"Barbed Wire and Roses" is a song written by Tia Sillers, Mark Selby, and Sean Locke, and recorded by American country music band Pinmonkey.
It was released in 2002 via BNA Records as their debut single, and reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.
[3] Jack Leaver of The Grand Rapids Press wrote in a review of the album, "while it has a memorable hook and infectious groove, the song is far from the best track".
[4] An uncredited review in the Grand Junction, Colorado, Daily Sentinel called the song "only the mainstream tip of this versatile bevy of seasoned Nashville veterans' repertoire.
"[5] Billboard writer Deborah Evans Price described the song as "swampy" and compared the band's sound to Diamond Rio.