Livin' on a Prayer

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"Livin' on a Prayer"
Single by Bon Jovi
from the album Slippery When Wet
B-side"Wild in the Streets"
ReleasedOctober 31, 1986 (1986-10-31)
Recorded1986
Genre
Length4:11 (album version)
4:23 (Rock Band 2 edit)
5:07 (DualDisc remix)
5:16 (Crossroads re-record version)
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bruce Fairbairn
Bon Jovi singles chronology
"You Give Love a Bad Name"
(1986)
"Livin' on a Prayer"
(1986)
"Wanted Dead or Alive"
(1987)
Music video
"Livin' on a Prayer" at YouTube

"Livin' on a Prayer" is a 1986 song by the American rock band Bon Jovi and is the second single from their third studio album Slippery When Wet. It went to number 1 in Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the United States, number 2 in the Netherlands and Sweden, number 3 in Australia and Belgium and number 4 in Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

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