Rockin' Years

"Rockin' Years"
Single by Dolly Parton and Ricky Van Shelton
from the 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
Songwriter(s)	Floyd Parton
Producer(s)	Steve Buckingham, Gary Smith, Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton singles chronology
"Take Me Back to the Country" (1990) "Rockin' Years" (1991) "Silver and Gold" (1991)
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"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-third 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

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	1

Year-end charts

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 - The Unreleased Duets.