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"You Give Love a Bad Name" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi, released as the first single from their 1986 album Slippery When Wet. Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child about a woman who has jilted her lover, the song reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on November 29, 1986, and became the band's first number-one hit.
The album features many of Bon Jovi's best-known songs, including "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer", and "Wanted Dead or Alive". Slippery When Wet was an instant commercial success, spending eight weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and was named by Billboard as the top-selling album of 1987. [7]
You Give Love a Bad Name is the fourth studio album released by American punk rock musician GG Allin, recorded with his backing band the Holy Men.Reissues credit the release mistakenly to GG Allin and the Criminal Quartet.
I said, ‘You give love a bad name’ — and this is the first day I wrote with Jon and Richie,” Child recalls. “When I put out that title, it was the first time I saw Jon’s multi-billion ...
Sammy Hagar and Orianthi, “You Give Love a Bad Name” Brandy Clark, “(You Want to) Make a Memory” Lainey Wilson, Brandy Clark, Bon Jon Jovi and full cast, “Livin’ on a Prayer”
Birth name: John Charles Barrett: Born October 28, 1953 (age ... Joan Jett & the Blackhearts' "I Hate Myself for Loving You"; Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name", ...
Child has since stated that the song was re-written as "You Give Love a Bad Name" with Bon Jovi after he was dissatisfied with the chart performance of "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)". It was successful in Europe, reaching number six in France and sold over 250,000 copies.
The album's first two singles "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [9] Bon Jovi's fourth album New Jersey (1988) achieved similar global success, producing five top-10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, of which "Bad Medicine" and "I'll Be There for You" topped the chart. [9]