# Two Dozen Roses

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"**Two Dozen Roses**" is a song written by [Mac McAnally](/source/Mac_McAnally) and [Robert Byrne](/source/Robert_Byrne_(songwriter)), and recorded by American [country music](/source/Country_music) group [Shenandoah](/source/Shenandoah_(band)). It was released in August 1989 as the fourth single from their album *[The Road Not Taken](/source/The_Road_Not_Taken_(album))*. 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](/source/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

### Year-end charts

Chart (1989) Position Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 56

Chart (1990) Position US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 50

## References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). *The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition*. Record Research. p. 311.

1. ["RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989"](http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6640&type=1&interval=24). *[RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine))*. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.

1. ["Best of 1990: Country Songs"](http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/hot-country-songs). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. [Prometheus Global Media](/source/Prometheus_Global_Media). 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

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