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About This Track
‘Wanted Dead or Alive’ is a song from Bon Jovi’s 1986 album Slippery When Wet. The song was written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora and was released in 1987 as the album’s third single. The song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the third single from the album to reach the Top 10 of the Hot 100. “Slippery When Wet” was the first hard rock album ever to have 3 top 10 hits on it.
The song’s title pays homage to Jon’s admiration for Old West heroes, and how he identifies with them as being hated (wanted dead or alive). Jon Bon Jovi said during a concert in Detroit, Michigan on February 20, 2008 that the song “absolutely positively was influenced by Seger’s ‘Turn the Page.’
The song is featured in the movies “Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man” and “Wild Hogs”; also it is featured as playable content in the video game ‘Rock Band’ and in ‘Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned’. This song is also the theme song for Discovery’s TV show about Alaskan crab fisherman, “Deadliest Catch.”
The song’s title pays homage to Jon’s admiration for Old West heroes, and how he identifies with them as being hated (wanted dead or alive). Jon Bon Jovi said during a concert in Detroit, Michigan on February 20, 2008 that the song “absolutely positively was influenced by Seger’s ‘Turn the Page.’
The song is featured in the movies “Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man” and “Wild Hogs”; also it is featured as playable content in the video game ‘Rock Band’ and in ‘Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned’. This song is also the theme song for Discovery’s TV show about Alaskan crab fisherman, “Deadliest Catch.”
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visitor-q wrote:
this version sucks major balls
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starfloka wrote:
wanted
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pachilein wrote:
im a cowboooooy
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BabichokLast wrote:
Оригінальна версія набагато краща, а це вони щось перемудрили.
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DarknessV-sible wrote:
Listening again after about 15 ten years, the song gave me the goosebumps. What an epic piece!
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jimmy2605 wrote:
Classic song.
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tomba93 wrote:
This song just ROCKS. It's so epic... from the mystic beginning with the 12-string guitar, to the epic solo and the last fuckin' huge verse... awesome!
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zoborey wrote:
epic
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kemp678 wrote:
Yesssssssss!
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ftambs wrote:
perfeição define
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berricon wrote:
saw jon n ritchie do this acoustic live . amazing. only bon jovi song i dig.
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RustyChile wrote:
On A Steel Horse I Ride!
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m4xy wrote:
a classic song
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wildroses07 wrote:
I'M A COWBOY! :D
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laxus12 wrote:
Their best single
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DZRTsurfer88 wrote:
ride 'em cowboy
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bethgoode88 wrote:
love bon jovi second fav band first is aerosmith
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fancykatya wrote:
This version is pretty good but I prefer the Jon and Ritchie version best~
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rocknsandra wrote:
LOL my first song I learned to play!!!
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Talyta_rocks wrote:
Una de las mejores canciones de Slippery When Wet
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