Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses

"Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses"
Single by Kathy Mattea
from the album Untasted Honey
B-side"Like a Hurricane"
ReleasedMarch 12, 1988
GenreCountry
Length3:23
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)Gene Nelson and Paul Nelson
Producer(s)Allen Reynolds
Kathy Mattea singles chronology
"Goin' Gone"
(1987)
"Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses"
(1988)
"Untold Stories"
(1988)

"Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" is a song written by Paul Nelson and Gene Nelson, and recorded by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in March 1988 as the second single from her album Untasted Honey. The song hit number one on both the US[1] and Canadian Country charts in 1988.

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 217.