Every Rose Has Its Thorn

"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
Single by Poison
from the album Open Up and Say... Ahh!
B-side
  • "Livin for the Minute" (US)
  • "Back to the Rocking Horse" (UK)
ReleasedOctober 12, 1988
RecordedEarly 1988
StudioConway (Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length4:20
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tom Werman
Poison singles chronology
"Fallen Angel"
(1988) 		"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
(1988) 		"Your Mama Don't Dance"
(1989)

"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a power ballad[4] by American glam metal band Poison. It was released in October 1988 as the third single from Poison's second album Open Up and Say... Ahh!. The band's signature song, it is also their only number-one hit in the US, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 24, 1988, for three weeks.[5] It also charted at number 11 on the Mainstream Rock chart.[6] It was a number 13 hit in the UK.[7] "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" was named number 34 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s", number 100 on their "100 Greatest Love Songs" and number seven on MTV and VH1 "Top 25 Power Ballads". Billboard ranked the song number five on their list of "The 10 Best Poison Songs".[8]

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  2. ^ Harrison, Thomas (2011). Music of the 1980s. ABC-CLIO. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-313-36600-0.
  3. ^ Bosso, Joe (August 23, 2019). "The 25 best acoustic rock songs". Guitar World. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "The 21 best power ballads". The Telegraph. July 23, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  5. ^ Breihan, Tom (June 16, 2021). "The Number Ones: Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  6. ^ "Poison - Mainstream Rock Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  7. ^ "Poison The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  8. ^ Titus, Christa (July 5, 2017). "Poison's 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks". Billboard. Retrieved July 2, 2021.