Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
1. "Runaway" 3:50
2. "Roulette" 4:38
3. "She Don't Know Me" 3:58
4. "Shot Through the Heart" 4:16
5. "Love Lies" 4:06
Side two
6. "Breakout" 5:20
7. "Burning for Love" 3:51
8. "Come Back" 3:56
9. "Get Ready" 4:07
1998 special edition bonus CD PHCR-90011/2
1. "Runaway" (live Le Zenith 1988) 5:18
2. "Roulette" (live BBC Friday Rock Show) 5:39
3. "Shot Through the Heart" (live Japan Tour 1985)
4. "Burning for Love" (live Japan Tour 1985)
5. "Get Ready" (live Japan Tour 1985) 7:04
6. "Breakout" (live Super Rock '84) 6:26
7. "Runaway" (live Super Rock '84)
2010 special edition bonus tracks
1. "Runaway" (live Le Zenith 1988) 5:18
2. "Roulette" (live BBC Friday Rock Show) 5:39
3. "Breakout" (live Super Rock '84) 6:26
4. "Get Ready" (live Japan Tour 1985) 7:04
Bon Jovi Band Members / Musicians
Jon Bon Jovi – lead vocals, guitar
Richie Sambora – guitar, vocals
Alec John Such – bass, vocals
Tico Torres – drums, percussion
David Rashbaum – keyboards, vocals
Hugh McDonald – bass on "Runaway"
Roy Bittan – keyboards on "Runaway"
Chuck Burgi – additional drums
Doug Katsaros – additional keyboards
Frankie LaRocka – drums on "Runaway"
Aldo Nova – additional guitar and keyboards
Tim Pierce – guitar on "Runaway"
David Grahmme – backing vocals on "Runaway"
Mick Seeley – backing vocals on "Runaway"
Engineers
Larry Alexander
Jeff Hendrickson
John Bengelshmy
Design
Spencer Drate – album design
Judith Salavetz – album design
Geoffrey Hargrave Thomas – photography
Bon Jovi is the self-titled debut studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on January 21, 1984. Produced by Tony Bongiovi and Lance Quinn, it is significant for being the only Bon Jovi album in which a song ("She Don't Know Me") appears that was not written or co-written by a member of the band. The album charted at No. 43 on the U.S. Billboard 200.
Aside from the hit song "Runaway", songs from the album were rarely performed live after Bon Jovi released Slippery When Wet in 1986. However, on the band's 2010 Circle Tour, songs including "Roulette", "Shot Through The Heart" and "Get Ready" were performed. The album was ranked the 11th best rock album of 1984 by Kerrang! magazine.
The song "Shot Through the Heart" should not be confused with the much better-known "You Give Love a Bad Name" from Slippery When Wet.
Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey. It consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarist Phil X, and bassist Hugh McDonald. Original bassist Alec John Such quit the band in 1994, and longtime guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora left in 2013. The band have been credited with "[bridging] the gap between heavy metal and pop with style and ease".
In 1984 and 1985, Bon Jovi released their first two albums and their debut single "Runaway" managed to crack the Top 40. In 1986, the band achieved widespread success and global recognition with their third album, Slippery When Wet, which sold over 20 million copies and included three Top 10 singles, two of which reached No. 1 ("You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer") Their fourth album, New Jersey (1988), was also very successful, selling over 10 million copies and featuring five Top 10 singles (a record for a glam metal album), two of which reached No. 1 ("Bad Medicine" and "I'll Be There for You"). After the band toured and recorded extensively during the late 1980s, culminating in the 1988–1990 New Jersey Tour, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora released successful solo albums in 1990 and 1991, respectively.
In 1992, the band returned with the double-platinum Keep the Faith. This was followed by their biggest-selling and longest-charting single "Always" (1994) and the album These Days (1995), which proved to be a bigger success in Europe than in the United States, producing four Top Ten singles in the United Kingdom. Following a second hiatus, their 2000 album Crush, particularly the lead single, "It's My Life", successfully introduced the band to a younger audience, and the band considered this their comeback album. The band followed up with Bounce in 2002. The platinum albums Have a Nice Day (2005) and Lost Highway (2007) saw the band incorporate elements of country music into some of the songs, including the 2006 single "Who Says You Can't Go Home", which won the band a Grammy Award and became the first single by a rock band to reach No. 1 on the country charts. The Circle (2009) marked a return to the band's rock sound. The band also enjoyed great success touring, with both the 2005–2006 Have a Nice Day Tour and 2007–2008 Lost Highway Tour ranking among the Top 20 highest-grossing concert tours of the 2000s. After recording and releasing Because We Can in 2013, lead guitarist Richie Sambora left the band just before an April concert during the supporting tour to spend more time with his family. The band released their first studio album without Sambora, Burning Bridges, in 2015 and the follow-up album This House Is Not For Sale in 2016, the tour for which encompassed 2017–2019. Their most recent album 2020 (2020) was re-worked to include songs inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd protests; its supporting tour was delayed to 2022.
Bon Jovi has released 16 studio albums, five compilations and three live albums. They have sold more than 130 million records worldwide,[4] making them one of the best-selling American rock bands, and performed more than 2,700 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 34 million fans. Bon Jovi was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. The band received the Award of Merit at the American Music Awards in 2004, and Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009.
Bon Jovi Band Members / Musicians
Jon Bon Jovi – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, maracas, harmonica (1983–present)
David Bryan – keyboards, piano, backing and occasional lead vocals (1983–present)
Tico Torres – drums, percussion, occasional backing and lead vocals (1983–present)
Hugh McDonald – bass guitar, backing vocals (2016–present; session and touring musician 1994–2016)
Phil X – lead and rhythm guitars, talk box, backing and occasional lead vocals (2016–present; session and touring musician 2013–2016; substitute musician 2011)
Dave Sabo – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals (1983)
Richie Sambora – lead and rhythm guitars, talk box, backing and occasional lead vocals (1983–2013; one-off guest appearance in 2018)
Alec John Such – bass guitar, backing vocals (1983–1994; one-off guest appearances in 2001 and 2018)
Everett Bradley – percussion, backing vocals (2003–2004; 2016–present)
John Shanks – guitars, backing vocals (2015–present)
Bobby Bandiera – rhythm and lead guitars, backing vocals (2005–2015)
Lorenza Ponce – violin, viola, cello, backing vocals (2005–2009, 2015)
Jeff Kazee – Hammond organ, keyboards, backing vocals (2005–2006; one-off show in 2010)
Kurt Johnston – pedal steel guitar, banjo, mandolin, backing vocals (2006–2008)
Rich Scannella – drums, percussion (2013)
Matt O'Ree – guitars, backing vocals (2015)
Bon Jovi Discography Full
1984 Bon Jovi
1985 7800° Fahrenheit
1986 Slippery When Wet
1988 New Jersey
1992 Keep the Faith
1995 These Days
2000 Crush
2002 Bounce
2005 Have a Nice Day
2007 Lost Highway
2009 The Circle
2013 What About Now
2015 Burning Bridges
2016 This House Is Not for Sale
2020 2020
Tours
Runaway Tour (1983–1984)
7800 Fahrenheit Tour (1985)
Slippery When Wet Tour (1986–1987)
New Jersey Syndicate Tour (1988–1990)
Keep the Faith Tour (1993)
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Tour (1993)
Crossroad Promo Tour (1994)
These Days Tour (1995–1996)
Crush Tour (2000)
One Wild Night Tour (2001)
Bounce Tour (2002–2003)
Have a Nice Day Tour (2005–2006)
Lost Highway Tour (2007–2008)
The Circle Tour (2010)
Bon Jovi Live (2011)
Because We Can: The Tour (2013)
Bon Jovi Live! (2015)
This House Is Not for Sale Tour (2017–2019)
Bon Jovi 2022 Tour (2022)
Live albums
2001 One Wild Night Live 1985–2001
2012 Inside Out
2016 This House Is Not for Sale – Live from the London Palladium
Compilation albums
1991 Hard & Hot
1994 Cross Road
2001 Tokyo Road: Best of Bon Jovi (Japan release only)
2003 This Left Feels Right
2010 Greatest Hits
Box sets
2004 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong
