New Jersey hit Number One on the Billboard 200, selling more than seven million copies. Everybody was still high from Slippery, and we had a lot of fun going into it.” But Fairbairn noted that “coming into New Jersey, they had a lot of confidence behind them, they were playing really well, and they were comfortable up at the studio in Vancouver. artist:Bon Jovi album:New Jersey song:Bad Medicine tabbed by:Guitar Kidd (guitarkidd yahoo.ca) this is my nd tab. Im not really sure about this, but it will give u a better idea. When we recorded it, we had a really good feeling it was going to be a great song.įollowing up the success of its previous album, Slippery When Wet, which had sold more than 13 million copies, Bon Jovi felt considerable pressure in making the New Jersey album. artist:Bon Jovi album:New Jersey song:Bad Medicine tabbed by:Guitar Kidd(guitarkidd2500yahoo.ca) this is my 2nd tab. Sure enough, it came along when we started working the song up. Producer Bruce Fairbairn was impressed with the song when the group first played it for him: “We were sitting around after dinner with a glass of wine and (Sambora) played me 'Bad Medicine' on the acoustic guitar, and he said, 'Bruce, this is going to be a big song–I know it.' The chorus sounded great, and the verses were a little sketchy at that point. But it was one of those things where my fresh take on it helped the song move to another level.”
It sort of modulated down, then it modulated back up to the regular key, and it sounded like you went somewhere when you actually didn't. Child remembered, “I came in and wrote that 'B' section that kind of lifted it. The first single from Bon Jovi's fourth album, “Bad Medicine” went quickly to Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was released in October 1988.įrontman Jon Bon Jovi and lead guitarist Richie Sambora had already written a draft of “Bad Medicine” when they brought in Desmond Child, who had helped on previous hits such as “Livin' On A Prayer” and “You Give Love A Bad Name,” to help finish it. Recorded: Winter and spring, 1988, at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, B.C. Writers: Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child
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