You Give Love A Bad Name

About this song

Songwriter Desmond Child had first written a song called "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" for Bonnie Tyler, but was unhappy with its chart performance. He brought the music to Bon Jovi, and the band rewrote it as "You Give Love A Bad Name". The song was released as the first single from the album Slippery When Wet and became Bon Jovi's first of four No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached the top 30 in several countries overseas, including the UK. In 2009, VH1 named it the 20th greatest hard rock song of all time.

Fun facts

• Sampled in 5 other songs, like “Halcyon (Glastonbury 1995) by Orbital”.
• Covered 15 times, including “You Give School A Bad Grade by Period 7”.
• Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child.
• Produced by Bruce Fairbairn.
• Recorded at Little Mountain.