Kiss from a rose

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Kiss from a rose
Seal
publication July 18, 1994 (UK)
length 4:47 (album version)
3:38 ( Batman Forever version)
Genre (s) Pop music , power ballad
Author (s) Seal
Producer (s) Richard Lowe , Trevor Horn
Label ZTT Records , Warner Bros. Records
album Seal

Kiss from a Rose is a song by British singer Seal that was first released in the UK in July 1994 as a single on Seal's second album Seal . It was released in the United States on June 6, 1995. The song is also featured on the soundtrack of the 1995 comic book adaptation of Batman Forever . At the 38th Grammy Awards in 1996 , the ballad was recognized in three categories as Record of the Year , Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance .

On August 26, 1995, Kiss from a Rose reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The song also reached number 1 on the Australian charts (ARIA) as well as the Adult Contemporary , US Adult Top 40 and Billboard Mainstream Top 40 in the USA. The best placement in Germany ( German single charts ) was eleventh, in Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) third and in Switzerland ( Swiss charts ) seventh.

Seal sang the song live together with Mary J. Blige at a 1997 concert at Wembley Stadium .

Cover versions of the song exist by Straight No Chaser , 12 Stones , Becca Stevens , John Williams , Hank Marvin , Katherine Jenkins , The King's Singers and Northern Kings , among others .

The song is also part of the auditions in the 2016 animated film Sing .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Soundtrack - Batman Forever , on ultratop.be. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ Winners: 38th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1995) , on grammy.com. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  3. ^ Seal: Chart History , on billboard.com. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ SEAL - KISS FROM A ROSE (SONG) , on australian-charts.com. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
  5. ↑ Seal: Kiss From A Rose Single , on officialcharts.de. Retrieved May 12, 2019.