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The song has many classic Bon Jovi features, such as Sambora's use of the talk box, and a line in the second verse "For Tommy and Gina, who never backed down" refers to Tommy and Gina, a fictional working class couple that Bon Jovi and Sambora first wrote about in their 1986 hit "Livin' on a Prayer".
"Livin' on a Prayer" is a song by the American rock band Bon Jovi from their third studio album, Slippery When Wet. Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child, the single, released in late 1986, performed strongly on both rock and pop radio and its music video was given heavy rotation at MTV, giving the band their first song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart ...
As it turned out, it was a universal story. Millions of Slippery When Wet listeners related to Tommy and Gina’s struggle and drew inspiration from Bon Jovi’s anthem of hope. “I’ve received ...
"Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi. Who could forget this classic love story between downtrodden dock worker Tommy and diner server Gina? Karaoke performers put their hearts and souls into Bon Jovi ...
Bon Jovi, unabashedly sentimental, earnest and still full of rocking riffs, is back. ... Just ask Tommy and Gina. A crunchy rocker, “Living Proof,” is a highlight, with a big driving beat from ...
Cross Road is the first official greatest hits album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on October 11, 1994, by Mercury Records.The album contains hits from all previously released albums from their debut, Bon Jovi (1984) to Keep the Faith (1992).
In the song, Tommy is a striking dock worker who’s struggling to make ends meet, and his partner, Gina, is a tired diner waitress. Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Richie Sambora (left) and Jon Bon Jovi in ...
The lyric "Like Tommy and Gina/They're living on a prayer" is an allusion to lyrics from Bon Jovi's song "Livin' on a Prayer".* Bon Jovi themselves are also mentioned in the lyric "She left him for staring at girls and not caring when she cried cause she thought Bon Jovi broke up."