Buy Me a Rose

Buy Me a Rose

Infobox Single
Name = Buy Me a Rose


Cover size =
Caption =
Artist = Kenny Rogers with Alison Krauss & Billy Dean
from Album = She Rides Wild Horses
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 2000
Format = CD Single
Recorded = 2000
Genre = Country
Length = 3:42
Label = Dreamcatcher
Writer = Jim Funk, Eric Hickenlooper
Producer =
Certification =
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Kenny Rogers
Last single = "Slow Dance More"
(1999)
This single = "Buy Me a Rose"
(2000)
Next single = "He Will, She Knows"
(2000)
Extra chronology
Artist = Alison Krauss
Last single = "Stay"
(1999)
This single = "Buy Me a Rose"
(2000)
Next single = "Maybe"
(2000)
Extra chronology
Artist = Billy Dean
Last single = "Innocent Bystander"
(1998)
This single = "Buy Me a Rose"
(2000)
Next single = "Keep Mom and Dad in Love"
(w/Suzy Bogguss and Jillian)
(2001)

"Buy Me a Rose" is a single by country music artist Kenny Rogers, released in late 1999 from his album "She Rides Wild Horses". Upon reaching Number One on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in May 2000, the song made Rogers (who was 61 at the time) the oldest country singer to have a Number One hit.

"Buy Me a Rose" was not only his first Number One single since 1987's "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (a duet with Ronnie Milsap), but also the only Number One for both Billy Dean and Alison Krauss, both of whom received chart credit for performing background vocals on the song. It was also Rogers' only Number One for his personal label, Dreamcatcher Records.

Content

"Buy Me a Rose" is a ballad, telling of a husband who attempts to please his wife with material objects, such as a "three-car garage and her own credit card". The wife remains unsatisfied, however, as she prefers simpler gestures, such as being bought a rose, or having a door held open for her. By the third verse, the singer reveals that he is actually the husband in the story; in addition, he states that he has finally realized what his wife wants. The song ends with him finally making that realization::"So I bought you a rose on the way home from work:"To open the door to a heart that I hurt:"I hope you notice this look in my eyes:"'Cause I'm gonna make things right for the rest of your life"."

Chart performance

"Buy Me a Rose" entered the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart at number 62 on the chart dated October 30, 1999, reaching Number One in May of 2000, and spending a total of thirty-seven weeks on the charts. To date, the song is the only Number One single for Billy Dean and Alison Krauss, both of whom provided backing vocals. Rogers, who was 61 at the time the song peaked, also set a record for the oldest singer to have a No. 1 hit on the country charts, breaking a 26-year record held by Hank Snow, who was 59 years old when he scored "Hello Love" in 1974. Rogers held this record for three years until it was broken by Willie Nelson who, at age 70, reached Number One as a duet partner on Toby Keith's 2003 single "Beer for My Horses".

Peak positions

Luther Vandross version

R&B singer Luther Vandross covered the song for his 2003 album "Dance with My Father". Vandross' version peaked at #13 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts in 2004.

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