poison was the original band who performed the song "every rose has its thorn".
poison was the original band who performed the song "every rose has its thorn".
who is the original band who performed the song "every rose has its thorn"?
poison
"every rose has its thorn" is the title of a power ballad song 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 u.s., reaching the top spot on december 24, 1988, for three weeks (carrying over into 1989) and it also charted at #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", #100 on their "100 greatest love songs" and #7 on mtv and vh1 "top 25 power ballads".
every rose has its thorn
the music video to "every rose" was directed by marty callner. it starts out with a forlorn bret michaels in bed with a young woman, they both look unhappy. he gets up, does the heavy sigh that is at the start of the song and walks away to play the acoustic guitar, the video then goes into video clips of the band's tour. the same young woman is seen driving a thunderbird in the rain, (two different times) listening to "every rose" on the car's radio. the video was shot at the brown county veterans memorial arena in green bay, wisconsin, and in an empty warehouse nearby. the video ends with bret michaels playing the last of the song on his acoustic guitar and walking away.
every rose has its thorn