I Threw Away the Rose

"I Threw Away the Rose"
Single by Merle Haggard
from the album Branded Man
Released February 27, 1967
Format 7"
Genre Country
Length 3:21
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Merle Haggard
Producer Ken Nelson
Merle Haggard singles chronology
"I'm a Lonesome Fugitive"
(1966)		 "I Threw Away the Rose"
(1967)		 "Branded Man"
(1967)

"I Threw Away the Rose" is a 1967 single written and recorded by Merle Haggard. The single peaked at number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles.[1] In 1994 Lorrie Morgan recorded a version of the song which replaced the "I" in the lyrics with "you", changing it from a self referential song to a song about some one else, for the Merle Haggard tribute album "Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute To Merle Haggard".

Chart performance

Chart (1967) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 2

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 146.