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==Recording==
==Recording==
According to singer [[Bret Michaels]], the recording sessions for "Every Rose" were fraught with infighting and squabbles between band members. "It was like, I totally thought this would help us move forward, you know, push the envelope, sonically," Michaels has said, "but the others were just not into it, you know? I mean, [[C.C. DeVille|C.C.]] has always been the metal rawk one in the group, and he thought I was a fucking sell-out. He hated playing "Every Rose"; the song is one of the reasons he refuses to speak to me anymore. Although I think me sleeping with his girlfriend of six years didn't help either."<ref>Flenderson, Eustace: ''Sex, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll ... & Sex & Drugs Some More: The Poison Story'', Harper-Collins, New York, page 312, ISBN 4329212492</ref> C.C. Deville would later retort in the Poison biography ''Sex, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll ... & Sex & Drugs Some More: The Poison Story'', "Well that's Bret's take, okay? And you know what, he's a cunt. That's all I have to say about that."<ref>Flenderson, page 313</ref>
According to singer [[Bret Michaels]], the recording sessions for "Every Rose" were fraught with infighting and squabbles among band members. "It was like, I totally thought this would help us move forward, you know, push the envelope, sonically," Michaels has said, "but the others were just not into it, you know? I mean, [[C.C. DeVille|C.C.]] has always been the metal rawk one in the group, and he thought I was a fucking sell-out. He hated playing "Every Rose"; the song is one of the reasons he refuses to speak to me anymore. Although I think me sleeping with his girlfriend of six years didn't help either."<ref>Flenderson, Eustace: ''Sex, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll ... & Sex & Drugs Some More: The Poison Story'', Harper-Collins, New York, page 312, ISBN 4329212492</ref> C.C. Deville would later retort in the Poison biography ''Sex, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll ... & Sex & Drugs Some More: The Poison Story'', "Well that's Bret's take, okay? And you know what, he's a cunt. That's all I have to say about that."<ref>Flenderson, page 313</ref>


==Song==
==Song==

Revision as of 02:43, 6 August 2010

"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
Song
B-side"Livine For The Minute"

"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a power ballad by American hair metal band Poison. It was released in 1988 as the third single from Poison's second album Open Up And Say... Ahh!. It is the band's first and only number-one hit in the U.S., reaching the top spot on Christmas Eve in 1988 for three weeks (carrying over into 1989). It was a #13 hit in the UK.[1] "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" was named number 34 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s", #100 on their "100 Greatest Love Songs" and #3 on their " Top 25 Power Ballads" by MTV and VH1.

Recording

According to singer Bret Michaels, the recording sessions for "Every Rose" were fraught with infighting and squabbles among band members. "It was like, I totally thought this would help us move forward, you know, push the envelope, sonically," Michaels has said, "but the others were just not into it, you know? I mean, C.C. has always been the metal rawk one in the group, and he thought I was a fucking sell-out. He hated playing "Every Rose"; the song is one of the reasons he refuses to speak to me anymore. Although I think me sleeping with his girlfriend of six years didn't help either."[2] C.C. Deville would later retort in the Poison biography Sex, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll ... & Sex & Drugs Some More: The Poison Story, "Well that's Bret's take, okay? And you know what, he's a cunt. That's all I have to say about that."[3]

Song

Poison's lead vocalist, Bret Michaels, wrote the song in a laundromat with an acoustic guitar in response to a failed love affair with his then-girlfriend.

Musically, the song starts quietly and features two intricate guitar solos, one mellow and one fast. Among guitarists, the song is notable for epitomizing the standard G - Cadd9 progression in pop/rock. During the same period, Poison had been playing at a cowboy bar called "The Ritz" in Dallas, Texas, accounting for the song's recognizable references to cowboys in the chorus, along with the twang in Bret Michaels' vocals, which give the song a country feel not often heard in power ballads composed by glam metal bands.

In an interview with VH1's Behind The Music, Michaels said the inspiration for the song came from a night when he was in a laundromat waiting for his clothes to dry, and called his girlfriend on a pay phone. Michaels said he heard a male voice in the background and was devastated; he said he went into the laundromat and wrote Every Rose Has Its Thorn as a result. The name of the girl of the song is Tracy.[4]

When asked in Twisted Sister: The Completed Uncensored Story about why the glam metal scene came to an end, Dee Snider of Twisted Sister said: "Hey man, it was them motherfuckin' "power ballads", you know! Bret is gonna kill me for saying this but "Every Rose" completely killed the metal in the pop metal scene man. All of a sudden, all the heavy metal rock bands got rid of their distortion pedals and went acoustic."[5]

Music scholar Matthew Daniel Rod classifies the song as typical of the "cock rock" or "butt rock" genre. "In the 80s, when spandex was in, and the hair metal rockers were intent on showing off just how well-endowed they were, 'hair metal' evolved into 'butt rock' or 'cock rock.' By this time, the groups' music was stripped of metallic elements almost entirely; case in point being the mega-selling 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn' single." Rod also points to the success of "Every Rose" as the moment when "Poison dethroned Motley Crue from the apex of the butt rock movement."[6]

Music video

The music video to "Every Rose" was similar to those filmed for other 80s power ballads. It features Michaels sitting down, playing the guitar, and singing along to the song, interspersed with black and white clips from concerts, and color frames of a storyline that follows the song.

Albums

"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is on the following albums.

Chart performance

"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" became the group's first (and only to date) number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100; it climbed to the top during the two last weeks of 1988 and the first week of 1989.

Chart (1988–1989) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Charts 16
Dutch Mega Top 50 18
Swedish Singles Chart 20
Swiss Music Charts 12
UK Singles Chart 13
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 11

Covers

American pop singer Miley Cyrus has covered the song for her third studio album, Can't Be Tamed.

Casey James of American Idol sang 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn' with Bret Michaels on the Season 9 Finale of American Idol.

References

  1. ^ [digitaldreamdoor.com] Billboard 'Hot 100' #1 Songs (1980-1989). Retrieved on October 26, 2007
  2. ^ Flenderson, Eustace: Sex, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll ... & Sex & Drugs Some More: The Poison Story, Harper-Collins, New York, page 312, ISBN 4329212492
  3. ^ Flenderson, page 313
  4. ^ http://www.thegazz.com/guide/articles/stories/171/Something+to+believe+in theGAZZ.com - the Weekly Arts & Entertainment Guide of the Charleston Gazette in Charleston, West Virginia]. Retrieved on October 26, 2007[dead link]
  5. ^ Ribbert, Anthony John (2001). Twisted Sister: The Completed Uncensored Story. Omnibus Publishing. pg. 365. ISBN1342523432
  6. ^ Rod, Matthew Daniel. "Sex & Music: A study of symbolism in hair metal music". Journal of Popular Culture Studies. Summer 1997 issue.
Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
December 24, 1988- January 7, 1989 		Succeeded by
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