Recalling the moment to Bryan Reesman, he said “I chose one of the songs that I knew would be my strong suit, which is orchestral arrangements.” Ebbin re-worked the song on his Pro Tools rig and won the gig of the producer. One of them, Luke Ebbin, took home the demo Jon had made. This left the band without a plan and they began auditioning for producers. It would be the first co-production the two men took on, but sadly in May of 1999, as Jon Bon Jovi was walking in the door from the U-571 film shoot, he received a call that Fairbairn had died unexpectedly at the age of 49. Crush was supposed to be co-produced by the Slippery When Wet and New Jersey team of producer Bruce Fairburn and then-engineer/mixer Bob Rock, who also produced Keep the Faith. Kalodner settled on “Mister Big Time” for the soundtrack, while this ballad was shelved temporarily. One of those demos was “Save the World,” a song that Jon had submitted to Michael Bay and John Kalodner for inclusion in the 1998 film Armageddon. At the party, fans listened to these demos and ranked them. In the summer of 1998, there was a 10th-anniversary party for his fan club, Backstage with Jon Bon Jovi. After 1997’s Destination Anywhere, Jon Bon Jovi continued to write and record songs for an undetermined project. It’s peculiar that we start our journey with a song written during Bon Jovi's most fertile decade, and recorded for their commercial comeback album. Even if you are a die-hard fan, it forces you to make hard choices. Ranking every Bon Jovi song from worst to best is not for the faint of heart. Our focus is on original material, so the Power Station demos count, but holiday songs – including Jon Bon Jovi’s recording of “R2-D2 We Wish You Merry Christmas” – didn't make the cut. On the other hand, Tico Torres' song from 100,000,000 does, since "Only in My Dreams" was written by Jon Bon Jovi. Solo David Bryan and Richie Sambora cuts from 2004's 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong box set, and their respective solo albums, don't appear since Jon Bon Jovi wasn't involved. We have also included the original Power Station recordings that birthed “Runaway.” While some may take issue since Jon Bon Jovi was between 18 and 20 when he wrote and recorded the majority of these songs, they received an official release in the late '90s (by a distant cousin who owns the master tapes) and they’re surprisingly strong. To provide the most comprehensive overview, we traced back to Jon Bon Jovi's first demos with the Rest. While his two solo albums veer off course from the core Bon Jovi sound, Jon eventually decided to record without Richie Sambora, resulting in pseudo-solo albums that don’t touch his best and strongest work. To complete this list, we've surveyed every original studio recording Jon Bon Jovi has released – including his solo work, notably 1990's Blaze of Glory and 1997’s Destination Anywhere. We're less concerned if Bon Jovi wrote a song as good as Bob Dylan, but whether it’s as good as their own best work. That's how one should view the list below, under the umbrella of their world. Still, they're not often discussed in critical circles and, when they are, the focus is solely on the mega hits that dominated radio starting in 1984 a spotlight isn't typically given for the deep cuts, which surpass many of the singles. I've always felt the deck was stacked against Bon Jovi because they weren’t as good as those that came before when in reality they created a world of their own. With an approach that broad and wide, it's easy to understand how Bon Jovi grossed more than a billion dollars just from ticket sales between 2003-13. Is it Bon Jovi's good looks, their ability to hop genres, their blatant commercialism or their music? Regardless of what anyone thinks, they have been prolific and at different points in their career, they’ve flirted with genres as disparate as hard rock, light metal, pop-metal, classic rock, pop, adult contemporary, country and adult alternative pop/rock. Despite this level of success, few acts have been as disdained and dismissed as this New Jersey pop-metal outfit.
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