Album · Bon Jovi
New Jersey by Bon Jovi
New Jersey is an album by Bon Jovi, released in 1988. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 79 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Bad Medicine”, on 52 lists with a best position of #49.
New Jersey, Bon Jovi's fourth album, came out on Mercury in 1988 with the unenviable job of following Slippery When Wet, and it met the challenge by doubling down. Bruce Fairbairn produced at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, and the band named the record after their home state, just in case anyone missed where the denim came from.
Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora serve up hard rock built for the arena rafters: "Bad Medicine" hits like a sugar rush with a gang-vocal chorus, "I'll Be There for You" is a power ballad with the lighters already out, and "Lay Your Hands on Me" and "Born to be My Baby" keep the fists pumping, with David Bryan's keyboards, Tico Torres's drums and Alec John Such's bass shoving it all along. It topped the Billboard 200, spun off five top-ten hits, debuted at number one in the UK, and became the first American album officially released in the Soviet Union, on the state label Melodiya.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from New Jersey on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Medicine | 52 | #49 | – | 1990–2026 | |
| 2 | I'll Be There for You | 15 | #150 | – | 1990–2025 | |
| 3 | Lay Your Hands on Me | 6 | #283 | – | 1990–2024 | |
| 4 | Born to be My Baby | 5 | #327 | – | 1990–2023 | |
| 5 | Homebound Train | 1 | #776 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.