Lay Your Hands on Me (Bon Jovi song)

"Lay Your Hands on Me"
Single by Bon Jovi
from the album New Jersey
B-side"Runaway" (live)
ReleasedAugust 1, 1989
Recorded1988
GenreGlam metal[1]
Length5:59 (album version)
3:49 (radio edit)
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora
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
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"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]

  1. ^ Kuzminski, Anthony (April 23, 2018). "All 334 Bon Jovi Songs, Ranked Worst to Best". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2021-03-22. 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. ^ "Allmusic (Bon Jovi charts & awards) Billboard singles".