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About You Give Love a Bad Name by Bon Jovi
You Give Love a Bad Name is credited to Bon Jovi on Slippery When Wet. This catalogue edition runs 3:43 and lists the song as track 2 of 10. The linked edition is dated 1986-07-23.
Catalogue artist credit: Bon Jovi.
Catalogue title: You Give Love a Bad Name. Genre: Hard Rock. The date above belongs to the linked edition; it is not a claim about the original release or the video upload date.
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Also represented from Slippery When Wet: Livin' on a Prayer, Wanted Dead or Alive. Follow the related song pages to compare the recordings and their selected videos.
Selected video: Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name. Published by BonJoviVEVO. Video length: 3:51.
Playback checked on 2026-10-19. Video edits and album recordings can have different running times.
Artist Information
Bon Jovi
Livin’ on a Prayer and You Give Love a Bad Name introduce the big refrains in this selection. Always and Bed of Roses slow the pace and put the vocal in focus. Compare those with It’s My Life and Have a Nice Day for a different guitar and production texture.
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