The song is a classic power ballad including the powerful choruses and the killer guitar solo also by Richie. Richie’s backing vocals and lead in this case are always the best and he was so crucial to their sound which they are lacking now, but we won’t go there. Richie Sambora actually shares a little of the lead vocals with Jon. The song builds up and gets a little stronger as we go. Jon comes in singing softly and tries to be emotive as he can.
Musically, it starts off with a soft guitar picking and is really a slowed tempo. It is probably best she leave, but sorry that isn’t in the song as I went off on a slight tangent, sorry about that. The boyfriend pleads for one more chance and will do anything for her he promises. He apparently has hurt her a lot as she’s cried a thousand rivers. The song kicks off with the girl having packed her bags and leaving. The song is about a guy that screwed it up with his girlfriend and is dying for one more chance. “I’ll Be There For You” is a pure 80’s power ballad. The big difference is the radio edit which this is not. There are only a couple seconds shaved off the single. version and the single version and album version aren’t really different. Aqua Net stock was riding high at that time as the amount of hairspray being used put a hole in the ozone layer…true fact!! My version of the single is a standard U.S. If you ever wanted to know why this era of rock bands were called “Hair Bands”, just look at the cover. They could have taken a piss, recorded it and it probably would’ve gone to #1 too as long as Jon and Richie were in the video. Bon Jovi was at the top of their game and no one could touch them. This particular song was written soley by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora with no outside help. This was the band’s fourth #1 song and if I’m not mistaken, it was their last but not from lack of great songs as they still put out some fantastic tracks even after this one. This was the third single off the album and it went to #1 on the Billboard Top 100 Charts. Now it is time for another ‘New Jersey’ single with “I’ll Be There For You”. “Born to Be My Baby” off 1988’s ‘New Jersey’.“Wanted Dead or Alive” off 1986’s ‘Slippery When Wet’.There were 5 Singles found and we kicked it off with the following: I’ve been through a bunch of them so far and now we are tackling the Bon Jovi singles that I found. On my Summer vacation back in June, I found over 20 singles with the picture sleeve.
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