Seal - "Kiss From A Rose"

[johnnywest]

Not bad, but a tad bit overplayed.

[rr1981]

This is simply a beautiful song. It is so haunting. And the video was so dark and gorgeous, from what I can remember. Without the "Batman" clips it would have been just perfect.

[ClevelandRox]

I think this is one of the best songs from the 90s

[joker]

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It's okay. I like a few of Seal's other songs more.

[tico]

Hated it!

[cartman2002]

Kiss From a Rose was #1 for one week on the Hot 100 in 1995 after it was used in the film Batman Forever

[grandelf]

This one is still awesome!

[kcdawg13]

A masterpiece, one of the best songs of the 90's

[Relaxing Cup]

I bought the single for this on cassette. I always hear this song at karaoke, so good.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Feb 21, 2007 19:10:14 GMT -5 ClevelandRox said:

I think this is one of the best songs from the 90s

I think so too. It always took my breath away every time I listen to it. It feels very nostalgic.

[MoD]

Such a great smooth song

[Az Paynter]

I think time is what made me appreciate this song; I don't think I even paid it any mind when it was out (I don't think it helped that I was still quite young when it was released).

[♛ The Manticore ☯]

Love it! My favorite Seal song. Reminds me of the good times in 1995.

[disman00911]

This was in the Batman Forever (underrated Batman flick IMO) soundtrack.  This was played a lot on the AC stations (101.9 the Mix, 100.3, Lite FM 93.9) and on B96 in my market. I never could figure out what BPM the song was as it had a 3/4 beat.  One of Seal's best songs.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

#308 on Billboard's 500 Greatest Pop Songs 

You Know What It Is: The worldwide mega-smash ballad that topped the Hot 100 roughly eight years after first being tossed onto Seal’s songwriting scrap heap in 1987 — thanks to its elegant, genuinely affecting sweep (and rescue from a big-budget blockbuster).

Hollywood Nights: “Kiss From a Rose” reached No. 1 because Joel Schumacher, the director of 1995’s Batman Forever, placed it over the end credits and on the film’s soundtrack; Schumacher loved the song so much that he even directed a new, more cinematic video for it, with Batman iconography woven in. Forever was a hit at the box office, and “Kiss From a Rose” became one on the Hot 100.

These Words: The hook lyrics — “Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey,” and later, “Now that your rose is in bloom / A light hits the gloom on the grey” — are ambiguous, and purposely so: for decades, Seal has refused to clarify what the heck he’s singing about, and you still can’t help but sing along.