"Wild Montana Skies" is a single from John Denver's 1983 album It's About Time, featuring vocals from Emmylou Harris. The song is often highly rated as a Western and Montana-themed song.
| "Wild Montana Skies" | |
|---|---|
| Single by John Denver and Emmylou Harris | |
| from the album It's About Time | |
| Released | November 1983 |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 4:02 |
| Label | RCA |
| Producer(s) | John Denver, Barney Wyckoff |
Reception
editIn 2010, the Western Writers of America rated "Wild Montana Skies" as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[1] In 2013, "Wild Montana Skies" won a poll as the "best song about Montana" run by the Great Falls Tribune.[2]
Reception was not entirely positive; the New York Daily News rated the song as the second-worst song with the word "wild" in the title, second only to "Wildfire" by Michael Martin Murphey.[3]
Chart performance
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References
edit- ^ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on November 30, 2011.
- ^ Inbody, Kristen (January 20, 2013). "Song survey strikes chord with readers". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Unchained melodies". New York Daily News. Tribune Publishing. August 19, 1990. Retrieved August 30, 2021.