100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong

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100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong
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Box set by
Bon Jovi
ReleasedNovember 16, 2004
Recorded1985–2003
Length3:43:26
Label Island
Producer
Bon Jovi chronology
This Left Feels Right
(2003)		100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong
(2004)		 Have a Nice Day
(2005)
Singles from 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong
  1. "The Radio Saved My Life Tonight"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong is a box set by Bon Jovi, released in 2004 through Island Records. A collection of demos and B-sides, it was released to celebrate the band's twentieth anniversary and their milestone of selling 100 million records worldwide.

Contents

Content

The box set consists of 4 CDs, and also includes a DVD of the band talking about the tracks and additional archive candid footage of the band. Additionally, the Japanese version of the box set also includes a fifth CD. The box set charted at #53 on the Billboard 200. [4]

Apart from songs released as iTunes singles "The Radio Saved My Life Tonight" was released as a promo CD single for the box set. [5] The song was since played extensively on the bands following Have a Nice Day Tour.

The box set includes the songs "Real Life" and "Good Guys Don't Always Wear White" which were previously released as singles for soundtrack albums but never featured on a Bon Jovi album until now. "Edge of a Broken Heart" was also previously released for a soundtrack album and the Slippery When Wet 2-CD Special Edition Bonus CD (PHCR-90015/6) in 1998.

The album title and the cover art is a play on the 1959 Elvis Presley compilation 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong .

Track listing

Disc One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Why Aren't You Dead?" (Unreleased demo, 1994) Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child 3:31
2."The Radio Saved My Life Tonight" (Unreleased demo, 1992)Bon Jovi, Sambora5:08
3."Taking It Back" (Unreleased demo, 1992)Bon Jovi, Sambora4:17
4."Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" (Original demo, 1994)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child5:18
5."Miss Fourth of July" (Unreleased demo, 1992)Bon Jovi5:40
6."Open All Night (#2)" (Unreleased demo, 1994, not the same song from Bounce )Bon Jovi, Sambora, Eric Bazilian 5:47
7."These Arms Are Open All Night" (Unreleased demo, 1998 - performed by JBJ & The Big Dogs)Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon 5:20
8."I Get a Rush" (Unreleased demo, 1996)Bon Jovi, Child, Bazilian2:57
9."Someday Just Might Be Tonight" (Unreleased demo, 1996)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Mark Hudson 4:13
10."Thief of Hearts" (Unreleased studio track, 2003)Bon Jovi, Patrick Leonard 4:17
11."Last Man Standing" (Unreleased studio track, 2003 - alternate version appears on Have a Nice Day )Bon Jovi, Falcon4:32
12."I Just Want to Be Your Man" (Unreleased demo, 1994)Bon Jovi3:28
Total length:54:28
Disc Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Garageland" (Unreleased demo, 1999) Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora 3:26
2."Starting All Over Again" (Japan bonus track on Keep the Faith , but an alternate recording is featured on this box set, 1992)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Desmond Child 3:44
3."Maybe Someday" (Unreleased demo, 1999)Bon Jovi, Sambora4:43
4."Last Chance Train" (Unreleased demo, 1998)Bon Jovi, Mark Hudson 4:31
5."The Fire Inside" (Unreleased demo, 1994)Bon Jovi4:50
6."Every Beat of My Heart" (Unreleased demo, 1992)Bon Jovi, Sambora4:49
7."Rich Man Living in a Poor Man's House" (Unreleased demo, 1998)Bon Jovi, David A. Stewart 4:22
8."The One That Got Away" (Unreleased demo, 1999 - Intended for Kevin Costner's "Message in a Bottle")Bon Jovi, Sambora4:48
9."You Can Sleep While I Dream" (Unreleased demo, 1999)Bon Jovi, Hudson, Dean Grakal4:53
10."Outlaws of Love" (Unreleased demo, officially from 1992 but many fans speculate that it's from much earlier.)Bon Jovi, Sambora3:20
11."Good Guys Don't Always Wear White" (from the motion picture soundtrack to The Cowboy Way , 1994)Bon Jovi, Sambora4:29
12."We Rule the Night" (Unreleased demo, 1985)Bon Jovi, Sambora4:09
Total length:52:04
Disc Three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Edge of a Broken Heart" (from the motion picture soundtrack to Disorderlies , 1986) Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child 4:36
2."Sympathy" (Unreleased demo, 1992)Bon Jovi, Sambora5:23
3."Only in My Dreams" (featuring Tico Torres on vocals; Unreleased demo, 1994)Bon Jovi5:07
4."Shut Up and Kiss Me" (Unreleased demo, 1997 - performed by JBJ & The Big Dogs)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child2:47
5."Crazy Love" (Unreleased demo, 1998)Bon Jovi, Mark Hudson, David A. Stewart 4:25
6."Lonely at the Top" (Remixed version of B-Side, 1995)Bon Jovi, Sambora3:51
7."Ordinary People" (International B-side of "Say It Isn't So", 2000)Bon Jovi4:07
8."Flesh and Bone" (Unreleased demo, 1994)Bon Jovi, Sambora, David Bryan 5:01
9."Satellite" (Unreleased demo, 1999)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child4:56
10."If I Can't Have Your Love" (featuring Richie Sambora on vocals  – outtake from Stranger in This Town , 1991)Sambora, Child, Diane Warren 4:15
11."Real Life" (from the motion picture soundtrack to EDtv ; unreleased remix, 1999)Bon Jovi, Child3:52
12."Memphis Lives in Me" (featuring David Bryan on vocals; unreleased from the original musical Memphis , 2003)Bryan, Joe DiPietro 3:03
13."Too Much of a Good Thing" (Unreleased demo, 1999)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Richie Supa 4:23
Total length:55:46
Disc Four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Ain't Nothing But a Four Letter Word" (Unreleased studio recording, 1992) Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan 4:14
2."Love Ain't Nothing But a Four Letter Word" (Original demo, 1992)Bon Jovi4:08
3."River Runs Dry" (Unreleased demo, 1996)Bon Jovi, Desmond Child 3:57
4."Always" (Unreleased demo, 1994)Bon Jovi5:46
5."Kidnap an Angel" (Unreleased demo, 1999)Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon 5:56
6."Breathe" (B-side, 2002)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Marti Frederiksen 3:40
7."Out of Bounds" (Unreleased demo, 1986)Bon Jovi, Sambora3:46
8."Letter to a Friend" (Unreleased demo, 1994)Bon Jovi4:19
9."Temptation" (Alternate Version of International B-side to "It's My Life", 2000)Bon Jovi4:23
10."Gotta Have a Reason" (Unreleased demo, 1993)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Michael Kamen 4:59
11."All I Wanna Do Is You" (Unreleased demo, 1997)Bon Jovi, Sambora3:03
12."Billy" (Unreleased demo, 1992)Bon Jovi, Sambora4:32
13."Nobody's Hero" (Unreleased demo, 1994)Bon Jovi, Sambora4:33
14."Livin' on a Prayer" (Original demo, 1986 - Hidden track)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child3:52
Total length:61:08
Disc Five (Japan Bonus Disc)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."With a Little Help from My Friends" (Live, B-Side, 1995) John Lennon, Paul McCartney 6:16
2."Love Is War" (B-side of "Living in Sin" single, 1989) Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora 4:15
3."Borderline" (B-Side & Japan-only single, 1986)Bon Jovi, David Bryan 4:10
4."Hush" (B-side of "It's My Life" single, 2000)Bon Jovi3:45
5."I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas" (B-side of "Keep the Faith" single, 1992)Bon Jovi4:28
6."Save a Prayer" (Keep the Faith Japan bonus track, 1992)Bon Jovi, Sambora5:56
7."Fields of Fire" ("Keep the Faith" era demo from the These Days European 2-disc special edition bonus track, 1996)Bon Jovi4:10
8."Another Reason to Believe" (B-side of "Everyday" single, 2002)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Billy Falcon, Jeffrey Steele 3:29
9."Let's Make It Baby" ("New Jersey" era demo from the These Days European 2-disc special edition bonus track, 1996)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child6:20
10."The End" (B-Side, 1995)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Bryan3:37
Total length:46:26

Best of the Boxset (Single disc version)

The Best of the Boxset compilation album (a 10 track sampler) is very rare but available. It features the 10 best tracks from all the CDs of the box set on one single CD. [6]

Track listing

Disc One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Radio Saved My Life Tonight" (Unreleased demo, 1992) Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora 5:08
2."Why Aren't You Dead?" (Unreleased demo, 1994)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Desmond Child 3:31
3."I Get a Rush" (Unreleased demo, 1996)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child2:57
4."Open All Night (#2)" (Unreleased demo, 1994, not the same song from Bounce )Bon Jovi, Sambora, Eric Bazilian 5:47
5."Love Ain't Nothing But a Four Letter Word" (Unreleased studio recording, 1992)Bon Jovi, Sambora, David Bryan 4:14
6."Breathe" (International B-side, 2002)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Marti Frederiksen 3:40
7."Lonely at the Top" (International B-side, 1995)Bon Jovi, Sambora3:51
8."Thief of Hearts" (Unreleased studio track, 2003)Bon Jovi, Patrick Leonard 4:17
9."Edge of a Broken Heart" (from the motion picture soundtrack to Disorderlies, 1986)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child4:36
10."Taking It Back" (Unreleased demo, 1992)Bon Jovi, Sambora4:17
Total length:42:18

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 50
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 40
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 37
Scottish Albums (OCC) [10] 84
UK Albums (OCC) [11] 90
US Billboard 200 [12] 53

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [13] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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