In 1984 and 1985, Bon Jovi released their first two albums and their debut single "Runaway" managed to crack the Top 40. In 1986, the band achieved widespread success and global recognition with their third album, Slippery When Wet, which sold over 20 million copies and included three Top 10 singles, two of which reached No. 1 ("You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer") Their fourth album, New Jersey (1988), was also very successful, selling over 10 million copies and featuring five Top 10 singles (a record for a glam metal album), two of which reached No. 1 ("Bad Medicine" and "I'll Be There for You"). After the band toured and recorded extensively during the late 1980s, culminating in the 1988–1990 New Jersey Tour, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora released successful solo albums in 1990 and 1991, respectively.
In 1992, the band returned with the double-platinum Keep the Faith. This was followed by their biggest-selling and longest-charting single "Always" (1994) and the album These Days (1995), which proved to be a bigger success in Europe than in the United States, producing four Top Ten singles in the United Kingdom. Following a second hiatus, their 2000 album Crush, particularly the lead single, "It's My Life", successfully introduced the band to a younger audience, and the band considered this their comeback album. The band followed up with Bounce in 2002. The platinum albums Have a Nice Day (2005) and Lost Highway (2007) saw the band incorporate elements of country music into some of the songs, including the 2006 single "Who Says You Can't Go Home", which won the band a Grammy Award and became the first single by a rock band to reach No. 1 on the country charts. The Circle (2009) marked a return to the band's rock sound. The band also enjoyed great success touring, with both the 2005–2006 Have a Nice Day Tour and 2007–2008 Lost Highway Tour ranking among the Top 20 highest-grossing concert tours of the 2000s. After recording and releasing Because We Can in 2013, lead guitarist Richie Sambora left the band just before an April concert during the supporting tour to spend more time with his family. The band released their first studio album without Sambora, Burning Bridges, in 2015 and the follow-up album This House Is Not for Sale in 2016, the tour for which encompassed 2017–2019. Their most recent album 2020 (2020) was re-worked to include songs inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd protests; its supporting tour was delayed to 2022.
Bon Jovi consisting of frontman Jon Bon Jovi, drummer Tico Torres, keyboardist David Bryan, lead guitarist Phil X, bassist Hugh McDonald and guitarist John Shanks have unveiled a video for the lead single “Legendary” from their upcoming studio album Forever, which will be released on June 7, 2024. Forever is the follow up to Bon Jovi‘s studio album 2020, which was released back on October 2, 2020.
Bon Jovi has released 15 studio albums, five compilations and three live albums. They have sold more than 120 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling American rock bands, and performed more than 2,700 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 34 million fans. Bon Jovi was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. The band received the Award of Merit at the American Music Awards in 2004, and Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Studio albums
Bon Jovi (1984)
7800° Fahrenheit (1985)
Slippery When Wet (1986)
New Jersey (1988)
Keep the Faith (1992)
These Days (1995)
Crush (2000)
Bounce (2002)
Have a Nice Day (2005)
Lost Highway (2007)
The Circle (2009)
What About Now (2013)
Burning Bridges (2015)
This House Is Not for Sale (2016)
2020 (2020)
Forever (2024)
I Want To Be Loved
Bon Jovi Lyrics
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Had shoes on my feet
Yeah, sure I was fed
But no one was there when I was in need, yeah
So who am I now?
Who do you want me to be?
I can forgive you but I won't re-live you
I'm gonna live
I'm gonna survive
I don't want the world to pass me by
I'm gonna dream
I ain't gonna die
Thinking my life was just a lie
I want to be loved
I want to be loved
I found a picture
Our so-called family tree, yeah
I broke all the branches lookin' for answers
Don't you know that ain't how it's supposed to be?
I'm gonna live
I'm gonna survive
I don't want the world to pass me by
I'm gonna dream
I ain't gonna die
Thinking my life was just a lie
I want to give
I'm ready to try
Willing to lay it on the line
I want to be loved
I want to be
I ain't gonna cry, I don't want to scream
But I got so much left unsaid inside of me
I'm gonna live
I'm gonna survive
Don't want the world to pass me by
I'm gonna dream
I ain't gonna die
Thinking my life was just a lie
I want to give
I'm ready to try
Willing to lay it on the line
I want to beloved
I want to be loved
I just want to be love
I want to be loved [Repeat: x3]
The song "I Want to Be Loved" by Bon Jovi is a powerful and emotional tune about the need for love and the struggles that can come with it. In the first verse, the lyrics describe a childhood where basic needs were met but emotional support and love were lacking. The singer questions who they are now and expresses a desire to be loved for who they are, not who someone else wants them to be. The chorus asserts that the singer wants to live, survive, and dream rather than just exist in a world that could pass them by. They want to give and try, laying it all on the line for the chance to be loved.
The second verse brings up the theme of family and the struggle to find one's identity and place within it. The singer mentions a family tree but notes that they had to break all the branches to find answers that were not there. This highlights the difficulty of finding oneself when familial relationships are strained or non-existent. The repeated chorus emphasizes the desire to live, to love, and to be loved.
Overall, "I Want to Be Loved" is a deeply personal and honest song about the human need for emotional connection and the resilience required to keep seeking it out, even when it feels impossible.
Line by Line Meaning
I had a roof overhead
I had a place to live, a roof to protect me from the weather
Had shoes on my feet
I had footwear to protect my feet and to allow me to walk and run
Yeah, sure I was fed
I had food to eat, to sustain me and give me energy
But no one was there when I was in need, yeah
Even though I had basic necessities, I lacked emotional support and nobody was there for me when I needed them
So who am I now?
I am questioning my identity and who I have become
Who do you want me to be?
I am asking others what they expect of me and what kind of person they want me to be
I can forgive you but I won't re-live you
I am willing to forgive someone, but I don't want to go back to the way things were with them
I ain't the same scared kid I used to be
I have grown and changed as a person and I am no longer the fearful child I once was
I'm gonna live
I am going to actively participate in life and not just exist
I'm gonna survive
I am going to endure and overcome hardships
I don't want the world to pass me by
I don't want to miss out on opportunities or experiences in life
I'm gonna dream
I am going to have aspirations and hopes for my future
I ain't gonna die
I am not going to give up and let my dreams die
Thinking my life was just a lie
I don't want to look back on my life and think that it was all meaningless or unfulfilling
I want to be loved
I desire to be accepted and cherished by others
I found a picture
I came across a photograph
Our so-called family tree, yeah
I found a genealogy chart that is supposed to show my family relationships
I broke all the branches lookin' for answers
I searched through all the family connections for explanations, but I couldn't find any
Don't you know that ain't how it's supposed to be?
I am saying that the lack of answers and the brokenness of my family relationships is not the way things are supposed to be
I want to give
I want to be generous and give of myself to others
I'm ready to try
I am willing to make an effort and attempt something new
Willing to lay it on the line
I am prepared to take a risk and put everything on the line
I want to beloved
I want to be loved and accepted by others
I ain't gonna cry, I don't want to scream
I am saying that I will not let my emotions overwhelm me and cause me to break down
But I got so much left unsaid inside of me
I have a lot of things that I want to express and share with others but have been holding back
I just want to be love
I am emphasizing the desire to be loved and accepted by others as the main priority in my life
I want to be loved [Repeat: x3]
I repeat the desire to be loved for emphasis and as an expression of the importance of this desire to me
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: RICHARD SAMBORA, JOHN SHANKS, JON BON JOVI
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