Slippery When Wet

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Bon Jovi's third and most commercially successful album Slippery When Wet was released on August 18, 1986 (see 1986 in music). It sold over 12 million copies in the U.S.. Today it stands as one of the six 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 was initially reluctant to include "Livin' on a Prayer" on the album, believing that it was not a good enough song. Ironically, it became the band's most popular and well-known song, 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's singles, Bon Jovi was the first hard rock band to ever have two consecutive #1 Hot 100 chart hits.

Slippery When Wet was the first hard rock album to have 3 Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hits.

Also, it was the first hard rock album to debut on the chart at #1.

With Slippery When Wet, the band twice had the #1 single and the #1 album simultaneously, another hard rock first.

The track "Raise Your Hands" was featured in the 1987 motion picture Spaceballs.

"Wanted Dead Or Alive" is currently the theme songs to the television show Wanted and Dog The Bounty Hunter and was the theme song of the 1988 movie, Young Guns.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Singles 4 Charting

Track listing

1. "Let It Rock" (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora) - 5:25
2. "You Give Love a Bad Name" (JBJ, Sambora, Desmond Child) - 3:42
3. "Livin' on a Prayer" (JBJ, Sambora, Child) - 4:09
4. "Social Disease" (JBJ, Sambora) - 4:18
5. "Wanted Dead Or Alive" (JBJ, Sambora) - 5:08
6. "Raise Your Hands" (JBJ, Sambora) - 4:16
7. "Without Love" (JBJ, Sambora, Child) - 3:30
8. "I'd Die For You" (JBJ, Sambora, Child) - 4:30
9. "Never Say Goodbye" (JBJ, Sambora) - 4:48
10. "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
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
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. 11de:Slippery When Wet

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