Seal remembers 'Batman' director Joel Schumacher: Turned 'Kiss From a Rose' into a hit

Seal told a story about his classic 'Kiss From a Rose' which was a chart-flop, before director Joel Schumacher, who died on Monday, helped turn it into a hit, according to The Hollywood Reporter. When Seal released the song in 1994 "it went into the charts at No. 60 and dropped to No. 80-something the next week and that was the end of it. It was over". However, Schumacher liked it, used it in 'Batman Forever' in 1995. The song went on win the 1996 Grammy for record of the year, song of the year and best male pop vocal performance. Seal also sold 8 million albums. "Subsequently, kids thought I was Batman because the song was so big."