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Name | Kiss From a Rose |
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Cover | Seal - Kiss From A Rose (single).jpg| |
Artist | Seal |
From album | Seal (aka Seal II) and Batman Forever: Music from the Motion Picture| |
B-side | "The Wind Cries Mary", "Blues in 'E'" (1994) |
Released | 18 July 1994 (UK)6 June 1995 (U.S.)3 July 1995 (UK re-release) |
Format | CD single |
Recorded | 1994 |
Genre | Pop, soul |
Length | 4:47 (album/commercial 45 rpm version) 3:38 (Batman Forever film edit/DJ promo edit) |
Label | ZTT / Warner Bros. |
Writer | Seal |
Producer | Trevor Horn |
Last single | "Prayer for the Dying" (May 1994)---"Newborn Friend"(Oct 1994)| |
This single | "Kiss from a Rose" (Jul 1994)---"Kiss from a Rose"/"I'm Alive"(Jul 1995)| |
Next single | "Newborn Friend"(Oct 1994)---"Don't Cry"/"Prayer for the Dying"(Nov 1995)| |
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"Kiss from a Rose" is a song from Seal's second eponymous album Seal (aka Seal II). The song was first released as a single in July 1994. Re-released in 1995, it was included on the Batman Forever film soundtrack, helping it top the charts in the U.S. and Australia. It took the 1996 Grammy Awards for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Seal also won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
DescriptionWritten by Seal, the single "Kiss from a Rose", the second taken from the Batman Forever film soundtrack, topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for one week in August 1995. It also went to number four on the UK Singles Chart. The single originally made it to #20 in 1994, but upon being re-released after being featured in the film, it reached the top position. It was also nominated for a 1996 MTV Movie Award. Seal talked about the long, strange journey that the song went through on The Brian McKnight Show season finale that aired Sunday, 12:30 A.M., May 30, 2010. He said the song first arrived on the charts at #60 and then got dropped off the charts. It wasn't until he got a call from Joel Schumacher that he wanted to use the song to play over a love scene between the characters played by Nicole Kidman and Val Kilmer. It wound up being moved to play over the end credits and, as Seal said, many people that saw the movie recalled the song and loved it which he admitted wasn't commercial. He also pointed out that the song is a waltz done in 3/4 time.
Music videoTwo versions of the music video were produced:
Track listingBetween all the formats of the single release, bonus tracks include the non-album tracks "The Wind Cries Mary" (a Jimi Hendrix cover) and "Blues in 'E'"; remixes of "Kiss from a Rose" by Adamski (who produced the original version of "Killer"); and remixes of album track "I'm Alive" by Steve Fitzmaurice and Sasha with BT.
Cover versions
Video gamesThe Batman Forever film edit version of the song is featured in Backyard Football '09.
Charts and sales
Peak positions{|class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (1994) !Peakposition |- |UK Singles Chart | style="text-align:center;"|20 |- !Chart (1995) !Peakposition |- |Australian ARIA Singles Chart | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |Austrian Singles Chart | style="text-align:center;"|4 |- |French SNEP Singles Chart | style="text-align:center;"|11 |- |Irish Singles Chart | style="text-align:center;"|4 |- |New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | style="text-align:center;"|39 |- |Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart | style="text-align:center;"|71 |- |Dutch Top 40 | style="text-align:center;"|41 |- |Swiss Singles Chart | style="text-align:center;"|47 |- |U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | style="text-align:center;"|4 |}
End of decade charts{| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (1990–1999) !Position |- | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | style="text-align:center;"|58 |}
Certifications{| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Country !Certification !Date !Sales certified |- |France | style="text-align:center;"|Gold | style="text-align:center;"|1996 | style="text-align:center;"|125,000 |- |UK | style="text-align:center;"|Silver | style="text-align:center;"|1 August 1995 | style="text-align:center;"|200,000 |- |U.S. | style="text-align:center;"|Gold | style="text-align:center;"|25 August 1995 | style="text-align:center;"|500,000 |}
See also
References
Category:1994 singles Category:1995 singles Category:Seal songs Category:Batman music Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Category:Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles Category:Billboard Pop Songs number-one singles Category:Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks number-one singles Category:Number-one singles in Australia Category:Grammy Award for Record of the Year Category:Grammy Award for Song of the Year Category:Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America Category:Songs written by Trevor Horn Category:Songs written by Seal (musician) Category:Pop ballads This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community.
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