Love Is a Rose

Song infobox
Name = Love is a Rose


Type = Song
Artist = Neil Young
Album = Decade
Released = October 28, 1977
track_no = 16
Recorded = 1974
Genre = Rock
Length = 2:16
Writer = Neil Young
Label = Reprise
Producer = Neil Young
David Briggs
Tim Mulligan
prev = "Like a Hurricane"
prev_no = 15
next = "Cortez the Killer"
next_no = 17Infobox Single
Name = Love is a Rose


Type = B-side
Artist = Linda Ronstadt
from Album = Prisoner in Disguise
A-side = "Heat Wave"
B-side =
Released = 1975
Format = 45 RPM record
Recorded =
Genre = Rock/Country
Length = 2:46
Label = Asylum Records
Writer = Neil Young
Producer = Peter Asher
Certification =
Chart position = * #5 U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Songs
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Misc ="Love is a Rose" is a song written by Neil Young in 1974 for the unreleased album "Homegrown". It was later released in 1977 on the compilation "Decade". It also hit #63 on the US Pop singles chart.

The melody for "Love is a Rose" was taken from yet another unreleased song "Dance Dance Dance," which finally saw release on "Live at Massey Hall 1971" in 2007. Young's longtime backing band Crazy Horse had recorded "Dance Dance Dance" in 1971 on their album "Crazy Horse".

Linda Ronstadt recorded "Love is a Rose" in a countrified fashion on her 1975 album "Prisoner in Disguise". Her rendition peaked at #5 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart.

References

* [http://www.amazon.com/Very-Best-Linda-Ronstadt/dp/B00006J424 "The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt" by Linda Ronstadt on Amazon]