| Lyrics: Lay Your Hands on Me |
Performed by: Bon Jovi
Written by: Jon Bon Jovi; Ritchie Sambora
Credits: Bon Jovi, Jon (Songwriter); Sambora, Ritchie (Songwriter); AGGRESSIVE MUSIC (Publisher); BON JOVI PUBLISHING (Publisher); POLYGRAM INT'L MUSIC PUBG GROUP (Publisher); SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (Publisher)
| Wikipedia: Lay Your Hands on Me |
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| Single by Bon Jovi | ||||
| from the album New Jersey | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Format | CD Single | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock , heavy metal[1] | |||
| Length | 6:00 | |||
| Label | Mercury Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | |||
| Producer | Bruce Fairbairn | |||
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"Lay Your Hands on Me" is a song written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora and recorded by the American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released in 1989 as the fourth single from the band's 1988 album New Jersey. It peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's fourth single from New Jersey to chart in the Top 10.
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The song runs 6 minutes, with a long intro focused on the drum beats of Tico Torres and keyboard playing of David Bryan as well as the chants of the crowd: "hey!", before going into a hard rock song, filled with loud guitar riffs by Richie Sambora and the husky delivery of lyrics by Jon Bon Jovi. By Jon's own admission, this is one of the few Bon Jovi songs that was written from a guitar riff (Jon Bon Jovi's usual style is to begin writing a song with the title). It was written in the studio while they were recording the New Jersey album.
The video for this song was culled from performances at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, WA and the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, OR during The Jersey Syndicate Tour. It was also released to home video on New Jersey: The Videos and Cross Road: The Videos.
For live performances through the 80s and 90s, Sambora would use a double neck guitar with one neck tuned to drop D and the other tuned to Standard tuning. Examples of this can be seen in the official video clip, as well as in the Live From London DVD. During the 2000s he began using a single-necked guitar, as can be seen in The Crush Tour DVD. The song was performed a few times on the Lost Highway Tour.
"Lay Your Hands on Me" was re-recorded for 2003's This Left Feels Right album. The new version is in a laid-back acoustic style, featuring Sambora playing the Mandocello as the primary instrument. This version was performed at several concerts on the Have a Nice Day Tour.
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