Posted on April 13, 2011 by Maciej 'Metody' Bis

Song Of The Week #44 Poison – Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Tagged with: 1988, ballad, Bret Michaels, DeVille, Every Rose Has Its Thorn, poison
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Namaste, I described Poison a few months ago and now I’d like to highlight one of their best songs.

Poison – Every Rose Has Its Thorn (Official Video)

When?

This beautiful ballad was released in 1988 as a third single for ‘Open Up and Say… Ahh!‘ album.

Poison - Open Up and Say Ahh (1988)

Who?

Bret Michaels — lead vocals
C.C. DeVille — guitar
Bobby Dall — bass
Rikki Rockett — drums

‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn’ Popularity

Well, according to wikipedia details this is the only song performed by Poison which peaked at top of charts, but this is not the only success of this ballad, ¹

1st place on US Billboard Hot 100
13th place on UK Singles Chart
11th place on US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks

Moreover, ‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn’ was covered by bunch of artists and bands ² and used in many movies.³

Poison – Every Rose Has Its Thorn (Live 1990)

Poison – Every Rose Has Its Thorn (Live)

About Maciej 'Metody' Bis

Young web designer from Stalowa Wola in Poland, who loves glam metal music.

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Song Of The Week #109 Poison - Fallen Angel | Glam / Hair / Pop Metal Blog – Songs, Videos and Bands says:

July 20, 2012 at 4:06 pm

[...] in 80s. Those songs are: “Nothin’ But A Good Time” (#6 on Billboard 200), “Every Rose Has It’s Thorn” (#1 on Billboard 200), “I Want Action” (#50 on Billboard 200), “Talk Dirty [...]