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“Kiss from a Rose” by Seal
From the album Seal (1994)
“Kiss from a Rose” by Seal appears on 11 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1995 and 2026. It was first released in 1994 on the album Seal. Its best result is #26 on the WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #167 alternative song of 1995 and #2,656 alternative song of all time.
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"Kiss from a Rose" floated out in 1994 from Seal's second album, which, like his first, carries only his name, and it's about as ornate as pop got that year. Seal wrote every word and note, and Trevor Horn produced it into a swirling, baroque thing, voices stacked like cathedral stonework over a slow, swaying lilt.
It first went out as a single that summer and turned up in the film The NeverEnding Story III, but its real moment came a year later, when the Batman Forever soundtrack picked it up and carried it all the way to number one in America and Australia. At the 1996 Grammys it took Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Two videos were made for it, one directed by Matthew Rolston and one by Joel Schumacher.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 32 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 325 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2001 | 174 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2004 | 198 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 173 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 352 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
| 2021 | 74 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2022 | 230 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2023 | 365 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2025 | 26 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
| 2026 | 778 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
Also listed as: Kiss From A Rose; Kiss From a Rose.
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