The Rose (song)
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"The Rose" is a pop song written by Amanda McBroom made famous by Bette Midler in the 1979 movie The Rose. Since then it has been covered by a variety of artists.
The song is a commentary on people who are so afraid of failing (in love, among other things) that they do not even try, as illustrated by the lyric "It's the soul, afraid of dying, that never learns to live..."
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[edit] Bette Midler version
"The Rose" is featured in the 1979 movie The Rose, in which it was performed by Bette Midler. Midler hit #3 on the U.S. pop charts with her version, which was certified as a gold single.
Midler's version of "The Rose" was played in a 1987 episode of the soap opera Days of our Lives, to signify the sorrow felt by the character Kayla Brady, who had just been raped.
[edit] Covers
LeAnn Rimes' 1997 album You Light up My Life includes "The Rose" as one of the tracks. America's Got Talent winner Bianca Ryan (who also covered "You Light Up My Life") includes "The Rose" in her eponymous debut album.
Country singer Conway Twitty recorded a No. 1 cover version in 1983.
Norwegian singer Kari Bremnes translated and sang the song on her 1997 album Månestein.
Mudhoney recorded a grunge version of "The Rose" in 1988. The recording can be found on the compilation album Sub Pop 200.
Belgian singer Ann Christy who also sung for her country in the Eurovision Song Contest ("Gelukkig Zijn") also recorded a Dutch-language version called "De Roos" which frequently appears in the Top 10 all-time favourite singles in Belgian polls.
Mexican singer and the winner of the first season of La Academia,Myriam Montemayor Cruz, sang the song at the finale of where she was named the winner in 2002. A remix of the song was also included in her second album (first CD with original songs) named Una Mujer.
Mexican Singer and the second place winner of the Fourth season of La Academia, Yuridia Gaxiola, recorded this song on her Sophomore album, Habla el Corazon, which included covers from the 80's and 90's translated into Spanish. "The Rose" is the only song performed in English.
[edit] Westlife Version
"The Rose" was covered by Irish boyband Westlife and was released as the first and only single from their 2006 concept album, The Love Album. It reached #1 in the UK Singles Chart for one week in November.
[edit] Cultural references
The song was also showcased in the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite. Napoleon and his classmates performed a routine in sign language with the song as accompaniment. This routine is where the famous "butterfly flapping" movement came from.
A Japanese translation of the song titled "Love is a Flower, You are the Seed" (愛は花、君はその種子 Ai wa Hana, Kimi wa Sono Tane?) was the ending theme of Studio Ghibli's 1991 anime feature Omohide Poro Poro, also known as Only Yesterday, performed by Harumi Miyako.
