I was in high school, dating a girl when this album was released and this was “our song”. They have had several others since this one. Without Love I’d Die for You Never Say Goodbyeīon Jovi’s first great ballad. Great way to start the second side of the album! It compliments the first song of the the first side, “Let it Rock”. This gave MTV the idea to start the channel’s Unplugged series. One of the most memorable (good) moments in the history of the MTV music awards was when Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora played an acoustic version of this song. This helped Slippery When Wet become the first hard rock album ever to have 3 top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. This was the third single released from the album, and reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This is probably my least favorite song on the album, but it is better than a lot of songs that bands release. This is one of Bon Jovi’s most popular songs of all time. It was the second consecutive single by Bon Jovi to reach #1. This was the second song released from the album. That decision may have changed music history. Bon Jovi and Sambora started out writing it for them, but liked it so much they kept it for themselves. Here’s an interesting fact: At one point, this song was intended for the group Loverboy (“Working for the Weekend”). A lot of people probably bought this album as soon as they heard this song. You Give Love a Bad NameĪs I already mentioned, this was the first single released from the album. Great way to start of an album! It gets you pumped right away. With that, let’s go back and listen to Slippery When Wet: Let It Rock “You Give Love A Bad Name” and “Livin’ On A Prayer” reached #1, making Bon Jovi the first hard rock band to ever have two consecutive #1 Billboard Hot 100 chart hits. As a result, Slippery When Wet spent eight weeks at #1 on The Billboard 200, and was in the top 5 for 38 weeks. And people who were into hard rock thought Bon Jovi was cool too. All of a sudden, people who had been listening to Culture Club, Lionel Richie and Madonna, were now getting into Bon Jovi. Darlin’, you give love a bad name!” Bon Jovi’s 3rd album, Slippery When Wet was released, and “You Give Love a Bad Name” was the first single released off of that album. But, that music barrier was shattered with the words “Shot through the heart and you’re to blame. They were too loud for a lot of people, and the people that listened to hair metal were looked on as bad boys or bad girls. Up to this point, hair bands were not very mainstream. So please check it out, and relive this totally awesome time! There are many more readers now than when I first publihed this, so it will be new for a lot of you. Today, August 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of this classic ’80s album.
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