Born to Be My Baby
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| Single by Bon Jovi | ||||
| from the album New Jersey | ||||
| B-side | "Love for Sale" | |||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal[1] | |||
| Length | 4:40 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Writer(s) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child | |||
| Producer | Bruce Fairbairn | |||
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"Born to Be My Baby" is a song performed by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child. It was released as the second single from their hugely successful album New Jersey in 1988. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989, #7 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart[2], #22 in the UK, and #30 in Australia.
"Born to Be My Baby" was the second of five singles from the New Jersey album to chart in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, the most singles from an album to chart in the Top 10 for a rock band. Despite the song's success, it was not included in the 1994 Cross Road greatest hits album. Eventually the song was included on Bon Jovi's Greatest Hits album in 2010.
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[edit] Video
The video for the song was done in all black-and-white, like many of the band's videos from the New Jersey album.
A very low budget video, it was shot all in the studio, chronicling the recording process for "Born to Be My Baby". In the full length video, there is actually dialogue between band members and the band does the chorus again, unsatisfied with the original version. The video prominently features photogenic shots of Jon Bon Jovi singing, as well as the band gathering around a microphone to sing the "na-na-na-na-na" part. The video also features Jon Bon Jovi's wife of 22 years Dorothea.
The video was featured on New Jersey: The Videos, a promotional VHS that is no longer manufactured. The video was absent from the video collection Cross Road: The Videos. It was later featured on Bon Jovi's 2010 release Greatest Hits - The Ultimate Video Collection.
[edit] Chart performances
- 3 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)
- 7 (U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks)
- 22 (UK)
- 30 (Australia)
[edit] References
- ^ "Allmusic - New Jersey - Review". William Ruhlmann. Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r2252. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ "Allmusic (Bon Jovi charts & awards) Billboard singles". http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3734/charts-awards/billboard-singles.
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