"Hey God" | ||||
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Single by Bon Jovi | ||||
from the album These Days | ||||
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Released | June 24, 1996 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 6:11 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
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"Hey God" on YouTube | ||||
"Hey God" (Long Version) on YouTube |
"Hey God" is a song from American rock band Bon Jovi's sixth studio album, These Days (1995),released as the album's fifth and final single on June 24,1996. Although it did not chart in the United States,it became a moderate hit in Canada and several European countries.
As with most of the songs on These Days,"Hey God" is one of Bon Jovi's darker songs. It brings together different stories of people living on the edge of breakdown and despair,such as a father who claims his family are "two paychecks away from living out on the street",a single mother with a wayward son who has been convicted of killing a police officer,and a young man growing up in the ghetto. Throughout the course of the song,each of these characters cries out for spiritual help.
Richie Sambora said that inspiration for the song came when he was sitting in his limo and made eye contact with a derelict huddling in a cardboard box on the pavement. Sambora's sense of guilt at this was immense and after discussing the incident with Jon Bon Jovi,they wrote "Hey God".
The song charted at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and number 44 on Canada's RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart. [1] [2]
"Hey God",like most of the songs from the album,is rarely played live by the band. A performance of the song can be seen as part of the encore from the Live From London DVD. In 2008,the song made a comeback in some of the band's concerts during their Lost Highway Tour.
UK CD1 [3]
UK CD2 [4]
UK cassette single [5]
European CD single [6]
| European maxi-CD single [7]
Japanese CD1 [8]
Japanese CD2 [9]
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Chart (1995–1996) | Peak position |
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Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [2] | 44 |
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [10] | 58 |
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [11] | 18 |
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [12] | 35 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [13] | 37 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [14] | 27 |
Scotland (OCC) [15] | 14 |
UK Singles (OCC) [1] | 13 |
UK Rock &Metal (OCC) [16] | 1 |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref(s). |
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United Kingdom | June 24,1996 |
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Japan | October 5,1996 | CD | [18] [19] |
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