Bon Jovi: You Give Love a Bad Name (1986) Online
- Original Title :
- Bon Jovi: You Give Love a Bad Name
- Genre :
- Creative Work / Short / Music
- Year :
- 1986
- Directror :
- Wayne Isham
- Cast :
- Bon Jovi,Jon Bon Jovi,Richie Sambora
- Type :
- Creative Work
- Time :
- 4min
- Rating :
- 8.1/10
Bon Jovi perform in the music video "You Give Love a Bad Name" from the album "Slippery When Wet" recorded for Mercury Records. The music video features color concert footage of the band playing the song at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles.
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Bon Jovi | - | Bon Jovi |
 | Jon Bon Jovi | - | Jon Bon Jovi |
 | Richie Sambora | - | Richie Sambora |
 | Alec John Such | - | Alec John Such |
| Tico Torres | - | Himself |
The song reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on November 29, 1986 and became the band's first number one hit.
In 2007, the song reentered the charts at No. 29 after Blake Lewis performed it on American Idol.
In 2009 it was named the 20th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.
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 self-titled debut album.
"You Give Love a Bad Name" was originally written for Bonnie Tyler under the title "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" with different lyrics. Dissatisfied with its success in the US and the UK, Desmond Child re-wrote the song with Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora.
This song is written in the key of C minor and has a tempo of 123 BPM.
The album version of the song ends with the title being repeated until it fades.
United Kingdom (BPI) Gold certification with 400,000 sales.
Canada (Music Canada) Gold certification with 50,000 sales.
Netherlands (Single Top 100) peak position 2, 1986.