Songoftheday 5/21/16 - Rainy night and we worked all day, we both got jobs 'cause there's bills to pay...

"Born To Be My Baby" - Bon Jovi
from the album New Jersey (1988)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 13

Today's song of the day is by New Jersey's own hair-metal boys Bon Jovi, who named their fourth album after their native state and scored their third #1 pop hit with the first single "Bad Medicine". As that single sounded like a rewrite of "You Give Love A Bad Name" from their Slippery When Wet album, the second release, "Born To Be My Baby", was so much a copy of that set's "Livin' On A Prayer" that in an alternate universe Richie Sambora, Desmond Child, and Jon Bon Jovi would be suing themselves for plaigarism. But no mind, the single was a well-done slice of mainstream metal-pop, and the music video was interesting in that it broke down the studio performances so you can see a little of how a pop record is put together...

"Born To Be My Baby" became the second top-10 pop hit from New Jersey in February of 1989. The song also climbed to #7 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock radio chart. Internationally, the single hit the top ten in Ireland (#7), #22 in the UK, and #30 in Australia.

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Here's the album edit of the song...

..and the band on tour in 1988...

Finally, a more recent show at the Madison Square Garden in New York...

Up tomorrow: A lawful band gets a second chance, and goes all the way to the top.