"Lay Your Hands on Me" | ||||
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Single by Bon Jovi | ||||
from the album New Jersey | ||||
B-side | "Runaway" (live) | |||
Released | August 1, 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1988 | |||
Genre | Glam metal[1] | |||
Length | 5:59 (album version) 3:49 (radio edit) | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | |||
Producer(s) | Bruce Fairbairn | |||
Bon Jovi singles chronology | ||||
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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 on August 1, 1989, as the fourth single from the band's 1988 album New Jersey. It peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's fourth single from New Jersey to chart in the Top 10 and it also charted at #20 on the Mainstream rock charts.[2]
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.