Every Rose Has Its Thorn

"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);
Released	October 12, 1988
Recorded	Early 1988
Genre	Glam metal; hard rock; acoustic rock; country rock;
Length	4:20
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Bret Michaels; C.C. DeVille; Bobby Dall; Rikki Rockett;
Producer(s)	Tom Werman
Poison singles chronology

"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a power ballad 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. It also charted at number 11 on the Mainstream Rock chart. It was a number 13 hit in the UK. "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".

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