# The 34 Greatest Bon Jovi Songs

> Stadium-sized singalongs share this list with slow-dance ballads and album tracks the faithful still shout back at the stage. Twenty-five years of Garden State rock, yours to sort.

*By YPB Team · Published November 5, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-34-greatest-bon-jovi-songs*

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1. **Livin' on a Prayer** — score 1000/1000
   The 1986 story of working-class couple Tommy and Gina spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in early 1987 and peaked at No. 4 in the UK.
2. **It's My Life** — score 754/1000
   Co-written with Max Martin and Richie Sambora and featuring a talk box riff, the 2000 Crush lead single reached No. 3 in the UK and No. 33 in the US.
3. **Wild Is the Wind** — score 607/1000
   A New Jersey album ballad credited to Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child and Diane Warren.
4. **I'll Sleep When I'm Dead** — score 541/1000
   An uptempo Keep the Faith single from 1993 that reached No. 17 in the UK and No. 97 on the Hot 100.
5. **I Believe** — score 541/1000
   A Keep the Faith album track released as a UK single in 1993, where it peaked at No. 11.
6. **Born to Be My Baby** — score 503/1000
   The second New Jersey single climbed to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1989.
7. **Someday I'll Be Saturday Night** — score 503/1000
   The second new song on Cross Road, released as a single in early 1995 and peaking at No. 7 in the UK.
8. **I'll Be There for You** — score 503/1000
   A Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora ballad from New Jersey that topped the Hot 100 in May 1989, the band's fourth US No. 1.
9. **Thank You for Loving Me** — score 460/1000
   A ballad from the 2000 album Crush that reached No. 12 in the UK and No. 57 on the Hot 100.
10. **Wanted Dead or Alive** — score 460/1000
   A cowboy-themed song opening on Richie Sambora's acoustic riff, it was the third Slippery When Wet single and reached No. 7 on the Hot 100 in 1987.
11. **Never Say Goodbye** — score 460/1000
   A nostalgic Slippery When Wet power ballad issued as a single in 1987, reaching No. 21 in the UK and No. 11 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart.
12. **Everyday** — score 411/1000
   Lead single from 2002's Bounce, an album shaped by the September 11 attacks, it reached No. 5 in the UK.
13. **These Days** — score 411/1000
   Title track of the band's 1995 album, issued as a single in 1996 and peaking at No. 7 in the UK.
14. **Always** — score 411/1000
   Recorded as a new song for the 1994 compilation Cross Road, it reached No. 4 on the Hot 100 and No. 2 in the UK.
15. **Living in Sin** — score 411/1000
   The fifth New Jersey single reached No. 9 in 1989, giving the album five US top-10 hits.
16. **Hey God** — score 357/1000
   A These Days track about economic hardship released as a 1996 single, peaking at No. 13 in the UK.
17. **Lie to Me** — score 357/1000
   A These Days ballad released as a single in late 1995, peaking at No. 10 in the UK.
18. **Bed of Roses** — score 357/1000
   A piano-led ballad from Keep the Faith that reached No. 10 on the Hot 100 and No. 13 in the UK in 1993.
19. **Lay Your Hands on Me** — score 357/1000
   Opening with an extended drum intro from Tico Torres, this New Jersey single reached No. 7 on the Hot 100 in 1989.
20. **Runaway** — score 294/1000
   First recorded in 1982 with session players and later placed on the band's 1984 debut album, it became their first Billboard Hot 100 entry at No. 39.
21. **Something for the Pain** — score 294/1000
   The second These Days single reached No. 8 in the UK in 1995.
22. **Who Says You Can't Go Home** — score 294/1000
   Its 2006 duet version with Jennifer Nettles topped Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart and won the 2007 Grammy for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals.
23. **This Ain't a Love Song** — score 222/1000
   Lead single from 1995's These Days, it reached No. 6 in the UK and No. 14 on the Hot 100.
24. **Bad Medicine** — score 222/1000
   Lead single from 1988's New Jersey, co-written with Sambora and Desmond Child, it became the band's third Hot 100 No. 1 that November.
25. **Blood on Blood** — score 222/1000
   A 1988 New Jersey album track about childhood brotherhood that Jon Bon Jovi wrote after watching the 1986 film Stand by Me, never released as a single yet a long-time concert staple.
26. **Keep the Faith** — score 222/1000
   Title track and lead single of the band's 1992 album, it reached No. 5 in the UK and No. 29 on the Hot 100.
27. **Dry County** — score 222/1000
   A nearly ten-minute Keep the Faith epic about a struggling oil town, released as a 1994 UK single that reached No. 9.
28. **Lost Highway** — score 222/1000
   Title track of the 2007 album that became the band's first to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
29. **We Weren't Born to Follow** — score 222/1000
   Lead single from the 2009 album The Circle, it reached No. 25 in the UK and No. 68 on the Hot 100.
30. **Raise Your Hands** — score 221/1000
   A 1986 Slippery When Wet album track that was never a single and was used in Mel Brooks' 1987 film Spaceballs.
31. **You Give Love a Bad Name** — score 137/1000
   Lead single from Slippery When Wet, co-written with Richie Sambora and Desmond Child, it gave the band its first Hot 100 No. 1 in November 1986.
32. **Have a Nice Day** — score 137/1000
   Title track and lead single of the 2005 album, it reached No. 6 in the UK and No. 53 on the Hot 100.
33. **(You Want To) Make a Memory** — score 137/1000
   Lead single from the Nashville-influenced 2007 album Lost Highway, it reached No. 27 on the Hot 100.
34. **In These Arms** — score 137/1000
   The third Keep the Faith single reached No. 9 in the UK and No. 27 on the Hot 100 in 1993.

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