Rose Colored Glasses (John Conlee song)

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"Rose Colored Glasses"
Single by John Conlee
from the album Rose Colored Glasses
B-side "I'll Be Easy" [1]
ReleasedApril 25, 1978
Genre Country
Length3:24
Label ABC #12356
Songwriter(s) John Conlee
George Baber
Producer(s) Bud Logan
John Conlee singles chronology
"The In Crowd"
(1977)
"Rose Colored Glasses"
(1978)
"Lady Lay Down"
(1978)

"Rose Colored Glasses" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer John Conlee. It was released in April 1978 as the first single and title track from his debut album Rose Colored Glasses . The song peaked at number 5 in the United States and number 6 in Canada. Conlee wrote the song with George Baber.

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Content

The songs references the expression "rose-colored glasses," with the male narrator "deluding himself about the woman he loves." [2] The lyrics are readily available online. [3]

Critical reception

Kurt Wolff and Orla Duane, in Country Music: The Rough Guide, described the song as "a surprise hit that defined him as a traditionalist[…]and put him more in league with modern-day honky-tonkers Gene Watson and Moe Bandy[.]" [4] The song was the most commercially successful single for the ABC Records label in 1978. [5]

Chart performance

"Rose Colored Glasses" was Conlee's fourth release on the ABC label, but his first to enter a singles chart. [6] The song spent twenty weeks on the Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts, peaking at number 5 there. [1] It also peaked at number 6 on the Canadian country music charts published by RPM . [7]

Chart (1978)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks6

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References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (August 2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 102. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Barbosa, Susan (25 February 1979). "John Conlee Looks Through 'Rose Colored Glasses'". Lakeland Ledger .
  3. https://lyrics.lyricfind.com/lyrics/john-conlee-rose-colored-glasses
  4. Wolff, Kurt; Duane, Orla (2000). Country Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. p. 431. ISBN   1-85828-534-8.
  5. Hurst, Jack (3 November 1978). "Conlee Future Enhanced by Rose Colored Glasses". The Milwaukee Journal .
  6. Stambler, Irwin; Landon, Grelun (14 July 2000). Country Music: The Encyclopedia. Macmillan. pp. 102–103. ISBN   0-312-26487-9.
  7. "RPM Country 75 Singles for the week ending September 9, 1978". RPM. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  8. "John Conlee Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.