK & Jelly Roll’s ‘Lonely Road’
John Denver is back in the Hot 100's top 40 as a writer thanks to Jelly Roll and Machine Gun Kelly's "Lonely Road." Get the details.
Late folk- country icon John Denver returns to the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Aug. 10) as a writer via MGK — who formerly went by Machine Gun Kelly — and Jelly Roll ’s new single, “Lonely Road.” Referring to himself and Jelly Roll as KellyRoll, MGK revealed that they worked on “Lonely Road” for “2 years [in] 8 different studios [and] 4 different countries [and] changed the key 4 times.” The song, MGK’s fourth top 40 Hot 100 hit and Jelly Roll’s seventh, reimagines Denver’s breakthrough anthem “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” which journeyed to No.
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