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Lay Your Hands on Me (Bon Jovi song)

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"Lay Your Hands on Me"
Single by Bon Jovi
from the album New Jersey
B-side"Runaway" (live)
ReleasedMay 1989
GenreGlam metal[1]
Length
  • 5:59 (album version)
  • 3:49 (radio edit)
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bruce Fairbairn
Bon Jovi singles chronology
"I'll Be There for You"
(1989) 		"Lay Your Hands on Me"
(1989) 		"Living in Sin"
(1989)
Music video
Lay Your Hands on Me on YouTube

"Lay Your Hands on Me" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released in May 1989 as the fourth single from the band's fourth studio album, New Jersey. The song peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's fourth single from New Jersey to chart within the top 10. The song also entered the top 10 in New Zealand, where it reached number eight on the RIANZ Singles Chart.

Music video

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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. The MTV video for "Lay Your Hands On Me" was shot in Salt Lake in May 1989.[2]

Live performances

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For live performances through the 1980s 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. During performances on The Circle Tour, the song was performed with Sambora on lead vocals. Since then it has been played regularly on the "This House Is Not For Sale" tour.

This Left Feels Right version

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"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. However, the first acoustic performance of this song was in 1992, from the concert An Evening with Bon Jovi Live in New York.

Charts

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Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States May 1989
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • cassette
 Mercury
United Kingdom August 7, 1989
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 10-inch vinyl
 Vertigo [14]
August 14, 1989 CD [15]
August 28, 1989 Blue 7-inch vinyl [16]
Japan September 5, 1989 CD Mercury [17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kuzminski, Anthony (April 23, 2018). "All 334 Bon Jovi Songs, Ranked Worst to Best". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved March 22, 2021. Song #11; While tracking New Jersey in Vancouver, the video production team of producer Curt Marvis and director Wayne Isham encouraged Bon Jovi to write a song to open their show in a grand and mighty fashion. The result is one of the finest moments of the pop-metal era.
  2. ^ Johnston, Jerry (May 3, 1989). "HIGH ENERGY HIGHLY PLEASING TO BON JOVI FANS". Deseret News. Archived from the original on June 18, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  3. ^ "Bon Jovi – Lay Your Hands on Me". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  4. ^ "Tipparade-lijst van week 38, 1989" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  5. ^ "Bon Jovi – Lay Your Hands on Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  6. ^ "Bon Jovi – Lay Your Hands on Me". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  7. ^ "Bon Jovi – Lay Your Hands on Me". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  9. ^ "Bon Jovi Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  10. ^ "Bon Jovi Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  11. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-209-0.
  12. ^ "1989 The Year in Music: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 101, no. 51. December 23, 1989. p. Y-22.
  13. ^ "Top 50 Pop Singles". Cash Box. December 30, 1989. p. 9.
  14. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. August 5, 1989. p. 34.
  15. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. August 12, 1989. p. 33. Misprinted as August 17 on source. The New Albums section uses the correct date.
  16. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. August 26, 1989. p. 38.
  17. ^ "ボン・ジョヴィ | レイ・ユア・ハンズ・オン・ミー" [Bon Jovi | Lay Your Hands on Me] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
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