1er single "(You want to) make a memory" sortie le 17 avril 2007

(You Want To) Make a Memory

BON JOVI

Producer(s): Dann Huff
Label: Island/Mercury Nashville

Still pumped from last year's sold-out "Have a Nice Day" tour, Bon Jovi readies a new studio album, "Lost Highway," due in June. Lead single "(You Want To) Make a Memory" is a surprisingly sparse and intimate ballad about two long-ago lovers getting in touch again. Over a pulsing crescendo of acoustic guitars, piano and strings, Bon Jovi delivers his most soulful vocal in years, sounding relaxed and nostalgic as he offers '80s-soaked lines like "I dug up this old photograph/Look at all the hair we had." It's a classic Bon Jovi anthem—simple, well-crafted and enormously melodic—with guitarist Richie Sambora singing open-hearted harmonies. Given the recent pop success of old-school rock ballads, "Memory" should soar beyond hot AC and country, and thrive at top 40. —Sven Philipp

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