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 Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer(#ad)
  
  
  
 American Rock Band Bon Jovi have delivered a good number of hits over the course of the last three decades.
  
  
 Being chosen as the best song of the 80s decade by VH1 over performers like Michael Jackson and Madonna is not a normal thing.
  
  
 For a band virtually unknown outside U.S.A before their 1987 album Slippery When Wet, to selling more than 130 million records till date, Bon Jovi have indeed come a long way.
  
  
 "Livin’ on a Prayer" would have never made it to the record stores, if not for a persuading Richie Sambora who insisted that the track be included in Slippery When Wet, after minor alterations.
  
  
 Bon Jovi initially thought that "Livin’ on a Prayer" was not good enough to be included in Slippery When Wet.
  
  
 It was his band mate Richie Sambora who convinced Bon Jovi by bringing in a bunch of teenagers who acted as jury, gave their thumbs up for the song.
  
  
 Convincing an ambivalent Bon Jovi."Livin’ on a Prayer" sold more than 800,000 copies in the U.S salvaging Richie Sambora, his grace.
  
  
 If 1983 (Thriller) was the year of Michael Jackson, then 1986 (Slippery When Wet) truly belongs to Bon Jovi. A year when he had back to back no.1s on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
  
  
 Starting with "You Give Love a Bad Name" which spent 2 weeks at the summit of Billboard Hot 100 charts, Bon Jovi surprised many big names in the music industry when their very next single "Livin’ on a Prayer" spent 4 weeks at the top of Billboard Hot 100 charts.
  
  
 It's been more than three decades since Bon Jovi entered the big stage, but after all these years, it is only one track "Livin’ on a Prayer" that is called his signature song and only one album Slippery When Wet that sold more than 28 million copies worldwide, earning the right to be called his most successful album of all time.
  
  
  
 Bon Jovi – Livin’ on a Prayer - Lyrics
  
 Release Date - October 31st, 1986
  
 Album - Slippery When Wet
  
  
  
 Once upon a time
  
 Not so long ago
  
  
 Tommy used to work on the docks
  
 Union's been on strike
  
 He's down on his luck...it's tough, so tough
  
 Gina works the diner all day
  
 Working for her man, she brings home her pay
  
 For love - for love
  
 She says we've got to hold on to what we've got
  
 it doesn't make a difference
  
 If we make it or not
  
 We've got each other and that's a lot
  
 For love - we'll give it a shot
  
  
 Whooaaaaaa! We're half way there
  
 Whooooaaaa! Livin' on a prayer
  
 Take my hand- we'll make it - I swear
  
 Whooaaaa! Livin' on a prayer
  
  
 Tommy got his six string in hock
  
 Now he's holding in what he used
  
 To make it talk - so tough, it's tough
  
 Gina dreams of running away
  
 When she cries in the night
  
 Tommy whispers: Baby it's okay, someday
  
 We've got to hold on to what we've got
  
 It doesn't make a difference
  
 If we make it or not
  
 We've got each other and that's a lot
  
 For love - we'll give it a shot
  
  
 Whooaaaaaa! We're half way there
  
 Whooooaaaa! Livin' on a prayer
  
 Take my hand- we'll make it - I swear
  
 Whooaaaa! Livin' on a prayer
  
  
 Oooooooh
  
 We've got to hold on ready or not
  
 You live for the fight when that's all that you've got
  
  
 Whooaaaaaa! We're half way there
  
 Whooooaaaa! Livin' on a prayer
  
 Take my hand- we'll make it - I swear
  
 Whooaaaa! Livin' on a prayer
  
  
 Whooaaaaaa! We're half way there
  
 Whooooaaaa! Livin' on a prayer
  
 Take my hand- we'll make it - I swear
  
 Whooaaaa! Livin' on a prayer
  
  
 Whooaaaaaa! We're half way there
  
 Whooooaaaa! Livin' on a prayer
  
 Take my hand- we'll make it - I swear
  
 Whooaaaa! Livin' on a prayer
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 