| "Rose in Paradise" | ||||
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| Single by Waylon Jennings | ||||
| from the album Hangin' Tough | ||||
| B-side | "Crying Don't Even Come Close" | |||
| Released | January 1987 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:42 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Writer(s) | Jim McBride Stewart Harris |
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| Producer | Jimmy Bowen Waylon Jennings |
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"Rose in Paradise" is a 1987 single written by Stewart Harris and Jim McBride and recorded by Waylon Jennings. "Rose in Paradise" was Waylon Jennings' twelfth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of nineteen weeks on the country chart. Recording country artist Chris Young has a remake of the song as a duet with Willie Nelson from the album "The Man I Want to Be".[1]
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Preceded by "Kids of the Baby Boom" by The Bellamy Brothers |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single April 25, 1987 |
Succeeded by "Don't Go to Strangers" by T. Graham Brown |
| Preceded by "You've Got the Touch" by Alabama |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single May 2, 1987 |