{"id":31103,"date":"2024-12-24T18:02:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T18:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-dec-24-1988-poison-landed-their-only-1-song-with-every-rose-has-its-thorn\/"},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:02:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T18:02:29","slug":"on-this-day-dec-24-1988-poison-landed-their-only-1-song-with-every-rose-has-its-thorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-dec-24-1988-poison-landed-their-only-1-song-with-every-rose-has-its-thorn\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, Dec. 24, 1988: Poison landed their only #1 song with \u2018Every Rose Has Its Thorn\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-12-23\/ABCAudio_ThisDayInHistory_v03_ag.jpg\" alt><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On This Day, Dec. 24, 1988 &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Glam rockers <strong>Poison<\/strong> landed their first and only #1 song with the power ballad \u201cEvery Rose Has Its Thorn.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The song, from the band\u2019s sophomore album,\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Open Up and Say \u2026 Ah!,<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0spent three weeks on top of the <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Billboard<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> Hot 100 and was #3 on the <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Billboard<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> year-end charts that year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The band\u2019s frontman, <strong>Bret Michaels<\/strong>, shared in an interview\u00a0for VH1\u2019s <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Behind the Music<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> that the song was inspired by a cheating girlfriend. 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