Wanted Dead or Alive

E217057
single song

"Wanted Dead or Alive" is a power ballad by American rock band Bon Jovi, renowned as one of their signature songs and a defining anthem of 1980s hard rock.

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Label Occurrences
Wanted Dead or Alive canonical 13
Wanted: Dead or Alive 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumArtist Bon Jovi ⓘ
artist Bon Jovi ⓘ
bassistOnRecording Alec John Such ⓘ
chartPositionCanadianRPMTopSingles 7 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 15 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 7 ⓘ
chartPositionUSMainstreamRock 13 ⓘ
composer Jon Bon Jovi ⓘ
Richie Sambora ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drummerOnRecording Tico Torres ⓘ
genre glam metal ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ
power ballad ⓘ
hasBside Never Say Goodbye ⓘ
hasLiveFavoriteStatus true ⓘ
hasNotableFeature acoustic and electric guitar blend ⓘ
anthemic sing-along chorus ⓘ
western outlaw lyrical theme ⓘ
hasProminentInstrument 12-string acoustic guitar ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
hasRIAACertification Platinum (digital single) ⓘ
influencedBy Old West cowboy imagery ⓘ
isDefiningAnthemOf 1980s hard rock ⓘ
isFrequentlyIncludedOn Bon Jovi greatest hits compilations ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf Bon Jovi ⓘ
keyboardistOnRecording David Bryan ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadGuitaristOnRecording Richie Sambora ⓘ
leadVocalistOnRecording Jon Bon Jovi ⓘ
lyricist Jon Bon Jovi ⓘ
Richie Sambora ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Wayne Isham ⓘ
musicVideoStyle black-and-white tour footage ⓘ
nextSingle Never Say Goodbye ⓘ
partOfAlbum Slippery When Wet ⓘ
performer Bon Jovi ⓘ
previousSingle Livin' on a Prayer ⓘ
producer Bruce Fairbairn ⓘ
recordedAt Little Mountain Sound Studios ⓘ
recordingCountry Canada ⓘ
recordingLocation Vancouver ⓘ
recordLabel Mercury Records ⓘ
Vertigo Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1986 ⓘ
singleReleaseYear 1987 ⓘ
trackNumberOnAlbum 5 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Bon Jovi → notableWork → Wanted Dead or Alive ⓘ
Slow West → hasPosterTagline → Wanted Dead or Alive ⓘ
Richie Sambora → notableWork → Wanted Dead or Alive ⓘ
Livin' on a Prayer → nextSingle → Wanted Dead or Alive ⓘ
Slippery When Wet → hasSingle → Wanted Dead or Alive ⓘ
Slippery When Wet → track → Wanted Dead or Alive ⓘ
Slippery When Wet Tour → notableSongPerformed → Wanted Dead or Alive ⓘ
Keep the Faith Tour → notableSongPerformed → Wanted Dead or Alive ⓘ
Crush Tour → notableSongPerformed → Wanted Dead or Alive ⓘ
Have a Nice Day Tour → setlistIncludesSong → Wanted Dead or Alive ⓘ
Lost Highway Tour → typicalSong → Wanted Dead or Alive ⓘ
The Circle Tour → setlistIncludes → Wanted Dead or Alive ⓘ
Bounty Law → inspiredBy → Wanted Dead or Alive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wanted: Dead or Alive
Rock of Ages → featuresSong → Wanted Dead or Alive ⓘ