Good Year for the Roses

"Good Year for the Roses" is a song written by Jerry Chesnut, and when recorded by George Jones it was released as a single in 1970, and on the 1971 album George Jones with Love. It has also been recorded by Elvis Costello.

Other recordings

Wizex recorded the song in 1982 on the album Nattfjäril, with Kikki Danielsson on lead vocals.^[1]

George Jones recorded the song with Alan Jackson for his 1994 album The Bradley Barn Sessions.

Stefan Sundström wrote lyrics in Swedish as Fläder, and the song was recorded as Apache on the album Babyland in 1997. Mona Haledy wrote other lyrics in Swedish Ännu blommor våra rosor, recorded by among others Stefan Borsch 1982 on the album En liten fågel, and by Lasse Stefanz on the 2010 album Texas.^[2]

Chart performance

George Jones version

Chart (1970–1971)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	4
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)^[4]	12
US Hot Country Singles (Billboard)^[5]	2

Elvis Costello version

Chart (1981–1982)	Peak position
Belgium (Flanders)	25^[6]
Netherlands	11^[7]

George Jones and Alan Jackson version

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[8]	65
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[9]	56

References

↑ Information at Svensk mediedatabas
↑ Information at Svensk mediedatabas
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3738." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 16, 1971. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2005). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs 1944 to 2005. Record Research. p. 195.
↑ "George Jones - Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
↑ Chart trajectory
↑ Chart trajectory
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2692." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 19, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
↑ "George Jones Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for George Jones.

George Jones

Studio albums	Grand Ole Opry's New Star Hillbilly Hit Parade Long Live King George Country Church Time White Lightning and Other Favorites George Jones Salutes Hank Williams Sings Country and Western Hits Sings from the Heart George Jones Sings Bob Wills Homecoming in Heaven My Favorites of Hank Williams I Wish Tonight Would Never End Blue & Lonesome George Jones Sings Like the Dickens! Mr. Country & Western Music New Country Hits Old Brush Arbors Country Heart Love Bug I'm a People We Found Heaven Right Here on Earth at "4033" Walk Through This World with Me Sings the Songs of Dallas Frazier If My Heart Had Windows I'll Share My World with You Where Grass Won't Grow Will You Visit Me on Sunday? George Jones with Love George Jones Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne George Jones (We Can Make It) A Picture of Me (Without You) Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You) In a Gospel Way The Grand Tour Memories of Us The Battle Alone Again I Wanta Sing Bartender's Blues I Am What I Am Still the Same Ole Me Shine On Jones Country You've Still Got a Place in My Heart Ladies' Choice Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes Wine Colored Roses Too Wild Too Long One Woman Man You Oughta Be Here with Me And Along Came Jones Walls Can Fall High-Tech Redneck I Lived to Tell It All It Don't Get Any Better Than This Cold Hard Truth The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001 The Gospel Collection Hits I Missed...And One I Didn't

Collaborative albums	What's in Our Hearts A King & Two Queens Bluegrass Hootenanny Famous Country Duets George Jones and Gene Pitney: For the First Time! Two Great Singers George Jones and Gene Pitney (Recorded in Nashville!) It's Country Time Again! We Go Together Me and the First Lady We Love to Sing About Jesus Let's Build a World Together We're Gonna Hold On George & Tammy & Tina Golden Ring My Very Special Guests Double Trouble Together Again A Taste of Yesterday's Wine Friends in High Places The Bradley Barn Sessions George and Tammy Super Hits One God's Country: George Jones and Friends Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again Burn Your Playhouse Down – The Unreleased Duets

Compilations	Hits by George Anniversary – 10 Years of Hits By Request First Time Live Super Hits Super Hits, Volume 2 16 Biggest Hits Live with the Possum 50 Years of Hits

Singles	"Why Baby Why" "White Lightning" "Window Up Above" "Tender Years" "She Thinks I Still Care" "The Race Is On" "Love Bug" "Walk Through This World with Me" "If My Heart Had Windows" "Good Year for the Roses" "Loving You Could Never Be Better" "A Picture of Me (Without You)" "The Grand Tour" "The Door" "He Stopped Loving Her Today" "I'm Not Ready Yet" "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)" "Still Doin' Time" "Same Ole Me" "Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)" "I Always Get Lucky with You" "Tennessee Whiskey" "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" "She's My Rock" "Hallelujah, I Love You So" "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" "The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)" "Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way" "Wine Colored Roses" "The Right Left Hand" "I'm a One Woman Man" "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" "Choices" "Funny How Time Slips Away"

Collaborative singles	"We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" (w/ Melba Montgomery) "Let's Invite Them Over" (w/ Melba Montgomery) "What's in Our Heart" (w/ Melba Montgomery) "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (w/ Melba Montgomery) "We're Gonna Hold On" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "Golden Ring" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "Near You" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "Maybellene" (w/ Johnny Paycheck) "Two Story House" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "You Better Move On" (w/ Johnny Paycheck) "Yesterday's Wine" (w/ Merle Haggard) "C.C. Waterback" (w/ Merle Haggard)

Guest singles	"A Few Ole Country Boys" (w/ Randy Travis) "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" (w/ Patty Loveless) "A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K version)" (w/ Chad Brock and Hank Williams, Jr.) "Murder on Music Row" (w/ Dierks Bentley)

Related articles	Discography Discography with Tammy Wynette Awards

Alan Jackson singles

Here in the Real World	"Blue Blooded Woman" "Here in the Real World" "Wanted" "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" "I'd Love You All Over Again"

Don't Rock the Jukebox	"Don't Rock the Jukebox" "Someday" "Dallas" "Midnight in Montgomery" "Love's Got a Hold on You"

A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)	"She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)" "Tonight I Climbed the Wall" "Chattahoochee" "Mercury Blues" "(Who Says) You Can't Have It All"

Who I Am	"Summertime Blues" "Livin' on Love" "Gone Country" "Song for the Life" "I Don't Even Know Your Name"

The Greatest Hits Collection	"Tall, Tall Trees" "I'll Try" "Home"

Everything I Love	"Little Bitty" "Everything I Love" "Who's Cheatin' Who" "There Goes" "Between the Devil and Me" "A House with No Curtains"

High Mileage	"I'll Go On Loving You" "Right on the Money" "Gone Crazy" "Little Man"

Under the Influence	"Pop a Top" "The Blues Man" "It Must Be Love"

When Somebody Loves You	"www.memory" "When Somebody Loves You" "Where I Come From" "It's Alright to Be a Redneck"

Drive	"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" "Work in Progress" "That'd Be Alright"

Greatest Hits Volume II	"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (w/ Jimmy Buffett) "Remember When"

What I Do	"Too Much of a Good Thing" "Monday Morning Church" "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" "USA Today"

Like Red on a Rose	"Like Red on a Rose" "A Woman's Love"

Good Time	"Small Town Southern Man" "Good Time" "Country Boy" "Sissy's Song" "I Still Like Bologna"

Freight Train	"It's Just That Way" "Hard Hat and a Hammer"

34 Number Ones	"Ring of Fire"

Thirty Miles West	"Long Way to Go" "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" "You Go Your Way"

Other songs	"Tequila Sunrise" "Good Year for the Roses" (w/ George Jones) "Redneck Games" (w/ Jeff Foxworthy) "Margaritaville" (w/ Jimmy Buffett) "Murder on Music Row" (w/ George Strait) "Designated Drinker" (w/ George Strait) "Hey Good Lookin'" (w/ Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith and George Strait) "You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie" (w/ The Bellamy Brothers) "Barefootin'" (w/ Jimmy Buffett) "As She's Walking Away" (w/ Zac Brown Band) "A Million Ways to Die"

See also	Singles discography