" Livin 'on a Prayer " is Bon Jovi's chart-topping song 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 on rock and pop radio and the music video was heavily rotated on MTV, giving their first No 1 band on Billboard. i> Mainstream Rock chart and the first consecutive Number 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit them.
The song is a band's signature song, topping a list of fan selections and remapping around the world decades after its release. The first 45-RPM single release sold 800,000 copies in the United States, and in 2013 Triple Platinum certified for over 3 million digital downloads. The official music video has over 440 million views on YouTube in May 2018.
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Jon Bon Jovi does not like the original recording of this song, which can be found as a hidden song in <100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can not Be Wrong . However, lead guitarist Richie Sambora, convinced him that the song was good, and they reworked it with a new bass guitar line (recorded by Hugh McDonald without exception), filling different drums and using the talk box to put it on their upcoming album. i> Slippery When Wet . The song spent two weeks at number one on Mainstream Rock Tracks, from January 31 to February 14, 1987, and four weeks at number one on Billboard Hot 100, from 14 February to 14 March. also reached number four on the UK singles chart.
The album version of the song, around 4:10 pm, disappears in the end. However, the music video game
After the September 11, 2001 attacks - where New Jersey was the second hardest hit country after New York City, suffered hundreds of casualties among both WTC workers and first responders - the band performed an acoustic version of the song for New York. Bon Jovi performs the same version as part of America's special: A Tribute to Heroes .
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Commercial success
In 2006, online voters rated "Livin 'on a Prayer" No. 1 on the VH1 list of The 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s. Recently, in New Zealand, "Livin 'on a Prayer" is No. 1 on the C4 channel show U i U Choose 40 , in the 80s Icons list. It's also No. 1 on the "Sing-a-Long Classics List". After Bon Jovi appeared in New Zealand on January 28, 2008 while on the Lost Highway Tour, the song re-entered the official singles chart of New Zealand RIANZ at number 24, more than twenty years after its initial release.
Australian Music TV channel MAX puts this song in No. 18 on the countdown of 2008 "Rock Songs: Top 100". In 2009, the song returned to the charts in the UK, mainly reaching number one spot on the UK Rock Chart.
In 2010, the song was selected in an online vote on the Grammy.com website of the group's latest hits "Always" and "It's My Life" to be played live by the band on the 52nd Grammy Awards.
In the Billboard Hot 100 Anniversary 50, "Livin 'on a Prayer" was crowned 46 in an all-time rock song. After the song was released for download, the song has sold 3.4 million digital copies in the US in November 2014.
Songs, including the original ending, can also be played in the Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band 2 music video games. The song is remade and available for download on November 9, 2010 for use in the Rock Band 3 music game platform to take advantage of PRO mode that enables the use of real bass guitar/guitar, and a standard MIDI electronic kit/keyboard which is compatible with MIDI in addition to three parts harmony or backup vowel.
In November 2013, the song returned to Billboard Hot 100 at number 25, due to viral video.
In 2017, Dave Fawbert of shortList included the song as "one of the biggest key changes in music history".
Lyrics
"It's about the way two kids - Tommy and Gina - face life struggles," says Bon Jovi, "and how their love and ambitions drive them through tough times.This is a working class and it's real... I want to combine the elements of a movie , and telling me about the people I know so instead of doing what I do in Runaway, where the girl has no name, I give them a name, which gives them an identity... Tommy and Gina are not two particular people, they represents a lifestyle. "
Bon Jovi explains that he "wrote it during the Reagan era (1980-1988) and the trickle-down economy is truly inspiring to write songs". Tommy and Gina are also mentioned in Bon Jovi 2000's song "It's My Life".
Music video
The music video was filmed on September 17, 1986, at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and directed by Wayne Isham. It all started with the silhouette of the band walking down the aisle and it features shots from the band rehearsing, then playing in front of the crowd. The first half of the video, which featured a rehearsal record, was black and white, and the second half of the video, appearing in the arena, colored audience.
At first, Jon had a bridle set up by a professional acrobat coordinator and a stunter, and then he hovered over the crowd through a cable above his head.
Alternate versions
Bon Jovi himself has reworked the song several times, including an acoustic live version that served as the predecessor of the MTV Unplugged series and the re-recorded song version, "Prayer '94," which appeared in the US version of the hit collection Cross Road them.
Credits and personnel
Bon Jovi
- Jon Bon Jovi - main vocal
- Richie Sambora - electric guitar, talk box, backing vocals
- Alec John Such - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Tico Torres - drums, percussion, finger cymbals
- David Bryan - keyboard, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Hugh McDonald - bass guitar (writing and recording bass, uncredited parts)
Graphics and certification
References
External links
- Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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