"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a power ballad/rock song by Poison. It was released in 1988 from Poison's second album Open Up And Say...Ahh! and was a number 1 hit in the U.S. and a top 20 hit in the UK. The song starts quietly and features two intricate guitar solos, one mellow and one fast, in a manner similar to tracks such as Metallica's "Fade to Black." Power ballad is the name given to a certain genre of songs that were frequently included on heavy metal albums in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Poison is an American glam metal band which achieved popular success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Open Up and Say… Ahh!, was the second and most successful album by American hair metal band Poison. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band formed in October 1981. ... Fade To Black is a controversial song by heavy metal band Metallica. ...

The track was featured in an episode of The Simpsons, with the character Otto identified as a fan of Poison. John Mayer performed the song in a sketch on Chappelle's Show. In Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, Bill and Ted use the chorus to prove that they're worthy of entry into heaven. The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening. ... John Mayer performing at the 5th Annual Jammys on April 26th, 2005 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City John Clayton Mayer (born October 16, 1977) is a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who plays pop music. ... Chappelles Show is a comedy series starring comedian David Chappelle. ...

Street punk band The Unseen covered the song on their album Lower Class Crucifixion. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Unseen are a punk rock band that were formed in 1994 in Hingham, Massachusetts. ...

The lyrics are often spelled incorrectly (and the song referred to as "Every Rose Has It's Thorn") since many Poison fans do not differentiate between it's (contraction) and its (possessive). Here are corrected lyrics from the internet:

LYRICS:

We both lie silently still

In the dead of the night

Although we both lie close together

We feel miles apart inside

Was it something I said or something I did

Did my words not come out right

Though I tried not to hurt you

Though I tried

But I guess that’s why they say

Chorus:

Every rose has its thorn

Just like every night has its dawn

Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song

Every rose has its thorn

Yeah it does

I listen to our favorite song

Playing on the radio

Hear the dj say loves a game of easy come and

Easy go

But I wonder does he know

Has he ever felt like this

And I know that you’d be here right now

If I could have let you know somehow

I guess

Chorus

Though it’s been a while now

I can still feel so much pain

Like a knife that cuts you the wound heals

But the scar, that scar remains

Solo

I know I could have saved a love that night

If I’d known what to say

Instead of makin’ love

We both made our separate ways

But now I hear you found somebody new

And that I never meant that much to you

To hear that tears me up inside

And to see you cuts me like a knife

I guess

Chorus

See also

• Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1988 (USA)