Slippery When Wet

Slippery When Wet
Studio album by
Bon Jovi
ReleasedAugust 18, 1986
RecordedJanuary–July 1986
StudioLittle Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver
Genre
Length43:49
Label
ProducerBruce Fairbairn
Bon Jovi chronology
7800° Fahrenheit
(1985)		 Slippery When Wet
(1986)		 New Jersey
(1988)
Singles from Slippery When Wet
  1. "You Give Love a Bad Name"
    Released: July 23, 1986
  2. "Livin' on a Prayer"
    Released: October 31, 1986
  3. "Wanted Dead or Alive"
    Released: March 2, 1987
  4. "Never Say Goodbye"
    Released: June 15, 1987

Slippery When Wet is the third studio album by American hard rock band Bon Jovi and was released on August 18, 1986 by Mercury Records in North America and Vertigo Records internationally. It topped the album charts in Australia, Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the United States. It went to number 2 in Austria, number 3 in Sweden, number 5 in the Netherlands, number 6 in the United Kingdom, number 10 in Japan and number 11 in Germany.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, except as noted.

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let It Rock" 5:26
2."You Give Love a Bad Name"Bon Jovi, Sambora, Desmond Child3:43
3."Livin' on a Prayer"Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child4:11
4."Social Disease" 4:18
5."Wanted Dead or Alive" 5:09
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Raise Your Hands" 4:17
2."Without Love"Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child3:31
3."I'd Die for You"Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child4:31
4."Never Say Goodbye" 4:49
5."Wild in the Streets"Bon Jovi3:56
1998 2-CD special edition bonus CD PHCR-90015/6
No.TitleLength
1."Wanted Dead or Alive" (live at Wembley 1995) 
2."Livin' on a Prayer" (live/US 1987) 
3."You Give Love a Bad Name" (live/US 1987) 
4."Wild in the Streets" (live at Wembley 1995) 
5."Borderline" (studio outtake) 
6."Edge of a Broken Heart" (studio outtake) 
7."Never Say Goodbye" (live acoustic version) 
2010 special edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
1."You Give Love a Bad Name" (live version)4:10
2."Livin' on a Prayer" (live version)5:33
3."Wanted Dead or Alive" (live version)5:22

References

  1. ↑ Multiple soureces:
    • Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0.
    • Slaughter, Matthew (June 30, 2014). "Album Review: Bon Jovi - New Jersey (deluxe edition)". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  2. ↑ Llewellyn, Siân (September 19, 2021). "Bon Jovi: How the New Jersey album nearly killed the band". Classic Rock. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
  3. ↑ Harrison, Thomas (2011). Music of the 1980s. ABC-CLIO. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-313-36600-0.
  4. ↑ Multiple sources: