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“Blaze of Glory” by Jon Bon Jovi

Released 1990

“Blaze of Glory” by Jon Bon Jovi appears on 25 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1990 and 2026. It was first released in 1990. Its best result is #124 on the Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #876 classic rock song of all time.

25countdowns

12stations

#124best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1990–2026years charted

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"Blaze of Glory" was Jon Bon Jovi's first single without the band, a 1990 power ballad that led off and named his debut solo album, co-produced with Danny Kortchmar. The story goes that Emilio Estevez wanted "Wanted Dead or Alive" for Young Guns II; Jon figured a song about a band stuck on the endless tour circuit was wrong for a Western, and the request sent him off to write something that suited the movie instead. Aldo Nova came up with the main guitar riff, and Bon Jovi returned the favor the next year by putting out Nova's Blood on the Bricks on his own Jambco label.

It went all the way: number one on the Hot 100 and the Album Rock Tracks chart, his only chart-topper outside Bon Jovi, and number one in Australia, Canada and New Zealand too.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Classic Rock

#876 of all time

Hard Rock & Metal

#1,212 of all time

All Rock Formats

#2,139 of all time

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1990	219	Z-Rock	Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990)	1000
2013	301	99.1 PLR	99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013)	500
2019	275	99.1 PLR	99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019)	499
2020	397	Q105.7	Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020)	499
2020	357	106.7 WLLZ	WLLZ 500 (2020)	500
2021	399	106.7 WLLZ	WLLZ 500 (2021)	500
2021	419	100.7 KSLX	KSLX Arizona 500 (2021)	499
2022	315	106.7 WLLZ	WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022)	500
2022	240	100.7 KSLX	KSLX Arizona 500 (2022)	500
2022	315	97.1 The River	River 500 (2022)	500
2022	124	Q104.3	Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022)	1043
2022	278	94.1 KRNA	KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022)	500
2023	225	KSHE 95	KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023)	500
2023	474	106.7 WLLZ	WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023)	500
2023	1032	Q104.3	Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023)	1043
2023	389	97.1 The Drive	97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023)	500
2023	278	101.5 WPDH	WPDH Top 1015 (2023)	1015
2024	393	KSHE 95	KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024)	500
2024	482	106.7 WLLZ	WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024)	500
2025	270	99.1 PLR	99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025)	400
2025	493	106.7 WLLZ	WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025)	500
2025	869	Q104.3	Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025)	1043
2025	284	97 Rock	97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025)	500
2026	239	100.7 KSLX	KSLX Arizona 500 (2026)	500
2026	486	106.7 WLLZ	WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026)	500

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