Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi's third and most commercially successful album Slippery When Wet was released on August 18 of 1986 (see 1986 in music). It sold over twelve million copies in the U.S.. Still today it is one of the 6 best selling hard rock / heavy metal albums ever, and spawned two #1 singles: You Give Love a Bad Name and Livin' On a Prayer. Slippery When Wet hit #1 (for 15 weeks, the record for a hard rock album) on the Billboard Top 200.

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Bon Jovi - August 18 - 1986 - 1986 in music - Million - U.S. - Billboard

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Jon Bon Jovi initially didn't want to include Livin' on a Prayer on the album, as he didn't think it was a good song. Ironically, it became one of the band's most popular and well-known songs, and was the #1 song of 1987. The song is referred to in Bon Jovi's 2000 single It's My Life

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With this album' singles Bon Jovi was the first hard rock band to ever have 2 consecutive #1 hot 100 chart hits. (You Give Love A Bad Name followed by Livin' On A Prayer a couple of months later.

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Also, the Slippery When Wet album was #1 on the album chart both times they had the #1 song, another hard rock first.

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Raise Your Hands was in the 1987 movie Spaceballs.

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Wanted Dead Or Alive is currently the theme songs to Wanted (TV show) and Dog The Bounty Hunter.

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Wanted (TV show) - Dog The Bounty Hunter

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