MUST-READ: Chris Stapleton Songs: 12 of the Country Superstar's Top Tracks John Denver (1982 ... tune would also prove to be the artist's last Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

It was written while Denver, an avid skier, was riding a ski lift in Switzerland. He says by the time he had finished the 10 minute ride the song was finished. He and his first wife had just got ...