"Two Dozen Roses" is a song recorded by country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 group Shenandoah

Shenandoah (band)

Shenandoah is an American country music group founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1984 by Marty Raybon , Ralph Ezell , Stan Thorn , Jim Seales , and Mike McGuire...

. It was released in August 1989 as the fifth single from their 1989 album The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken (Shenandoah album)

The Road Not Taken was the second album released by country music group Shenandoah and their most successful album to date. Of the six singles released from 1988 to 1990, all charted within the top ten and three of those, "The Church on Cumberland Road", "Sunday in the South", and "Two Dozen Roses"...

. It was their third number-one hit in both the United States and Canada. This song was co-written by Mac McAnally

Mac McAnally

Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...

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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
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1