<P> I had just come home from making U-571 and I said "Sinatra made 16 movies and toured' til he was 80 . This is my role model". He (Sambora) said, "You can't write that damn lyric . Nobody cares about Frank Sinatra but you ." And I wrote it anyway . </P> <P> "Nobody had anticipated the song' It's My Life'," noted Jon Bon Jovi in 2007 . "Except us . We knew we had a hit ." The song became an anthem that appealed to many fans . As Bon Jovi later stated:: "I thought I was writing very self - indulgently about my own life and where I was in it . I didn't realize that the phrase' It's My Life' would be taken as being about everyone--by teenagers, by older guys, mechanics, whatever .' It's my life, and I'm taking control .' Everyone kind of feels that way from time to time ." </P> <P> The music video was directed by Wayne Isham . Will Estes (as Tommy) and Shiri Appleby (as Gina) are the two main characters . At the beginning, Tommy is watching a video of a Bon Jovi concert on his computer when he is ordered by his mother to take out the trash . Suddenly, Gina calls, and Tommy starts running down to his apartment and obediently takes out the trash . He then runs through the streets of Los Angeles up to the concert, getting chased by dogs, running a marathon, posing for pictures, and jackknifing a truck . The video was inspired by the film, Run Lola Run . Jon Bon Jovi met Will Estes on the set of U-571 and chose him to be in the video . The music video features the 2nd Street Tunnel as one of the main settings . </P> <P> It is the most viewed video for Bon Jovi, with over 530 million views as of January 2018 . </P>

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