"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 was also a Top Five hit on Billboard's Country singles chart. It was originally released as the album's first single and was moving up the charts when another album track began receiving major airplay. Asylum Records pulled Love Is A Rose and then re-issued the song as the B-side of Heat Wave.
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"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 was also a Top Five hit on Billboard's Country singles chart. It was originally released as the album's first single and was moving up the charts when another album track began receiving major airplay. Asylum Records pulled Love Is A Rose and then re-issued the song as the B-side of Heat Wave.
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 Platinum-certified 1975 album Prisoner In Disguise. Her rendition peaked at #5 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Lisa Loeb recorded "Love Is A Rose" on her Camp Lisa album in 2008.
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