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| name = You Give Love a Bad |
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| name = You Give Love a Bad Name |
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| cover = YouGiveLoveABadName.jpg |
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| caption = U.S. vinyl single picture sleeve (also used for the ''Slippery When Wet'' album) |
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| type = single |
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| B-side = Raise Your Hands |
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| B-side = Raise Your Hands |
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| released = July 23, 1976 |
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| released = July 23, 1986 |
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* ]<ref>{{cite book|last=Popoff|first=Martin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HjRcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA110|title=The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade|date=2014|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=978-0-7603-4546-7|page=110|author-link=Martin Popoff}}</ref><ref name=Huey>{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|title=You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi {{!}} Song Info|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/you-give-love-a-bad-name-mt0010624602|access-date=July 14, 2021|publisher=]}}</ref> |
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* ]<ref>{{cite book|last=Popoff|first=Martin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HjRcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA110|title=The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade|date=2014|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=978-0-7603-4546-7|page=110|author-link=Martin Popoff}}</ref><ref name=Huey>{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|title=You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi {{!}} Song Info|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/you-give-love-a-bad-name-mt0010624602|access-date=July 14, 2021|publisher=]}}</ref> |
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* ]<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Reviews > Singles > Pop > Recommended > Bon Jovi – You Give Love a Bad Name (3:53) |magazine= ] |date= August 30, 1986 |volume= 98 |issue= 35 |page= 83 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=GSQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT87}}</ref><ref name="VH1">{{cite web|last=Stosuy|first=Brandon|date=January 5, 2009|title=VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs|url=https://www.stereogum.com/43591/vh1s_100_greatest_hard_rock_songs/franchises/list/|access-date=April 22, 2019|website=]}}</ref> |
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* ]<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Reviews > Singles > Pop > Recommended > Bon Jovi – You Give Love a Bad Name (3:53) |magazine= ] |date= August 30, 1986 |volume= 98 |issue= 35 |page= 83 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=GSQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT87}}</ref><ref name="VH1">{{cite web|last=Stosuy|first=Brandon|date=January 5, 2009|title=VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs|url=https://www.stereogum.com/43591/vh1s_100_greatest_hard_rock_songs/franchises/list/|access-date=April 22, 2019|website=]}}</ref> |
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"'''You Give Love a Bad Name'''" is a song by American ] band ], released as the first ] from their 1986 album '']''. Written by ], ], and ] about a woman who has jilted her lover, the song reached {{abbr|No.|Number}} 1 on the U.S. ] on November 29, 1986, and became the band's first number-one hit. In 2007, the song re-entered the charts at No. 29 after ] performed it on '']''. Despite the lyrics of the chorus, the song should not be confused with "Shot Through the Heart", an unrelated song from Bon Jovi's 1984 ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Schonfeld|first=Zach|date=May 10, 2018|title=Every Bon Jovi Album, Ranked: Celebrating 'Slippery When Wet,' 'New Jersey,' and All the Rest|url=https://www.newsweek.com/bon-jovi-new-jersey-slippery-when-wet-hall-fame-893785|access-date=March 13, 2019|website=]|publisher=]}}</ref> |
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"'''You Give Love a Bad Name'''" is a song by American ] band ], released as the first ] from their 1986 album '']''. Written by ], ], and ] about a woman who has jilted her lover, the song reached {{abbr|No.|Number}} 1 on the U.S. ] on November 29, 1986, and became the band's first number-one hit. In 2007, the song re-entered the charts at No. 29 after ] performed it on '']''. Despite the lyrics of the chorus, the song should not be confused with "Shot Through the Heart", an unrelated song from Bon Jovi's 1984 ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Schonfeld|first=Zach|date=May 10, 2018|title=Every Bon Jovi Album, Ranked: Celebrating 'Slippery When Wet,' 'New Jersey,' and All the Rest|url=https://www.newsweek.com/bon-jovi-new-jersey-slippery-when-wet-hall-fame-893785|access-date=March 13, 2019|website=]|publisher=]}}</ref> |
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==Composition== |
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The chorus tune of "You Give Love a Bad Name" was originally recorded by ] under the title "]" with different lyrics commissioned by its producer ]. Dissatisfied with its success in the US and the UK (which he attributed to reticence on the part of her label in promoting it), Desmond Child re-wrote the song with Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MNGFa-rto0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/1MNGFa-rto0 |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Desmond Child Special|last=Curtis Child|date=August 15, 2013|website=YouTube|publisher=]|access-date=January 26, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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The chorus tune of "You Give Love a Bad Name" was originally recorded by ] under the title "]" with different lyrics commissioned by its producer ]. Dissatisfied with its success in the US and the UK (which he attributed to reticence on the part of her label in promoting it), Desmond Child re-wrote the song with Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MNGFa-rto0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/1MNGFa-rto0 |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Desmond Child Special|last=Curtis Child|date=August 15, 2013|website=YouTube|publisher=]|access-date=January 26, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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Upon the release of the ] song "]" in 2020, comparisons were drawn with that song, "You Give Love a Bad Name", and ]'s "]", and reviews highlighted Desmond Child's credit as a songwriter for "Kings & Queens".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abitofpopmusic.com/2020/03/13/single-review-ava-max-kings-queens/|title=Single Review: Ava Max – Kings & Queens|publisher=A Bit of Pop Music|date=March 13, 2020|access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> |
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Upon the release of the ] song "]" in 2020, comparisons were drawn with that song, "You Give Love a Bad Name", and ]'s "]", and reviews highlighted Desmond Child's credit as a songwriter for "Kings & Queens".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abitofpopmusic.com/2020/03/13/single-review-ava-max-kings-queens/|title=Single Review: Ava Max – Kings & Queens|publisher=A Bit of Pop Music|date=March 13, 2020|access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
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'']'' called it a "jackhammer single" that could push Bon Jovi to massive success and said that "Jon Bon Jovi’s grinding vocal and the anthemic production spell ]."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1986/CB-1986-08-23.pdf|date=August 23, 1986|accessdate=August 4, 2022|page=11}}</ref> '']'' called it "hard rock, raspy and aggressive."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|date=August 30, 1986|accessdate=August 4, 2022|page=83|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GSQEAAAAMBAJ|title=Reviews}}</ref> In a retrospective analysis, Chris Molanphy expressed his disgust at the song, calling its lyrics "sub-]" (Meat Loaf being best known for his work with Steinman).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Molanphy |first1=Chris |title=First Worsts: Remembering When Bon Jovi Gave "Hair Metal" A Bad Name |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2012/06/04/first-worsts-remembering-when-bon-jovi-gave-hair-metal-a-bad-name/ |website=The Village Voice |access-date=December 6, 2022 |date=June 4, 2012}}</ref> However, he did credit it for introducing the genre of ] to the mainstream. He also noted in another commentary how the song shared many similarities with Steinman's songs due to Child's involvement, saying "Steinman might as well have ", due to Child using devices such as its verbose title and anthemic chorus, likening it to {{"'}}]' infused with ]".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Molanphy |first1=Chris |title=If a Hit Had Operatic Drama—From Meat Loaf to Celine Dion—Chances Are, Jim Steinman Made It |url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2020/10/jim-steinman-made-plethora-of-pompous-pop |website=Slate Magazine |access-date=December 6, 2022 |language=en |date=October 16, 2020}}</ref> It was placed at No. 20 on ]'s list of the "100 Best Hard Rock Songs".<ref name="VH1"/> |
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'']'' called it a "jackhammer single" that could push Bon Jovi to massive success and said that "Jon Bon Jovi’s grinding vocal and the anthemic production spell ]."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1986/CB-1986-08-23.pdf|date=August 23, 1986|accessdate=August 4, 2022|page=11}}</ref> '']'' called it "hard rock, raspy and aggressive."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|date=August 30, 1986|accessdate=August 4, 2022|page=83|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GSQEAAAAMBAJ|title=Reviews}}</ref> In a retrospective analysis, Chris Molanphy expressed his disgust at the song, calling its lyrics "sub-]" (Meat Loaf being best known for his work with Steinman).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Molanphy |first1=Chris |title=First Worsts: Remembering When Bon Jovi Gave "Hair Metal" A Bad Name |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2012/06/04/first-worsts-remembering-when-bon-jovi-gave-hair-metal-a-bad-name/ |website=The Village Voice |access-date=December 6, 2022 |date=June 4, 2012}}</ref> However, he did credit it for introducing the genre of ] to the mainstream. He also noted in another commentary how the song shared many similarities with Steinman's songs due to Child's involvement, saying "Steinman might as well have ", due to Child using devices such as its verbose title and anthemic chorus, likening it to {{"'}}]' infused with ]".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Molanphy |first1=Chris |title=If a Hit Had Operatic Drama—From Meat Loaf to Celine Dion—Chances Are, Jim Steinman Made It |url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2020/10/jim-steinman-made-plethora-of-pompous-pop |website=Slate Magazine |access-date=December 6, 2022 |language=en |date=October 16, 2020}}</ref> It was placed at No. 20 on ]'s list of the "100 Best Hard Rock Songs".<ref name="VH1"/> |
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==Music video== |
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The ] for the song used all-color concert footage (the only all-color video song from ''Slippery When Wet'') and photogenic shots primarily of Jon Bon Jovi, as well as other band members in concert. This video was filmed at the ] in Los Angeles, California. Bon Jovi was now being managed by ], who realized that Bon Jovi needed a video for MTV. Doc hired video director ], who had directed videos for Doc's other band, ]. The two bands were competitive with each other and Mötley Crüe felt betrayed that Wayne would direct one of Bon Jovi's videos. Wayne had the band's name painted on the stage and made sure that the band did not see it until they began shooting. Bon Jovi had been opening for ] but became a headlining act after the video debuted. |
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The ] for the song used all-color concert footage (the only all-color video song from ''Slippery When Wet'') and photogenic shots primarily of Jon Bon Jovi, as well as other band members in concert. This video was filmed at the ] in Los Angeles, California. Bon Jovi was now being managed by ], who realized that Bon Jovi needed a video for MTV. Doc hired video director ], who had directed videos for Doc's other band, ]. The two bands were competitive with each other and Mötley Crüe felt betrayed that Wayne would direct one of Bon Jovi's videos. Wayne had the band's name painted on the stage and made sure that the band did not see it until they began shooting. Bon Jovi had been opening for ] but became a headlining act after the video debuted. |
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U.S. vinyl single picture sleeve (also used for the Slippery When Wet album)
