<Tr> <Td> "Silent Night" (1985) </Td> <Td> "You Give Love a Bad Name" (1986) </Td> <Td> "Livin' on a Prayer" (1986) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Alternative cover </Th> </Tr> <P> "You Give Love a Bad Name" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi, released as the first single from their 1986 album Slippery When Wet . Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child about a woman who has jilted her lover, the song reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on November 29, 1986 and became the band's first number one hit . In 2007, the song reentered the charts at No. 29 after Blake Lewis performed it on American Idol . In 2009 it was named the 20th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1 . Despite the lyrics of the chorus, the song should not be confused with "Shot Through the Heart", an unrelated song from Bon Jovi's 1984 self - titled debut album . </P> <P> "You Give Love a Bad Name" was originally written for Bonnie Tyler under the title "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" with different lyrics . Dissatisfied with its success in the US and the UK, Desmond Child re-wrote the song with Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora . </P>

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