"Love Is a Rose" is a song written by Neil Young

Neil Young

Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...

 in 1974 for the unreleased album Homegrown. It was later released in 1977 on the compilation Decade

Decade (Neil Young album)

Decade is a triple album compilation by Neil Young, released in 1977, now available on two compact discs. It contains 35 of Young's songs recorded between 1966 and 1976, among them five tracks that had been unreleased up to that point...

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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

Live at Massey Hall 1971

Live At Massey Hall 1971 is a live album by Neil Young. Released in 2007, the album features a solo, acoustic performance from Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada on 19 January 1971 during the Journey Through the Past Solo Tour. It is the second release in Young's Archives Performance Series.. It...

in 2007. Young's longtime backing band Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse (band)

Crazy Horse is an American rock band best known for its association with Neil Young. It has been co-credited on a number of albums throughout Young's career and has released five albums of its own.-Early years:...

 had recorded "Dance Dance Dance" in 1971 on their album Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse (album)

Crazy Horse is the 1971 debut album by Crazy Horse, released by Reprise Records. It peaked at number 84 on the Billboard album chart.- History :...

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Linda Ronstadt version

Linda Ronstadt

Linda Ronstadt

Linda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden...

 recorded "Love Is a Rose" in a country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 arrangement on her platinum-certified 1975 album Prisoner in Disguise

Prisoner in Disguise

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. Her rendition peaked at #5 the US Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Country Singles

Hot Country Songs

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 chart. "Love Is a Rose" also debuted on the pop-oriented "Billboard" Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 but its B-side: "Heat Wave

(Love is Like a) Heat Wave

" Heat Wave" is a 1963 hit single penned by the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team and made popular by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. It was originally released in July 1963, on the Motown subsidiary label Gordy, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Hot...

", became the track of choice for Pop radio stations, becoming a #5 hit.

Chart performance

Chart (1975)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	63
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	5
Canadian RPM Top Singles	100
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	46

Other versions

• Lisa Loeb
  Lisa Loeb
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   recorded "Love Is a Rose" on her 2008 album, Camp Lisa
  Camp Lisa
  Camp Lisa is a children's album by Lisa Loeb. The album features 19 children's camp songs, such as "Home on the Range", "Peanut Butter & Jelly", and "The Cookie Jar Chant". It was recorded and released in June 2008...
  
  . Jill Johnson
  Jill Johnson
  Jill Anna Maria Johnson, , is a Swedish country- and pop-singer and songwriter. She performed the Melodifestivalen 1998 winning song Kärleken är, and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with that song, which finished 10th with 53 points. In 2003 she again entered Melodifestivalen...
  
   covered the song on her 2009 cover album Music Row II
  Music Row II
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  , after having performed the song live in a capella versions with the band on live concerts .