Two Dozen Roses

"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 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)	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 "If Tomorrow Never Comes" by Garth Brooks	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single December 16, 1989	Succeeded by "A Woman in Love" by Ronnie Milsap
Preceded by "Yellow Roses" by Dolly Parton	RPM Country Tracks number-one single December 23, 1989-January 6, 1990	Succeeded by "A Woman in Love" by Ronnie Milsap

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" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Shenandoah.
↑ "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.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Shenandoah

Chris Lucas (Roach) Mike McGuire Jamie Michael Stan Munsey Marty Raybon Ralph Ezell Stan Thorn Rocky Thacker Curtis Wright Brent Lamb Mike Folsom Jim Seales Doug Stokes Jimmy Yeary

Studio albums	Shenandoah The Road Not Taken Extra Mile Long Time Comin' Under the Kudzu In the Vicinity of the Heart Christmas Shenandoah 2000 Journeys

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Super Hits The Best of Shenandoah Now and Then 15 Favorites Certified Hits

Notable singles	"Stop the Rain" "She Doesn't Cry Anymore" "Mama Knows" "The Church on Cumberland Road" "Sunday in the South" "Two Dozen Roses" "See If I Care" "Next to You, Next to Me" "Ghost in This House" "I Got You" "The Moon Over Georgia" "Where You Were Mine" "Rock My Baby" "Hey Mister (I Need This Job)" "Leavin's Been a Long Time Comin'" "Janie Baker's Love Slave" "I Want to Be Loved Like That" "If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)" "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" (with Alison Krauss) "Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)" "Heaven Bound (I'm Ready)"

Related articles	Discography Columbia Records RCA Records Liberty Records Raybon Brothers Raybon Brothers "Butterfly Kisses"

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