Friday, June 1, 2012

Hits List: Bon Jovi

This hard-rockin' band from New Jersey didn't catch fire right away, but when they did, they became one of the hottest bands in the world. In recent years, it seems it has been the United States that has missed the boat on this group or more accurately, the misguided way in which the U.S. interprets which songs are "popular", failing to see that it's the adults who control the airwaves, not the kids.  Here is the complete Hits List for Bon Jovi:

1984:  "Runaway" (#84)
            "She Don't Know Me" (#48)
            "Burning for Love"
1985:  "Only Lonely"
            "In and Out of Love"
            "The Hardest Part is the Night" (#68 U.K.)
            "Silent Night"


1986:  "You Give Love a Bad Name" (#1, #14 U.K., #2 Canada, #23 Australia, #21 Ireland)
1987:  "Livin' On A Prayer" (#1, #4 U.K., #1 Canada, #3 Australia, #12 Switzerland, #4 Ireland)
            "Wanted Dead or Alive" (#7, #13 U.K., #17 Australia, #13 Canada, #6 Ireland)
            "Never Say Goodbye" (#21 U.K., #26 Australia)
            "Edge of a Broken Heart"
1988:  "Bad Medicine" (#1, #17 U.K., #5 Canada, #4 Australia, #14 Switzerland, #10 Ireland)
1989:  "Born to Be My Baby" (#3, #22 U.K., #30 Australia, #25 Switzerland, #7 Ireland)
            "I'll Be There for You" (#1, #18 U.K., #2 Canada, #23 Australia, #15 Switzerland, #6 Ireland)
            "Lay Your Hands On Me" (#7, #18 U.K., #17 Canada, #23 Australia, #16 Switzerland, #8 Ireland)
            "Living In Sin" (#9, #35 U.K., #19 Canada, #64 Australia, #20 Switzerland, #17 Ireland)

1990:  "Blaze of Glory" (#1)
            "Miracle" (#12)
1992:  "Levon"
1993:  "Keep the Faith" (#29, #5 U.K., #5 Canada, #10 Australia, #3 Switzerland, #5 Ireland)--underrated.
            "Bed of Roses" (#10, #13 U.K., #2 Canada, #10 Australia, #9 Switzerland, #15 Ireland)
            "In These Arms" (#27, #9 U.K., #6 Canada, #10 Australia, #23 Switzerland, #10 Ireland)
            "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (#97, #17 U.K., #27 Canada, #24 Australia, #35 Switzerland, #14 Ireland)
            "I Believe" (#11 U.K., #40 Australia, #34 Switzerland, #25 Ireland)

1994:  "Dry County (#9 U.K., #31 Australia, #10 Switzerland, #18 Ireland)
            "Always" (#4, #2 U.K., #1 Canada, #2 Australia, #1 Switzerland, #1 Ireland)
            "Please Come Home for Christmas" (#7 U.K., #6 Ireland)
1995:  "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" (#7 U.K., #18 Canada, #10 Australia, #11 Switzerland, #6 Ireland)
            "This Ain't a Love Song" (#14, #6 U.K., #2 Canada, #4 Australia, #4 Switzerland, #5 Ireland)
            "Something for the Pain" (#76,. #8 U.K., #19 Canada, #14 Australia, #10 Switzerland, #8 Ireland))
            "Lie To Me" (#88, #10 U.K., #20 Canada, #20 Australia, #20 Switzerland, #11 Ireland)
1996:  "These Days" (#7 U.K., #38 Australia, #31 Switzerland, #22 Ireland)
             "Hey God" (#13 U.K., #44 Canada, #21 Ireland)
1999:  "Real Life" (#21 U.K., #52 Canada, #52 Australia, #22 Switzerland)

2000:  "It's My Life (#33, #3 U.K., #17 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 Switzerland, #5 Ireland)
            "Say It Isn't So" (#10 U.K., #9 Australia, #58 Switzerland, #16 Ireland)
            "Thank You for Loving Me" (#57, #12 U.K., #34 Australia, #26 Switzerland, #19 Ireland)
2001:  "One Wild Night (2001)" (#10 U.K., #34 Canada, #35 Australia, #31 Switzerland, #21 Ireland)
             "Wanted Dead or Alive" (live)
2002:  "Everyday" (#5 U.K., #1 Canada, #5 Australia, #6 Switzerland, #11 Ireland)
            "Bounce"
            "Misunderstood" (#21 U.K., #19 Canada, #33 Australia, #57 Switzerland, #37 Ireland)
2003:  "All About Lovin' You" (#9 U.K., #29 Canada, #31 Australia, #33 Switzerland, #16 Ireland)
            "The Distance"
            "It's My Life (2003)" (#33, #3 Australia)

2005:  "Have a Nice Day" (#53, #6 U.K., #7 Canada, #8 Australia, #10 Switzerland, #18 Ireland)
            "Who Says You Can't Go Home" (#23, #5 U.K., #57 Switzerland, #30 Ireland)
2006:  "Welcome to Wherever You Are" (#19 U.K., #46 Switzerland, #23 Ireland)
2007:  "You Want To) Make a Memory" (#27, #33 U.K., #4 Canada, #5 Switzerland)
            "Summertime" (#39 Canada)
            "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" (with LeAnn Rimes) 
            "Lost Highway" (#39 Canada)
2008:  "Whole Lotta' Leavin'" 
2009:  "We Weren't Born to Follow" (#68, #25 U.K., #29 Canada, #62 Australia, #14 Switzerland, #41 Ireland)
2010:  "Superman Tonight" 
            "When We Were Beautiful"
            "What Do You Got?" (#23 Canada)

2011:  "No Apologies"
            "This Is Our House"


That's 32 hits for the group with 10 going Top 10 and 5 of those going all the way to #1.

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