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In the 1980s, the song prompted litigation involving the British group New Order. The band's single "Run 2" (1989) was the subject of a lawsuit brought by Denver, who argued that its wordless guitar break was based on his "Leaving on a Jet Plane". The case was settled out of court, and Denver subsequently received a co-writer credit for the ...
Denver's then producer Milt Okun convinced him to change the title and it was renamed "Leaving on a Jet Plane" in 1967. After the success of the Peter, Paul and Mary version in 1969, Denver recorded the song again for his debut album, Rhymes & Reasons, and it was released as a single in October 1969. Although it is one of Denver's best known ...
"Day Is Done" was written by Peter Yarrow in 1968, and it was the last single that Peter, Paul and Mary recorded together as a group (the trio's version of "Leaving on a Jet Plane", released as a single in 1969, appeared on their Album 1700, released in 1967). [3] The song was written as an anti-war song during the Vietnam War era. [4]
"Jet" is a song by Paul McCartney and Wings from their third studio album Band on the Run (1973). It was the first British and American single to be released from the album. The song peaked at No. 7 on the British and American charts on 30 March 1974, also charting in multiple countries in Europe.
Poems, Prayers & Promises is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released on April 6, 1971 by RCA Records.The album was recorded in New York City, and produced by Milton Okun and Susan Ruskin.
Album 1700 is the seventh studio album by American folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, released in 1967. [2] It produced the band's most successful and final hit, a recording of the John Denver song "Leaving on a Jet Plane".
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Perhaps if he had written a song about how air travel made him feel alive ... but "Leaving on a Jet Plane" is farewell song before departing on a journey. Perhaps if Denver had crusaded for air travel safety. Merely writing a song about a jet plane and then dying 30 years later in a small plane accident doesn't qualify as irony.