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)
Mystery Train
Bon Jovi Lyrics
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Nights when she's a scream
A reason to wake up in the morning
To close your eyes and dream
She'll curse you like a sailor
She'll wound you with her eyes
She always makes it better
I know everything about her but don't know her at all
She's a ride on a mystery train
To a place you've never been before
Better hold on tight to that mystery train
You're not in Kansas anymore
She's a ride
Mystery train
She cries because she's happy
She sings songs when she's mad
Like a stiff drink when you need it
She's good at being bad
And long before you knew her you knew she was the one
She's a ride on a mystery train
To a place you've never been before
Better hold on tight to that mystery train
You're not in Kansas anymore
She's a ride
Mystery train
I know everything about her but don't know her at all
She's a ride on a mystery train
To a place I've never been before
Better hold on tight to that mystery train
I'm not in Kansas anymore
She's a ride
On a mystery train
She's a ride
On a mystery train
The lyrics of Bon Jovi's "Mystery Train" are about a complicated woman, who is both a whisper and a scream, happy and mad, wounder and healer. The song describes the singer's perplexity and simultaneous fascination with this woman, whom he claims to know everything about but still doesn't understand at all. Through various comparisons, Bon Jovi depicts her as a thrilling, dangerous, rebellious, and unpredictable ride on a mystery train. The singer urges the listener to hold on tight to the experience because once you get on that train, you're no longer in Kansas. The woman, to the singer, represents an adventure, something new and exciting, and something that he cannot predict.
The use of the metaphor "mystery train" to describe the woman could mean that the singer feels she is an exciting and unpredictable journey. The "place you've never been before" could imply that the woman offers the singer a new experience, a new journey, a new emotion that he has never felt before. The lyrics also point out that even though the singer seems to know a lot about this woman, he is not able to understand her completely, which adds to her mysteriousness.
Line by Line Meaning
There are days when she's a whisper
Sometimes she is soft-spoken and hard to hear
Nights when she's a scream
Other times she is loud and demanding
A reason to wake up in the morning
She provides motivation to start your day
To close your eyes and dream
She fuels your imagination and inspires reveries
She'll curse you like a sailor
Her anger and frustration can be intense
She'll wound you with her eyes
Her gaze can be hurtful or cutting
She always makes it better
She has the power to fix things and make them right
But she won't apologize
She can be stubborn and unyielding even when she's in the wrong
I know everything about her but don't know her at all
Despite being familiar with her actions and words, I don't truly understand who she is
She's a ride on a mystery train
She is an unpredictable journey full of surprises and twists
To a place you've never been before
She takes you to uncharted territories and challenges your expectations
Better hold on tight to that mystery train
Be prepared for anything and brace yourself for the unknown
You're not in Kansas anymore
You've left behind the familiar and entered unexplored territory
She cries because she's happy
Her emotions are complex and not always what they seem
She sings songs when she's mad
She expresses her anger in unconventional and unexpected ways
Like a stiff drink when you need it
She is a source of comfort and release when you are feeling stressed or overwhelmed
She's good at being bad
She has a mischievous side and enjoys pushing boundaries
And long before you knew her you knew she was the one
Even before getting to know her well, you were drawn to her and knew she was special
On a mystery train
The cycle of unpredictability and intrigue continues
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: BILLY FALCON, JON BON JOVI
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