You Give Love A Bad Name (track)
by Bon Jovi
Year: 1986
From the album Slippery When Wet (track #2)
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You Give Love A Bad Name appears on the following album(s) by Bon Jovi:
- Slippery When Wet (track #2) (this album) (1986)
- Cross Road (track #7) (compilation) (1994)
- Greatest Hits - The Ultimate Collection (track #2) (compilation) (2010)
- One Wild Night: Live 1985-2001 (track #3) (2001)
- Live From The Have A Nice Day Tour (track #2) (2006)
- This Left Feels Right (track #6) (2003)
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| ! | 07/24/2026 23:32 |  serpico | 3,652 | 90/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2026 07:25 | mash | 4,561 | 92/100 |
| ! | 05/21/2026 15:42 | phmusic | 72,188 | 100/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2026 02:20 | SethGunde | 2,438 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/16/2026 22:22 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
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Squonk007 09/23/2022 08:35 | #289885
One of their better tracks but it's a basic formula.
Bon Jovi's vocal performance on this song is great. My least favourite song out of the three main singles, but solid catch stuff. Drum beat is near identical to the one of Prayer though.
Romanelli 12/04/2013 01:19 | #96291
Guy can sing. Kid of a dumb song, though.
"Whoa-oh-oh, there's nowhere to run."
The most bad-a song Bon Jovi has done.
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