"A Rose Is a Rose" is a debut song recorded by American
country music
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artist
Meredith Edwards. It was released in February 2001 as the first single from the album ''
Reach''. The song reached #37 on the ''
Billboard
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chart. The song was written by Deanna Bryant, Sunny Russ and
Dave Berg.
Critical reception
A review in ''
Billboard
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'' was positive, stating that "some young female acts seem as though they are going to great lengths to sound older and more sophisticated. They can get so busy trying to dazzle the listener with their pipes that they neglect to convey the emotion in the lyric. Not so with Edwards."
Chart performance
See also
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Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose
The sentence "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose" was written by Gertrude Stein as part of the 1913 poem "Sacred Emily", which appeared in the 1922 book ''Geography and Plays''. In that poem, the first "Rose" is the name of a person. Stein later ...
References
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2001 debut singles
2001 songs
Meredith Edwards (singer) songs
Songs written by Dave Berg (songwriter)
Songs written by Deanna Bryant
Songs written by Sunny Russ
Song recordings produced by Keith Stegall
Mercury Records singles