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The track — written by frontman Bret Michaels about his own heartbreak — is one of the greatest power ballads of all time, according to Ultimate Classic Rock, but not only because of its delicate acoustic guitar and aching vocals. Because it’s also one of the only tracks ever to top the pop, rock, and country charts at the same time.
View this post on InstagramRecalling turning his devastation into the ultimate power ballad to Rolling Stone in 2010, per Songfacts, Michaels said, “I remember using a pay phone to call this girl I was dating. We were on the road, touring in our Winnebago, and my relationship was falling apart. I still have the yellow legal pad I wrote it on. There are, like, a bazillion verses that I later edited down.”
“Like, real pop radio at the time, which at those times was Madonna, George Michael, Prince. That’s who you were going up against. And all of a sudden, it was a No. 1 song at pop radio, and at rock radio, and it crossed over into top 40 country,” Michaels told Billboard in 2018. “And so you definitely felt — it wasn’t a shift, let’s call it an addition to the fan base. There was a massive addition of people who became interested in Poison, interested in going to see the concert.”
Today, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" remains the band’s signature hit, despite Poison being better known for hard-rock party anthems like "Talk Dirty to Me" and "Nothin' but a Good Time." With its vulnerable lyrics, bittersweet melody, and lighter-waving singalong chorus, the song ultimately became one of the definitive power ballads of the 1980s.
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