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"Two Dozen Roses"
Song
B-side"Hard Country"

"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.

Content

The song's narrator tries to change his lover's mind about leaving him by offering to give her things such as two dozen roses.

Chart performance

Chart (1989) 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
Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
December 16, 1989 		Succeeded by
Preceded by RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
December 23, 1989-January 6, 1990

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 311.
  2. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6643." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  3. ^ "Shenandoah Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  5. ^ "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
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