Top 10 Songs by Bon Jovi

#6 - Blood On Blood  (New Jersey).  This is a coming of age tale done to perfection.  This song is the musical equivalent of movies like Stand By Me, or The Sandlot.  I love the story.  It really makes you think and wonder where did the time go?  Plus, Tico does some of his best drum work on this song.  Again, this is a little known song that everybody should experience.

#5 - Bad Medicine  (New Jersey).  This was one of the hardest/heaviest songs I had heard when I first heard it.  I loved it then, I love it now.  It was the first taste of Bon Jovi after the success of Slippery When Wet.  When I first heard it, I knew that New Jersey may be even been than Slippery When Wet...and I was right.  The sexual innuendo and double entendres here are aplenty and done to a tee.  Excellence of execution is the best way to describe this song.  Awesome.

#4 - Livin' On A Prayer  (Slippery When Wet).  This is the ultimate Bon Jovi song.  This is the song that put Tommy and Gina on the map.  They are like honorary members of the band.  There is no finer produced Bon Jovi song than Livin' On A Prayer.  It is an example of everything going better than conceived.  Plus, the talk box that Richie uses is the best since Peter Frampton "invented" it.

#3 - Runaway  (Bon Jovi).  From the moment you hear the opening synthesizer riff (there's a phrase not heard enough anymore), you know you are in for something great.  This is the song that introduced the world to Bon Jovi.  The first meeting went like this:  "World, here's Bon Jovi, prepare to be conquered".  The world sat back, listened to Runaway, and allowed the conquering with open arms and lighters held high.  Only Bon Jovi could take a touchy subject like runaway girls and make it sound cool.  This is one of the best 'first hit' songs of any band I can think of.