Rockin' Years
title: "Rockin' Years" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1991-singles", "1991-songs", "dolly-parton-songs", "ricky-van-shelton-songs", "male–female-vocal-duets", "george-jones-songs", "columbia-nashville-records-singles", "song-recordings-produced-by-steve-buckingham-(record-producer)", "music-videos-directed-by-michael-salomon"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin'_Years" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Rockin' Years |
| type | single |
| artist | Dolly Parton and Ricky Van Shelton |
| album | Eagle When She Flies and Backroads |
| B-side | "What a Heartache" |
| released | February 4, 1991 |
| recorded | November 8, 1990 |
| genre | Country |
| length | 3:25 |
| label | Columbia/TriStar |
| writer | Floyd Parton |
| producer | Steve Buckingham, Gary Smith, Dolly Parton |
| chronology | Dolly Parton |
| prev_title | Take Me Back to the Country |
| prev_year | 1990 |
| next_title | Silver and Gold |
| next_year | 1991 |
| misc | {{Extra chronology |
| artist | Ricky Van Shelton |
| type | singles |
| prev_title | Life's Little Ups and Downs |
| prev_year | 1990 |
| title | Rockin' Years |
| year | 1991 |
| next_title | I Am a Simple Man |
| next_year | 1991 |
| :: |
| name = Rockin' Years | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Dolly Parton and Ricky Van Shelton | album = Eagle When She Flies and Backroads | B-side = "What a Heartache" | released = February 4, 1991 | recorded = November 8, 1990 | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 3:25 | label = Columbia/TriStar | writer = Floyd Parton | producer = Steve Buckingham, Gary Smith, Dolly Parton | chronology = Dolly Parton | prev_title = Take Me Back to the Country | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = Silver and Gold | next_year = 1991 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Ricky Van Shelton | type = singles | prev_title = Life's Little Ups and Downs | prev_year = 1990 | title = Rockin' Years | year = 1991 | next_title = I Am a Simple Man | next_year = 1991 "Rockin' Years" is a song written by Floyd Parton, and recorded as a duet by American country music artists Dolly Parton and Ricky Van Shelton. it was released in February 1991 as the lead-off single to both Parton's album Eagle When She Flies and Shelton's album Backroads, and on both albums, it is track #2 on each of the albums track lists. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, giving Parton her twenty-fourth number one and Shelton his eighth. The song would be Parton's last chart-topper until 2006.
Content
The song is a mid-tempo country waltz in which two narrators — a male and a female — promise to love each other until their "rockin' years"; i.e., when they are old and sitting in rocking chairs together.
Chart performance
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Year-end charts
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| Chart (1991) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM) | 33 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard) | 29 |
| :: |
Other recorded versions
An unreleased duet between George Jones and Parton was recorded in 1988 but remained unreleased until the release of his 2008 album Burn Your Playhouse Down.
References
References
- Whitburn, Joel. (2008). "Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008". Record Research, Inc.
- (1992). "Greatest Hits Plus". Columbia Records.
- (December 21, 1991). "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". [[RPM (magazine).
- (1991). "Best of 1991: Country Songs". [[Prometheus Global Media]].
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