LIVIN’
ON A PRAYER
BON JOVI
SONGWRITERS: DESMOND CHILD;
JON BON JOVI & RICHIE SAMBORA
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: SLIPPERY WHEN WET
LABEL: MERCURY RECORDS
GENRE: HEAVY METAL
YEAR: 1986
Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in
1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey. It
consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi,
keyboardist David Bryan, drummer
Tico Torres, guitarist
Phil X, and bassist Hugh McDonald.
Original bassist Alec John Such quit the band in 1994, and longtime guitarist
and co-songwriter Richie Sambora left in 2013. The band have been credited with "[bridging] the
gap between heavy metal and pop with style and
ease".
In 1984 and 1985, Bon Jovi released their
first two albums and their debut single "Runaway"
managed to crack the Top 40. In 1986, the band achieved widespread success and
global recognition with their third album, Slippery When Wet,
which sold over 20 million copies and included three Top 10 singles, two of
which reached Nº. 1 ("You Give Love
a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer")
Their fourth album, New Jersey (1988), was also very successful, selling over 10 million copies and
featuring five Top 10 singles (a record for a glam metal album), two of which
reached No. 1 ("Bad Medicine"
and "I'll Be There for You").
After the band toured and recorded extensively during the late 1980s,
culminating in the 1988–1990 New Jersey Tour,
Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora released successful solo albums in 1990 and
1991, respectively.
In 1992, the band returned with the
double-platinum Keep the Faith. This
was followed by their biggest-selling and longest-charting single "Always"
(1994) and the álbum These Days(1995),
which proved to be a bigger success in Europe than in the United States,
producing four Top Ten singles in the United Kingdom. Following a second
hiatus, their 2000 album Crush,
particularly the lead single, "It's My Life",
successfully introduced the band to a younger audience. The band followed up
with Bounce in 2002. The platinum albums Have a Nice Day (2005) and Lost Highway(2007)
saw the band incorporate elements of country music into some of the songs,
including the 2006 single "Who Says You
Can't Go Home", which won the band a Grammy Award and
became the first single by a rock band to reach Nº. 1 on the country charts. The Circle(2009)
marked a return to the band's rock sound. The band also enjoyed great success
touring, with both the 2005–2006 Have a Nice
Day Tour and 2007–2008 Lost Highway Tour ranking among the Top 20 highest-grossing concert tours of the 2000s and the 2013 Because We
Can Tour ranking among the highest-grossing
of the 2010s. The band continues to tour and record, with their most recent álbum
This House Is
Not for Sale and its associated
tour encompassing 2016–2019.
Bon Jovi has released 15 studio albums,
five compilations and three live albums. They
have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling
American rock bands, and performed more than 2,700
concerts in over 50 countries for more than 34 million fans. Bon Jovi was
inducted into the UK Music Hall
of Fame in 2006, and into the US Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 2018. The band received the Award
of Merit at the American
Music Awards in 2004, and Jon Bon Jovi and Richie
Sambora were inducted into Songwriters
Hall of Fame in 2009.
"Livin' on a Prayer" is a song by
the American rock band Bon Jovi, and is
the band's second chart-topping single from their third album Slippery When Wet. Written
by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child, the
single, released in late 1986, was well received at both rock and pop radio and its
music video was given heavy rotation at MTV, giving the band their
first Nº. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream
Rock chart and their second consecutive Nº.
1 Billboard Hot 100 hit.
"Livin' on a Prayer" is the band's signature
song, topping fan-voted lists and re-charting
around the world decades after its release. was certified triple platinum for
over 3 million digital downloads. The official music video has over 775 million
views on YouTube as of March 2021.
(Once upon a time,
not so long ago)
Tommy used to work on
the docks
Union's been on strike, he's down on his luck
It's tough, so tough
Gina works the diner all day
Working for her man, she brings home her pay
For love, for love
She says: We've got
to hold on to what we've got
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not
We've got each other and that's a lot
For love, we'll give it a shot
Whoa, we're halfway
there
Oh-oh, living on a prayer
Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear
Oh-oh, living on a prayer
Tommy's got his six
string in hock
Now he's holding in what he used to make it talk
So tough, it's tough
Gina dreams of running away
When she cries in the night, Tommy whispers
Baby, it's okay, someday
We've got to hold on
to what we've got
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not
We've got each other and that's a lot
For love, we'll give it a shot
Whoa, we're halfway
there
Oh-oh, living on a prayer
Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear
Oh-oh, living on a prayer
Living on a prayer
Ooh, we've got to
hold on, ready or not
You live for the fight when that's all that you've got
Whoa, we're halfway
there
Oh-oh, living on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear
Oh-oh, living on a prayer
Whoa, we're halfway
there
Oh-oh, living on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear
Oh-oh, living on a prayer
Whoa, we're halfway
there
Oh-oh, living on a prayer
Take my hand.
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