Thirty years ago John Denver wrote what is arguably one of the most requested love songs ever, "Annie´s Song", for his then-wife Annie Denver after the near break up of their marriage. It sold more than a million copies hitting the number one spot simultaneously in the U.S and the U.K. The year 2004, September, it is exactly 30 years since "Annie´s Song" topped the charts.

Now BMG have just released the digitally remixed and remastered ´A Song´s Best Friend: The Very Best of John Denver´ on 20th September 2004. This 2-CD set features all Denver´s greatest hits such as "Leaving On A Jet Plane", "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "Rocky Mountain High" plus 5 newly discovered and never released tracks as a special bonus disc.

"The Very Best of John Denver" is sure to reawaken interest in an artist who was without question, one of the most successful and influential singer / songwriters in music history during the seventies. To date, he has sold 60 million albums around the world and achieved numerous accolades along the way. And he was one of the first artists to use his fame to further causes he deeply cared about - especially environmental conservation and world hunger.

John loved to fly, and that´s how his life abruptly ended there. He was only 53 when the aircraft he´d been piloting crashed into Monterey Bay, near Carmel, California on October 12,1997. Visit johndenver.com to read his biography.

What's inside A Song's Best Friend: The Very Best of John Denver:

The 24-page booklet included in A Song's Best Friend: The Very Best of John Denver will feature never-before-seen photos of the late entertainer and comprehensive liner notes written by longtime Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild and a song-by-song commentary with personal stories by longtime producer and friend Milt Okun.

Track Listing:

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2. Back Home Again
3. Calypso
4. Fly Away
5. Leaving On A Jet Plane
6. My Sweet Lady
7. Rocky Mountain High
8. Sunshine On My Shoulders
9. Take Me Home, Country Roads
10. Thank God I'm A Country Boy (live version)
11. I'm Sorry
12. Like A Sad Song
13. Looking For Space
14. Shanghai Breezes
15. Sweet Surrender
16. Perhaps Love (with Placido Domingo)
17. Wild Montana Skies (with Emmylou Harris)
18. Farewell Andromeda (Welcome To My Morning)
19. The Eagle & The Hawk
20. Poems, Prayers and Promises

Bonus disc tracks (newly discovered and previously unreleased):

Leaving On A Jet Plane -- from a private Christmas album Denver made for friends, family and business contacts in 1966
The Weight -- studio rendition of The Band's classic - recorded June 2, 1970
Annie's Song new acoustic mix with guitars, mandolin and vocals
Calypso - new acoustic mix with guitars, mandolin and vocals
Amsterdam - recorded live at London Palladium