. "1988 songs" . "188817"^^ . "Rikki Rockett" . "Poison (American band) songs" . "295000.0"^^ . "Songs written by C.C. DeVille" . "1287554" . "Bret Michaels songs" . "-12.5"^^ . "USA560659481" . "1988-10-12"^^ . "Country rock songs" . "Songs written by Bret Michaels" . "Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America" . "Tom Werman" . "128.4"^^ . "0"^^ . . "TRIRPZM128F424A61A" . . "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" . . "CD single" . "5714dec825ac0d8aee3c0d8c" . . "Early 1988" . "Capitol Records" . "Glam metal songs" . "eng" . "Bobby Dall" . . "Bret Michaels" . "english" . "Hard rock ballads" . "1988 singles" . "Songs written by Rikki Rockett" . "99755" . "C.C. DeVille" . "Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles" . "c0a81e45-df59-48b3-b079-b34689b2b4c1" . "false"^^ . "Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one singles" . . "-0.304293"^^ . "Songs written by Bobby Dall" . "false"^^ . "2007-01-01"^^ . "Capitol Records singles" . "true"^^ . "Hard rock songs" . "-0.799586"^^ . "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" . "4"^^ . . . "Music download" . . "Song recordings produced by Tom Werman" . "1980s ballads" . "Hollywood Records singles" . . . "%22Every Rose Has Its Thorn%22 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!. It is the band's only number-one hit in the U.S., reaching the top spot on Christmas Eve in 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. %22Every Rose Has Its Thorn%22 was named number 34 on VH1's %22100 Greatest Songs of the 80s%22, #100 on their %22100 Greatest Love Songs%22 and #7 on MTV and VH1 %22Top 25 Power Ballads%22." .