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“Lay Your Hands on Me” by Bon Jovi
From the album New Jersey (1988)
“Lay Your Hands on Me” by Bon Jovi appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1990 and 2024. It was first released in 1988 on the album New Jersey. Its best result is #283 on the River 500 (2022). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,992 classic rock song of all time.
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Bon Jovi pulled "Lay Your Hands on Me" off New Jersey, their fourth studio album, in 1989, and it kept the record's hot streak going: a number seven peak on the Billboard Hot 100 made it the album's fourth single to crack the top 10, and it reached number eight in New Zealand as well. Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora wrote it, Bruce Fairbairn produced, and Bob Rock engineered and mixed.
The credits go wide. Sambora plays electric guitar and mandolin, both songwriters play acoustic guitar, Jon adds harmonica, David Bryan is on keyboards, Alec John Such on bass and Tico Torres on drums, with a crowd of backing singers behind them. The video was stitched together from Jersey Syndicate Tour shows at the Tacoma Dome and Portland's Memorial Coliseum, and onstage Sambora took the song on with a double-neck guitar.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 369 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 2010 | 335 | 97.9 The Loop | The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) | 500 |
| 2011 | 488 | 97.9 The Loop | The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) | 500 |
| 2022 | 339 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2022 | 283 | 97.1 The River | River 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2024 | 347 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) | 400 |
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