A Rose Is Still a Rose (song)

"A Rose Is Still a Rose"
Single by Aretha Franklin
from the album A Rose Is Still a Rose
Released	February 10, 1998
Recorded	1997
Genre	R&B neo soul hip hop soul
Length	4:27
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Lauryn Hill Edie Brickell Brad Houser Brandon Aly John W. Bush Kenny Withrow
Producer(s)	Lauryn Hill
Aretha Franklin singles chronology
"Willing to Forgive" (1994) "A Rose Is Still a Rose" (1998) "Here We Go Again" (1998)
Music video
"A Rose Is Still a Rose" on YouTube

"A Rose Is Still a Rose" is a song recorded by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was written and produced by singer Lauryn Hill for Franklin's album of the same name (1998). The song focused on a motherly figure giving advice to a younger woman who keeps getting into bad relationships. Throughout "A Rose Is Still a Rose", Franklin advises that in spite of everything and despite the woman's "scorned roses and thorn crowns," the woman is "still a rose". Elements of the song "What I Am" by Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians were sung throughout the song by Hill herself.

Released as the album's lead single in February 1998 by Arista, the song became a surprise hit for Franklin, 40-plus years into her career, reaching number 26 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number-five on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, while also reaching the UK top 40. "A Rose Is Still a Rose" remains one of Franklin's most played songs from her later years and was her last top 40 hit. The single received nominations for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards.^[1] Lauryn Hill directed its music video.