Roses Are Red (The Mac Band song)

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"Roses Are Red"
Single by The Mac Band featuring the McCampbell Brothers
from the album The Mac Band featuring the McCampbell Brothers [1]
ReleasedJune 10, 1988
Recorded1987
Genre R&B
Length5:48
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) L.A. Reid, Babyface
Producer(s) L.A. Reid, Babyface

"Roses Are Red" is a song by the Mac Band featuring the McCampbell Brothers, released as a single in June 1988. It is from their debut album The Mac Band featuring the McCampbell Brothers and was produced by LA Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.

Contents

The single was their most successful of six chart singles on the US Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, peaking at number one for one week on that chart. "Roses Are Red" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100. [2] It did, however, reach number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. [3]

Music video

The official music video was directed by Jane Simpson. [4]

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [5] 18
Germany (Official German Charts) [6] 20
Ireland (IRMA) [7] 18
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8] 12
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [9] 50
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 8
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 1

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