Kiss from a Rose

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“Kiss From a Rose”
Single by Seal from the album Seal and Batman Forever: Music from the Motion Picture
B-side	"The Wind Cries Mary", "Blues in 'E'" (1994)
Released	18 July 1994 (UK) 3 July 1995 (UK re-release)
Format	CD single
Recorded	1994
Genre	Pop
Length	4:47 (album/commercial 45rpm version) 3:38 (Batman Forever film edit/DJ promo edit)
Label	ZTT / Warner Bros.
Producer	Trevor Horn
Seal singles chronology
"Prayer for the Dying" (May 1994) --- "Newborn Friend" (Oct 1994) "Kiss from a Rose" (Jul 1994) --- "Kiss from a Rose"/"I'm Alive" (Jul 1995) "Newborn Friend" (Oct 1994) --- "Don't Cry"/"Prayer for the Dying" (Nov 1995)
1995 re-release

"Kiss from a Rose" is a song from Seal's second eponymous album Seal, subsequently featured on the Batman Forever (1995) film soundtrack. It was originally planned to accompany a love scene between Bruce Wayne and the character Chase Meridian but ended up placed at the end of the film.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Description

Written by Seal, the single "Kiss from a Rose", the second taken from the film soundtrack, topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for one week in August 1995. It also went to #4 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 The single originally made it to #20 in 1994, but upon being re-released after being featured in the film, it reached the top position.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 won two Grammy Awards, for 'Song of the Year' and 'Record of the Year'. It was also nominated for a 1996 MTV Movie Award.^[1]

With its 6/8 time signature (rather uncommon for a pop song) and its danceable tempo, "Kiss from a Rose" is one of the most popular waltzes written in the 1990s.^[1]

[edit] Music video

Two versions of the music video were produced; the original version is set in a photographic studio, while the film promotional version that followed, directed by Batman Forever director Joel Schumacher, has Seal performing the song beside the Bat-Signal, interspersed with clips from the film.

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Between 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.

• "Kiss from a Rose" (radio edit) — 3:38
• "Kiss from a Rose" (album version) — 4:47

[edit] Cover versions

Irish vocal trio Trinití and Japanese artist Angela Aki have recorded cover versions of the song. Saxophonist Alfonzo Blackwell created an instrumental version of the song as well. Jack Black performed a cover of "Kiss from a Rose" on an American Idol charity special in 2007.^[2] Chris Sligh, an American Idol finalist, performed this song for his audition. Also, electro-punk duo Vyncent Flaw has released a higher tempo cover of the song. Head Control System has released a cover version of the song on their official myspace.

Katherine Jenkins also recorded her version of the track in her 2007 album Rejoice.

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