Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die

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"Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die"
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Single by Willie Nelson featuring Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson and Jamey Johnson
from the album Heroes
ReleasedApril 20, 2012
Recorded2011–12
Genre Country
Length3:25
Label Legacy Recordings
Songwriter(s) Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon, Rich Alves, John Colgin and Mike McQuerry
Producer(s) Buddy Cannon
Willie Nelson singles chronology
"The Scientist"
(2011)
"Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die"
(2012)
"Just Breathe"
(2012)
Audio sample
"Willie Nelson - Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die"

"Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die" is a Willie Nelson single from his 2012 album Heroes . The song written by Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon, Rich Alves, John Colgin and Mike McQuerry, features vocals by Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson and Jamey Johnson. [1]

It was released on April 20, 2012 on 420 day, a counterculture holiday in North America related to cannabis culture. It became the first released single from the album. The same day, Nelson performed the song during the unveiling ceremony of his statue in Austin, Texas. [2]

Initially, the album was to be named Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, after the single. The name was later changed to Heroes, after Nelson and his production team decided that the original name could deter some conservative sales outlets from carrying the album. [3] Besides its regular release, the single was also made available in a green-colored 7" vinyl, in support of Record Store Day with a special previously unreleased solo version of the song performed by Willie Nelson.

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