| "Two Dozen Roses" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Shenandoah | ||||
| from the album The Road Not Taken | ||||
| B-side | "Hard Country" | |||
| Released | August 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:42 | |||
| Label | Columbia Nashville | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Byrne, Mac McAnally | |||
| Producer(s) | Rick Hall, Robert Byrne | |||
| Shenandoah singles chronology | ||||
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"Two Dozen Roses" is a song written by Mac McAnally and Robert Byrne, and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in August 1989 as the fourth single from their album The Road Not Taken. It was their third number-one hit in both the United States [1] and Canada.
The band released a new version of the song featuring Luke Combs in September 2023.
Content
The song's narrator offers hypotheticals to what may have changed his lover's mind about leaving him, such as "two dozen roses" instead of one dozen or "an older bottle of wine;" even going as far as asking "If I really could've hung the moon, would you change your mind?"
Chart performance
| Chart (1989–1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks ( RPM) [2] | 1 |
| US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard) [3] | 1 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1989) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks ( RPM) [4] | 56 |
| Chart (1990) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Country Songs ( Billboard) [5] | 50 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States ( RIAA) [6] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 311.
- ^ " Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6643." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ "Shenandoah Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
- ^ "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ "American album certifications – Shenandoah – Two Dozen Roses". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
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