The Rose

"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 encouragement for people who are so afraid of failing (in love, among other things) that they do not even try, as illustrated by the lyric "And the soul, afraid of dying, that never learns to live..."

"The Rose" was covered by Irish boyband Westlife and was released as the first and only single from their 2006 album, The Love Album. It reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart for one week in November 2006. This became the group's 14th UK number 1 single.

The band gave their first exclusive live performance of this song on Miss World 2006.

The video for this single was presented in black and white and shows the emotions and events leading up to a couple's wedding procession. The band members are clad in suits and are shown in a checkered-floor room.

During the initial period of the video's release, fans were given the opportunity to customise the music video by digitally adding their names to various elements such as the wedding invitation card.

A coloured version of the music video was later made available...pls. enjoy!!