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Song of the Day #6,324: ‘You Give Love a Bad Name’ – Bon Jovi

Continuing my look at the albums of 1986…

The top-selling album released in 1986 was Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet, and it wasn’t particularly close. The hard rock band’s third album sold more than 15 million copies in the U.S., five million more than the runner-up, Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill. That was enough to make this album the 20th top-seller in U.S. history.

Slippery When Wet earned that success on the backs of the three most enduring songs Bon Jovi ever recorded: ‘You Give Love a Bad Name,’ ‘Livin’ On a Prayer,’ and ‘Wanted Dead or Alive.’ I’d never even heard any of the other seven tracks.

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Song of the Day #4,062: ‘Livin’ On a Prayer’ – Bon Jovi

Four months ago I wrote a series of posts about the latest inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I considered the idea of covering each new slate of entries working backward through the years.

This week, I’m taking my own advice and posting about the six inductees into the Rock Hall Class of 2018.

First up (alphabetically) is Bon Jovi.

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