Livin' on a Prayer
1986 single by Bon Jovi
"Livin' on a Prayer" is a 1986 song by the American rock band Bon Jovi and is the second single from their third studio album Slippery When Wet. It went to number 1 in Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the United States, number 2 in the Netherlands and Sweden, number 3 in Australia and Belgium and number 4 in Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
| "Livin' on a Prayer" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Bon Jovi | ||||
| from the album Slippery When Wet | ||||
| B-side | "Wild in the Streets" | |||
| Released | October 31, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
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| Length | 4:11 (album version) 4:23 (Rock Band 2 edit) 5:07 (DualDisc remix) 5:16 (Crossroads re-record version) | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Bruce Fairbairn | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Livin' on a Prayer" on YouTube | ||||
References
change- ↑ "Smashed Hits: Livin' On A Prayer". BBC News. November 27, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- ↑ Beaujour, Tom; Bienstock, Richard; Eddy, Chuck; Fischer, Reed; Grow, Kory; Johnston, Maura; Weingarten, Christopher R. (August 31, 2019). "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ↑ Sleazegrinder (December 4, 2015). "The 20 Best Hair Metal Anthems Of All Time Ever". Louder Sound. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Browne, David (September 6, 2001). "Why are Bon Jovi suddenly musical saints?". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ↑ Breihan, Tom (February 3, 2021). "The Number Ones: Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ↑ Deusner, Stephen (February 18, 2017). "We're all livin' on a prayer: How a hair band anthem from the least cool '80s rockers became a classic". Salon. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
