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| Last single = "[[Livin' on a Prayer]]"</br> (1987) |
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| Next single = "[[Never Say Goodbye (Bon Jovi song)|Never Say Goodbye]]"</br> (1987) |
| Next single = "[[Never Say Goodbye (Bon Jovi song)|Never Say Goodbye]]"</br> (1987) |
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| B-side | "Never Say Goodbye"/"I'd Die For You" |
"Wanted Dead Or Alive" is a song from Bon Jovi's 1986 album Slippery When Wet. The song was written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora and was released in 1987 as the album's third single. The song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the third single from the album to reach the Top 10 of the Hot 100. Slippery When Wet was the first Hard Rock / Heavy Metal album ever to have 3 top 10 hits on it.
Background
The song's title pays homage to Jon's admiration for Old West heroes, and how he identifies with them as being hated (wanted dead or alive).[citation needed] On the band's Behind the Music special on VH1, it is even revealed that the band had originally planned to do an Old West-themed album in the 1980s, but scrapped the idea.
Video
The video for the song is black and white and features footage from the band's massive 1986-1987 world tour, including shots from Chicago's UIC Pavilion, Rochester, MN's Mayo Civic Center, and other venues. The video strongly captures the grueling life-on-the-road feeling, with several shots of the exhausted band members on their mammoth 1986-87 Slippery When Wet World Tour.
Notable Covers
Most recently, Chris Richardson performed the song on the the sixth season of American Idol.
In 2005, the song was covered by Chris Daughtry on the the fifth season of American Idol and later by Daughtry on the American Idol Season 5: Encores CD. His version went to #43 on the Billboard Hot 100 the first week of its release. He had also managed to beat out Taylor Hicks' version of "Takin' It to the Streets" which debuted at #69 that same week.
Chris Cagle also performed a cover of the song on his 2005 album Anywhere But Here.
Montgomery Gentry covered the song on the 2001 album "Dancin' With Thunder: The Official Music of the PBR".
