Always (Bon Jovi song)

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"Always"
Always BonJovi.jpg
Single by Bon Jovi
from the album Cross Road
B-side "Edge of a Broken Heart"
ReleasedSeptember 12, 1994 (1994-09-12)
Genre Rock, adult contemporary
Length
  • 5:52 (album version)
  • 4:55 (single edit)
  • 4:37 (radio edit)
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Jon Bon Jovi
Producer(s) Peter Collins
Bon Jovi singles chronology
"Dry County"
(1994)		"Always"
(1994)		"Please Come Home for Christmas"
(1994)
Music video
"Always" on YouTube

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Always"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [75] 5× Platinum350,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria) [76] Gold25,000*
Italy (FIMI) [77] Gold25,000*
Netherlands (NVPI) [78] Gold50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [79] Gold5,000*
Russia (NFPF) [80]
Ringtone 		Gold100,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [81]
(since 2015) 		Platinum60,000‡
Sweden (GLF) [82] Gold25,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [83] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [84] Platinum600,000^
United States (RIAA) [85]
Physical single 		Platinum1,000,000^
United States (RIAA) [86]
Digital single 		Gold500,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United KingdomSeptember 12, 1994
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Mercury [87]
JapanOctober 7, 1994Mini-CD [88]

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