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Livin' on a Prayer Technique

Songwriting

Jon Bon Jovi grew up in the blue-collar industrial town of Sayreville, New Jersey, a little less than an hour's drive down the New Jersey Turnpike from Manhattan. By the time Bon Jovi rose to inter...

Music

"Livin' on a Prayer" epitomizes the pop-metal sound that pushed Bon Jovi to the top of the rock universe in the mid-1980s. The production is both slick and loud, with the sharp edge of distorted gu...

Calling Card

What is Bon Jovi's calling card? Over the years, you could have made a strong case for a wide number of possibilities: In 1984, a fresh new take on heavy metal. In 1988, an unstoppable arena-fillin...