You Give Love a Bad Name (song)
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| Single by Bon Jovi from the album Slippery When Wet |
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| B-side | "Let It Rock" | ||||
| Released | 1986 | ||||
| Format | CD Single | ||||
| Recorded | 1986 | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock Glam metal |
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| Length | 3:42 | ||||
| Label | Mercury Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child | ||||
| Producer | Bruce Fairbairn | ||||
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| Single by Mandaryna from the album mandaryna.com2me |
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| Released | 2005 (Poland) | ||||
| Format | Digital download, Maxi-single | ||||
| Recorded | May 2007 | ||||
| Genre | Pop, Dance | ||||
| Length | 3:19 | ||||
| Label | Universal Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Jon Bon Jovi Richie Sambora Desmond Child |
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| Producer | Harald Reitinger Ulrich Fischer |
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| “You Give Love a Bad Name” | ||
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| Song by Blake Lewis | ||
| Album | Blake Lewis (EP) | |
| Released | May 22, 2007 | |
| Format | Digital download | |
| Recorded | May 2007 | |
| Genre | Pop rock | |
| Length | 3:08 | |
| Label | 19 Entertainment Fox Interactive Media |
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| Writer | Jon Bon Jovi Richie Sambora Desmond Child |
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"You Give Love a Bad Name" is a song written by Jon Bon Jovi, Desmond Child and Richie Sambora about a nameless woman who has jilted her lover. Although originally written for the band Loverboy, the song was recorded by Bon Jovi. The track was released as the first single from the hard-rock album Slippery When Wet and hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 29, 1986, Bon Jovi's first number one hit. The song reentered the charts at #29 after Blake Lewis performed it on American Idol. The song brought Bon Jovi much success and put them on the path to ultimate stardom.
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[edit] Song structure
The song was written with several catchy repeated lines and associated hooks to appeal to mainstream audiences including the chorus as well as several bridges. Much of the resulting cross-over pop success can be attributed to the work of professional songwriting collaborator Desmond Child.[citation needed]
[edit] Music video
The music video for the song used all-color concert footage (the only all-color video song from Slippery When Wet) and Soteria photogenic shots primarily of Jon Bon Jovi as well as other band members in concert. This video, along with Livin' On A Prayer, was filmed at Rochester's Mayo Civic Center.
[edit] Mandaryna version
In 2005, Polish singer Mandaryna released a version of "You Give Love a Bad Name" as the second single from her number one album mandaryna.com2me. The song became her second #1 single on Polish Singles Chart. Jon Bon Jovi said that he really likes Mandaryna's version so she could release it as a single.[citation needed]
[edit] Blake Lewis version
The song was performed May 1, 2007 by American Idol season 6 runner-up Blake Lewis, who radically transformed it via a beatbox arrangement, to much acclaim from the judges. The performance was later ranked #6 on AOL's top 20 all-time greatest American Idol performances.[1] Lewis later performed it again for one of his three songs for the season finale on May 22, 2007.
Shortly after the Idol's finale, the studio version of the song was released on iTunes Store as well as being a track on Blake Lewis - EP. It peaked at #4 on the iTunes Top 100 chart and peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #18.[2] The song charted higher and sold more in every week of its chart run than Idol winner Jordin Sparks' single "This Is My Now", with the exception of the first week, in which "This Is My Now" debuted three places ahead, at #15.[3][4]
[edit] Other versions
The song was also covered by the Metalcore band Atreyu and is available on their 2004 album The Curse. It was covered on the Kerrang! CD, High Voltage. It is frequently played during their shows
Jonathan Fin covered this song, but, talking about how Barry Bonds gave baseball a bad name. The line, "shot through the heart and you're to blame, you give love a bad name,' was changed to, "Shot in the ass before the game, you give baseball a bad name."
Some critics say that the song has the same chorus structure as "If You Were A Woman And I Was A Man" by Bonnie Tyler. [5] The Tyler song was also cowritten by Desmond Child. There is also a remix called "Shock From The Heart" with a new rapper named Famouz.
[edit] In Pop Culture
This song is also played several times by the character Barney Stinson on the CBS TV Show "How I Met Your Mother" in Episode 11 of Season One (The Limo). It is the first song on his 'Get Psyched Mix',
[edit] References
- ^ "The Top 20 'Idol' Performances Ever". AOL.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-30.
- ^ Fred Bronson (May 31, 2007). "Rihanna, Shop Boyz Rocket to the Top of Hot 100: 'Now' 15, 'Name' 18". Billboard "Chart Beat". Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
- ^ Chart Run for "You Give Love a Bad Name". αCharts.us. Retrieved on 2007-06-23.
- ^ Chart Run for "This Is My Now". αCharts.us. Retrieved on 2007-06-23.
- ^ "Secret Dreams & Forbidden Fire". Amazon.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 18 | |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 20 | |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 47 | |
| Itunes Top 100 | 4 | |
| Preceded by "Human" by Human League |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single (Bon Jovi version) November 29, 1986 |
Succeeded by "The Next Time I Fall" by Peter Cetera and Amy Grant |
