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| ]'s third and most commercially successful album '''''Slippery When Wet''''' was released on ] of ] (see ]). It sold over twelve ] copies in the ]. Still today it is one of the 6 best selling hard rock / heavy metal albums ever! | ]'s third and most commercially successful album '''''Slippery When Wet''''' was released on ] of ] (see ]). It sold over twelve ] copies in the ]. Still today it is one of the 6 best selling hard rock / heavy metal albums ever! | ||
| and spawned two #1 singles, "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' On a Prayer". ''Slippery When Wet'' hit #1 (for 15 weeks, the record for a hard rock album)on the ] Top 200. | and spawned two #1 singles, "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' On a Prayer". ''Slippery When Wet'' hit #1 (for 15 weeks, the record for a hard rock album)on the ] Top 200. | ||
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Bon Jovi's third and most commercially successful album Slippery When Wet was released on August 18 of 1986 (see 1986 in music). It sold over twelve million copies in the U.S.. Still today it is one of the 6 best selling hard rock / heavy metal albums ever!
and spawned two #1 singles, "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' On a Prayer". Slippery When Wet hit #1 (for 15 weeks, the record for a hard rock album)on the Billboard Top 200. Jon Bon Jovi initially didn't want to include "Livin' on a Prayer" on the album, as he didn't think it was a good song. Ironically, it became one of the band's most popular and well-known songs, and was the #1 song of 1987. The song is referred to in Bon Jovi's 2000 single It's My Life
With this album' singles Bon Jovi was the first hard rock band to ever have 2 consecutive #1 hot 100 chart hits! (You Give Love A Bad Name followed by Livin' On A Prayer a couple of months later.
Also...the Slippery When Wet album was #1 on the album chart both times they had the #1 song, another hard rock first.
Track listing
- "Let It Rock" (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora) - 5:25
- "You Give Love a Bad Name" (JBJ, Sambora, Desmond Child) - 3:42
- "Livin' on a Prayer" (JBJ, Sambora, Child) - 4:09
- "Social Disease" (JBJ, Sambora) - 4:18
- "Wanted Dead Or Alive" (JBJ, Sambora) - 5:08
- "Raise Your Hands" (JBJ, Sambora) - 4:16
- "Without Love" (JBJ, Sambora, Child) - 3:30
- "I'd Die For You" (JBJ, Sambora, Child) - 4:30
- "Never Say Goodbye" (JBJ, Sambora) - 4:48
- "Wild In The Streets" (JBJ) - 3:54
Personnel
- Jon Bon Jovi - guitar, vocals
- David Bryan - keyboards, vocals
- Richie Sambora - guitars, vocals, talk box
- Alec John Such - bass, background vocals
- Tico Torres - percussion, drums
- Tim Crich - assistant engineer
- Bruce Fairbairn - percussion, horn, producer
- Tom Keenlyside - horn
- Bill Levy - artwork
- George Marino - digital remastering engineer
- Hugh McDonald - bass guitar
- Lema Moon - horn
- Mark Weiss - photography
Singles
You Give Love A Bad Name / Raise Your Hands
Livin' On A Prayer / Wild In The Streets
Wanted Dead Or Alive / I'd Die For You
Charting
1986 You Give Love A Bad Name The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 (On Novembetr 29, 1986) 1986 Wanted Dead Or Alive Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 13 1986 You Give Love A Bad Name Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 9 1987 Livin On A Prayer The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 (From February 14 - March 7, 1987) 1987 Wanted Dead Or Alive The Billboard Hot 100 No. 7 1987 Livin On A Prayer Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 1 1987 Never Say Goodbye Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 11Categories: