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Slippery When Wet was an instant commercial success, spending eight weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and was named by Billboard as the top-selling album of 1987. [7] Slippery When Wet is Bon Jovi's best-selling album to date, with a Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certification of 15× Platinum, making it one of ...
[9] [10] Instead, the cover was changed before the album's release to an image of a wet garbage bag with the words "Slippery When Wet" written on it. However, the Japanese edition of the album features the original artwork.
"You Give Love a Bad Name" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi, released as the first single from their 1986 album Slippery When Wet. Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child about a woman who has jilted her lover, 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.
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The album's title is a reference to the supposed melting point of rock, which is equivalent to 4315.5 °C. In the United States, the Fahrenheit scale is in general use, suggesting the album consists of "American hot rock". [4] The album's artwork introduced the classic 1980s Bon Jovi logo that would later be used on Slippery When Wet and New ...
The song peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 13 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, making it the third single from the album to reach the Top 10 of the Hot 100. As a result, Slippery When Wet was the first glam metal album to have 3 top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Slippery When Wet Tour, by American hard rock band Bon Jovi, ran from 1986 to 1987.It supported the band's multi-platinum 1986 album Slippery When Wet and was their first major worldwide tour, visiting places such as Australia and Canada for the first time.
Slippery When Wet: The Videos is a music video album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released by Mercury Records in 1987. It contains the music videos from the band's third album Slippery When Wet , plus interviews and backstage footage.