You Give Love A Bad Name' is just a classic, with roaring chorus and explosive guitar from Richie Sambora. Fissinger’s musical approach is refreshingly uncomplicated, allowing the beauty of the song’s simplicity to shine through. When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. This along with "You Give Love A Bad Name" must rank individually as two of the best rock songs of all time, and they did have the distinction of becoming the first consecutive No. The album is, quite simply, a flawless rock 'n roll, big-haired adventure, and should be a mandatory mainstay of any 80s collection.

If you’d like to file an allegation of infringement, you’ll need to follow the process described in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. It is their musical ability and balance that have probably allowed Bon Jovi to stand the test of time unlike some of their contemporaries who were left behind at the end of the eighties. If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. Slippery When Wet transformed Bon Jovi from minor league poodle rockers to global superstars, on the back of hit singles "You Give Love A Bad Name", "Never Say Goodbye" and, of course, "Living On A Prayer".You may have heard this one too much, but worry not, there's still a whole treasure trove of material on here worth a listen if that's the case.

Originally released in August 1986, the album features the singles 'You Give Love a Bad Name', 'Livin' on a Prayer', 'Wanted Dead or Alive' and 'Never Say Goodbye'.It was released on August 18, 1986 through Mercury Records in North America and Vertigo Records internationally.