<P> In 1980 Nelson starred in his first leading role in the film Honeysuckle Rose, about an aging musician who fails to achieve national fame and relationship with his family, who also are part of his band that travels throughout the United States while playing in different venues . Shortly after signing the contract, Nelson was approached during a flight by the executive producer of the movie, who requested him to write a song about life on the road to use as the theme song . Nelson quickly wrote the song on a barf bag . The tune featured a "train beat". </P> <P> The song was released with Nelson's 1980 album Honeysuckle Rose, reaching the first position on Billboard's top country albums, while it ranked twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 . Nelson received a Grammy Award for Best Country Song, while he was nominated for Best Original Song during the 53rd Academy Awards . In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it No. 471 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . In 2011, "On the Road Again" was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame . </P> <P> The song has also featured in several other films and TV series including South Park, Shrek, Shameless, Family Guy, Forrest Gump, The Littlest Hobo, Monk, Open Season 3 and Dumb and Dumber To which features Nelson rehearsing the song with his band . </P> <P> A live version of the song is featured in 2008 video game Guitar Hero World Tour, while the studio version was released for Rock Band via the Rock Band Country Track Pack . </P>

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