100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong
100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong is a boxed set released in 2004 on Island Records. A collection of demos and B-sides, it was released to celebrate Bon Jovi's twentieth anniversary and the milestone of the band selling 100,000,000 records worldwide.
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Released | November 16, 2004 | |||
Recorded | 1985–2003 | |||
Length | 3:43:37 | |||
Label | Island | |||
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Singles from 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong | ||||
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Source | Rating |
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Entertainment Weekly | B[2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide |
The box set consists of 4 CDs, and also includes a DVD of the band talking about the tracks and additional archive candid footage of the band. Additionally, the Japanese version of the box set also includes a fifth CD. The box set charted at #53 on the Billboard 200.[4]
Apart from songs released as iTunes singles "The Radio Saved My Life Tonight" was released as a promo CD single for the box set.[5] and charted in Japan at #37.[6] The song was since played extensively on the bands following Have a Nice Day Tour.
The box set includes the songs "Real Life" and "Good Guys Don't Always Wear White" which were previously released as singles for soundtrack albums but never featured on a Bon Jovi album until now. "Edge of a Broken Heart" was also previously released for a soundtrack album and the Slippery When Wet 2-CD Special Edition Bonus CD (PHCR-90015/6) in 1998.
The album title and the cover art is a play on the 1959 Elvis Presley compilation 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Why Aren't You Dead?" (Unreleased demo, 1994) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child | 3:31 |
2. | "The Radio Saved My Life Tonight" (Unreleased demo, 1992) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 5:08 |
3. | "Taking It Back" (Unreleased demo, 1992) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 4:17 |
4. | "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" (Original demo, 1994) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child | 5:18 |
5. | "Miss Fourth of July" (Unreleased demo, 1992) | Jon Bon Jovi | 5:40 |
6. | "Open All Night (#2)" (Unreleased demo, 1994, not the same song from Bounce) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Eric Bazilian | 5:47 |
7. | "These Arms Are Open All Night" (Unreleased demo, 1998 - performed by JBJ & The Big Dogs) | Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon | 5:20 |
8. | "I Get a Rush" (Unreleased demo, 1996) | Jon Bon Jovi, Desmond Child, Eric Bazilian | 2:57 |
9. | "Someday Just Might Be Tonight" (Unreleased demo, 1996) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Mark Hudson | 4:13 |
10. | "Thief of Hearts" (Unreleased studio track, 2003) | Jon Bon Jovi, Patrick Leonard | 4:17 |
11. | "Last Man Standing" (Unreleased studio track, 2003 - alternate version appears on Have a Nice Day) | Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon | 4:32 |
12. | "I Just Want to Be Your Man" (Unreleased demo, 1994) | Jon Bon Jovi | 3:28 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Garageland" (Unreleased demo, 1999) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 3:26 |
2. | "Starting All Over Again" (Japan bonus track on Keep The Faith, but an alternate recording is featured on this box set, 1992) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child | 3:44 |
3. | "Maybe Someday" (Unreleased demo, 1999) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 4:43 |
4. | "Last Chance Train" (Unreleased demo, 1998) | Jon Bon Jovi, Mark Hudson | 4:31 |
5. | "The Fire Inside" (Unreleased demo, 1994) | Jon Bon Jovi | 4:50 |
6. | "Every Beat of My Heart" (Unreleased demo, 1992) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 4:49 |
7. | "Rich Man Living in a Poor Man's House" (Unreleased demo, 1998) | Jon Bon Jovi, Dave Stewart | 4:22 |
8. | "The One That Got Away" (Unreleased demo, 1999 - Intended for Kevin Costner's "Message In A Bottle") | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 4:48 |
9. | "You Can Sleep While I Dream" (Unreleased demo, 1999) | Jon Bon Jovi, Mark Hudson, Dean Grakal | 4:53 |
10. | "Outlaws of Love" (Unreleased demo, officially from 1992 but many fans speculate that it's from much earlier.) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 3:20 |
11. | "Good Guys Don't Always Wear White" (from the motion picture soundtrack to The Cowboy Way, 1994) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 4:29 |
12. | "We Rule the Night" (Unreleased demo, 1985) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 4:09 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Edge of a Broken Heart" (from the motion picture soundtrack to Disorderlies, 1986) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child | 4:36 |
2. | "Sympathy" (Unreleased demo, 1992) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 5:23 |
3. | "Only in My Dreams" (featuring Tico Torres on vocals; Unreleased demo, 1994) | Jon Bon Jovi | 5:07 |
4. | "Shut Up and Kiss Me" (Unreleased demo, 1997 - performed by JBJ & The Big Dogs) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child | 2:47 |
5. | "Crazy Love" (Unreleased demo, 1998) | Jon Bon Jovi, Mark Hudson, Dave Stewart | 4:25 |
6. | "Lonely at the Top" (Remixed version of B-Side, 1995) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 3:51 |
7. | "Ordinary People" (International B-side of "Say It Isn't So", 2000) | Jon Bon Jovi | 4:07 |
8. | "Flesh and Bone" (Unreleased demo, 1994) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan | 5:01 |
9. | "Satellite" (Unreleased demo, 1999) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child | 4:56 |
10. | "If I Can't Have Your Love" (featuring Richie Sambora on vocals – outtake from Stranger in This Town, 1991) | Richie Sambora, Desmond Child, Diane Warren | 4:15 |
11. | "Real Life" (from the motion picture soundtrack to EDtv; unreleased remix, 1999) | Jon Bon Jovi, Desmond Child | 3:52 |
12. | "Memphis Lives in Me" (featuring David Bryan on vocals; unreleased from the original musical Memphis, 2003) | David Bryan, Joe DiPietro | 3:03 |
13. | "Too Much of a Good Thing" (Unreleased demo, 1999) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Richie Supa | 4:23 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Love Ain't Nothing But a Four Letter Word" (Unreleased studio recording, 1992) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan | 4:14 |
2. | "Love Ain't Nothing But a Four Letter Word" (Original demo, 1992) | Jon Bon Jovi | 4:08 |
3. | "River Runs Dry" (Unreleased demo, 1996) | Jon Bon Jovi, Desmond Child | 3:57 |
4. | "Always" (Unreleased demo, 1994) | Jon Bon Jovi | 5:46 |
5. | "Kidnap an Angel" (Unreleased demo, 1999) | Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon | 5:56 |
6. | "Breathe" (B-side, 2002) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Marti Frederiksen | 3:40 |
7. | "Out of Bounds" (Unreleased demo, 1986) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 3:46 |
8. | "Letter to a Friend" (Unreleased demo, 1994) | Jon Bon Jovi | 4:19 |
9. | "Temptation" (Alternate Version of International B-side to "It's My Life", 2000) | Jon Bon Jovi | 4:23 |
10. | "Gotta Have a Reason" (Unreleased demo, 1993) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Michael Kamen | 4:59 |
11. | "All I Wanna Do Is You" (Unreleased demo, 1997) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 3:03 |
12. | "Billy" (Unreleased demo, 1992) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 4:32 |
13. | "Nobody's Hero" (Unreleased demo, 1994) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 4:33 |
14. | "Livin' on a Prayer" (Original demo, 1986 - Hidden track) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child | 3:52 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "With a Little Help from My Friends" (Live, B-Side, 1995) | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 6:16 |
2. | "Love Is War" (B-side of "Living in Sin" single, 1989) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 4:15 |
3. | "Borderline" (B-Side & Japan-only single, 1986) | Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan | 4:10 |
4. | "Hush" (B-side of "It's My Life" single, 2000) | Jon Bon Jovi | 3:45 |
5. | "I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas" (from A Very Special Christmas Album, 1992) | Jon Bon Jovi | 4:28 |
6. | "Save a Prayer" (Keep the Faith Japan bonus track, 1992) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 5:56 |
7. | "Fields of Fire" ("Keep The Faith" era demo from the These Days European 2-disc special edition bonus track, 1996) | Jon Bon Jovi | 4:10 |
8. | "Another Reason to Believe" (B-side of "Everyday" single, 2002) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Billy Falcon, Jeffrey Steele | 3:29 |
9. | "Let's Make It Baby" ("New Jersey" era demo from the These Days European 2-disc special edition bonus track, 1996) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child | 6:20 |
10. | "The End" (B-Side, 1995) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan | 3:37 |
Best of the Boxset (Single disc version)
The Best of the Boxset compilation album (a 10 track sampler) is very rare but available. It features the 10 best tracks from all the CDs of the box set on one single CD.[7]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Radio Saved My Life Tonight" (Unreleased demo, 1992) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 5:08 |
2. | "Why Aren't You Dead?" (Unreleased demo, 1994) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child | 3:31 |
3. | "I Get a Rush" (Unreleased demo, 1996) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child | 2:57 |
4. | "Open All Night (#2)" (Unreleased demo, 1994, not the same song from Bounce) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Eric Bazilian | 5:47 |
5. | "Love Ain't Nothing But a Four Letter Word" (Unreleased studio recording, 1992) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan | 4:14 |
6. | "Breathe" (International B-side, 2002) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Marti Frederiksen | 3:40 |
7. | "Lonely at the Top" (International B-side, 1995) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 3:51 |
8. | "Thief of Hearts" (Unreleased studio track, 2003) | Jon Bon Jovi, Patrick Leonard | 4:17 |
9. | "Edge of a Broken Heart" (from the motion picture soundtrack to Disorderlies, 1986) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, | 4:36 |
10. | "Taking It Back" (Unreleased demo, 1992) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | 4:17 |
Personnel
Band members
- Jon Bon Jovi – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Richie Sambora – lead guitar, backing vocals, talk box
- Hugh McDonald – bass, backing vocals
- Alec John Such – bass, backing vocals
- Tico Torres – drums, percussion
- David Bryan – keyboards, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Bobby Bandiera – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
References
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- Browne, David (10 December 2004). "If Nirvana's Not Your Bag..." Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- "Bon Jovi: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- "Bon Jovi Dharts & awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- "The Radio Saved My Life Tonight promo single". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- "Chart data - Bon Jovi". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- "Bon Jovi Box set 10 Track Sampler". Eil. Retrieved 22 August 2016.