Miracle (Jon Bon Jovi song)

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"Miracle"
Jon Bon Jovi - Miracle.jpg
Single by Jon Bon Jovi
from the album Blaze of Glory
Released1990 (1990)
Genre Rock
Length5:20
Label Mercury, Vertigo
Songwriter(s) Jon Bon Jovi
Producer(s) Jon Bon Jovi, Danny Kortchmar
Jon Bon Jovi singles chronology
"Blaze of Glory"
(1990)		"Miracle"
(1990)		"Never Say Die"
(1991)

"Miracle" is the second solo single by American rock singer Jon Bon Jovi. It was released in 1990 from his debut album, Blaze of Glory , the soundtrack album from the film Young Guns II . The song charted at No. 12 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box [1] and No. 20 on the Album Rock Tracks charts. [2]

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Music video

The music video for the song features Jeff Beck on guitars and stars Matt LeBlanc in one of his earliest acting appearances. The music video was filmed at the Veluzat Motion Picture Ranch in Saugus, California. The video features the ranch's church and small town.

Track listings

US and Canadian 7-inch single (878 392-7) [3]

  1. "Miracle" – 5:08
  2. "Blood Money" – 2:34

UK CD single (878 523-2) [4]

  1. "Miracle" – 5:08
  2. "Bang a Drum" – 4:43
  3. "Going Back" (live) – 4:07

UK limited-edition 12-inch picture disc (JBJP 212; 878 591-1) [5]

  1. "Miracle" – 5:08
  2. "Dyin' Ain't Much of a Livin'" – 4:39
  3. "Going Back" (live) – 4:07

UK limited-edition 12-inch picture disc with poster (JBJ 212) [6]

  1. "Miracle" – 5:08
  2. "Dyin' Ain't Much of a Livin'" – 4:39
  3. "8 Minute Interview with Jon Bon Jovi" – 7:40 (Interview taken from the Radio One 'Saturday Sequence' broadcast on 11th August 1990. Released by arrangement with BBC Enterprises Ltd.)

Japanese CD single (PHCR-8006) [7]

  1. "Miracle" – 4:37
  2. "Dyin' Ain't Much of a Livin'" – 4:31
  3. "Going Back" (live) – 4:07
  4. "Miracle" (edit version) – 4:34

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States1990
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • cassette
 Mercury
United KingdomOctober 29, 1990
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • cassette
 Vertigo [21]
JapanNovember 5, 1990Mini-CDMercury [22]
January 25, 1991CD [23]

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