"Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)" is a song written by

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and quite different from the humorous and novelty songs for which she is best known. Rose recorded the song in 1976, but the original version failed to chart. The song was covered by multiple artist including

Bobby Bare Robert Joseph Bare Sr. (born April 7, 1935) is an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", " Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away from Home". He is the father of Bobby Bare Jr., also a musician. Early ca ...

and

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. Denver's version, released on the 1981 album '' Some Days Are Diamonds'', was the album's first single. Denver's version peaked at number 6 on the ''

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chart and number 36 on the ''Billboard''

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. It also reached number one on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart in Canada.

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In a 2016 interview with Outtake Media, writer

stated that she wrote the song about her struggles with

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prior to her own

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as a trans woman. She stated that she felt that, being in the music industry, she often had to hide her desired identity from the music community, and respectively used the images of diamonds and stone to reflect her feminine and masculine sides.

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1976 songs 1981 singles John Denver songs Songs written by Deena Kaye Rose Bobby Bare songs Transgender-related songs {{1970s-country-song-stub