every rose has its thorn

Vocalist Bret Michaels wrote the band's most successful single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", in response to a failed love affair with a Los Angeles stripper. Poison had been playing at a cowboy bar called The Ritz in Dallas, Texas. After the show, Michaels called the woman at her apartment and heard a man's voice in the background. Heartbroken, Michaels wrote the song with an acoustic guitar in a laundromat [1].

TV/Movie Features

• 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.
• Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey features Bill and Ted performing the chorus to prove that they're worthy of entry into heaven.
• The song is performed in an episode of "Yes, Dear" (S1, E6 "Greg's Big Day") when the main characters meet Bret Michaels.
• The song has also been featured in the movie Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo.
• The song was featured in an episode of The O.C. (S2, E19 "The Rager")
• Most recently, the song was featured in the Broken Lizard movie Beerfest when the 'Landfill' character dies.

Covers

Street punk band The Unseen covered the song on their album Lower Class Crucifixion.

Melissa Auf der Maur covered this song for the movie Run Ronnie Run, it plays during the end credits.

Joey Fatone Performed this track for the movie On the Line