Livin' on a Prayer

E217055
rock anthem single song

"Livin' on a Prayer" is a 1986 rock anthem by Bon Jovi that became one of the band's signature songs and a defining hit of the glam metal era.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Livin' on a Prayer canonical 10
Livin’ on a Prayer 5
Livin' on a Prayer (The Voice performance) 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rock anthem ⓘ
single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Slippery When Wet ⓘ
artist Bon Jovi ⓘ
certificationAustralia Platinum ⓘ
certificationCanada Platinum ⓘ
certificationItaly Platinum ⓘ
certificationUK Platinum ⓘ
certificationUS Platinum ⓘ
chartPositionAustraliaKentMusicReport 3 ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 4 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
chorusLyric Livin' on a Prayer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Livin' on a prayer

Whoa, we're halfway there ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs defining hit of the glam metal era ⓘ
era 1980s rock ⓘ
featuresInstrument talk box ⓘ
genre arena rock ⓘ
glam metal ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ
guitarist Richie Sambora ⓘ
hasBside Wild in the Streets ⓘ
hasMusicVideoDirector Wayne Isham ⓘ
includedIn Guitar Hero ⓘ
surface form: Guitar Hero World Tour

Rock Band ⓘ
surface form: Rock Band 2
language English ⓘ
length 4:10 ⓘ
liveStapleFor Bon Jovi ⓘ
narrativeCharacters Gina ⓘ
Tommy ⓘ
nextSingle Wanted Dead or Alive ⓘ
partOf Slippery When Wet ⓘ
performer Bon Jovi ⓘ
previousSingle You Give Love a Bad Name ⓘ
producer Bruce Fairbairn ⓘ
rankedOn Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ
recordingDate 1986 ⓘ
recordLabel Mercury Records ⓘ
Vertigo Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1986-10-31 ⓘ
releaseYear 1986 ⓘ
signatureSongOf Bon Jovi ⓘ
songwriter Desmond Child ⓘ
Jon Bon Jovi ⓘ
Richie Sambora ⓘ
theme hope ⓘ
perseverance ⓘ
working-class struggle ⓘ
vocalist Jon Bon Jovi ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bon Jovi → notableWork → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
Bon Jovi → hasSignatureSong → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
Jermaine Paul → notableSong → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Livin' on a Prayer (The Voice performance)
Richie Sambora → notableWork → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Livin’ on a Prayer
Livin' on a Prayer → chorusLyric → Livin' on a Prayer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Livin' on a prayer
You Give Love a Bad Name → followedBy → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
Wanted Dead or Alive → previousSingle → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
Slippery When Wet → hasSingle → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Livin’ on a Prayer
Slippery When Wet → track → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Livin’ on a Prayer
Desmond Child → notableWork → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
Slippery When Wet Tour → notableSongPerformed → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
New Jersey Syndicate Tour → notableSongPerformed → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
Keep the Faith Tour → notableSongPerformed → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
Crush Tour → notableSongPerformed → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Livin’ on a Prayer
Have a Nice Day Tour → setlistIncludesSong → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Livin’ on a Prayer
Lost Highway Tour → typicalSong → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
The Circle Tour → setlistIncludes → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
Jon Bon Jovi → notableWork → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
this entity surface form: song "Livin' on a Prayer" (as co-writer and singer)
Marty Callner → notableWork → Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Livin’ on a Prayer” (Bon Jovi music video)