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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 and Canada.

The band released a new version of the song featuring Luke Combs in September 2023.

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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)	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	56

Chart (1990)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)	50

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	1,000,000
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.

v t e 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
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Super 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" "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" "Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)" "Heaven Bound (I'm Ready)"
Related articles	Discography Raybon Brothers Raybon Brothers "Butterfly Kisses"

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