Track Rankings 2012 - Bon Jovi

From Best to Worst

1. Runaway
2. Get Ready
3. She Don't Know Me
4. Burning For Love
5. Shot Through The Heart
6. Breakout
7. Love Lies
8. Come Back
9. Roulette

A good debut album!

My 5th favorite album after TD, NJ, KTF, SWW

9 - Get Ready
8 - Roulette
7 - Shot Through The Heart
6 - Runaway
5 - She Don't Know Me
4 - Burning For Love
3 - Breakout
2 - Love Lies
1 - Come Back

JOVITALK TRACK RANKINGS 2012


BON JOVI

31 voters took part this time round. Here's how we voted...


It wasn't even close for Come Back. It finishes bottom of the ladder and is the only track to not score above 100 points.. Surprisingly though, the song didnt receive any zeroes, and actually score around the same amount of 1 votes as a few other songs. The only reason it didnt finish higher is because overall, the song barely scored any high votes. In fact 70% of us rank in the bottom 3 on the album. The song also finished last when it was ranked in 2008.


Taking the biggest fall from 2008 is Breakout. Back then the track finished in a respectable 5th place. This year however, it falls to 2nd last in 8th. Another surprising statistic however is that the song on received two 1 voters - surprising for a song which finished 2nd last. Its main scores were twos and threes, where 50% of us rank it in the bottom 3 on the album.


Not too far ahead of Breakout is Burning For Love in 7th place. There was a bit of shock by some members at how poorly the song was scored. It shouldn't be too surprising however considering the song finishes in the same place it did back in 2008. The song scored four 1s, but its most received vote was a 4.


JUST ahead of Burning For Love by 1 point, is Get Ready. The song is the biggest climber on the album, moving from second last in 2008 to 6th in 2012. The votes for Get Ready were quite strange. It recieved the 2nd most 1 votes out of all the tracks and even managed to get a 0. However, it's second most received score was an 8, which boosted it up above the 3 songs below it. This could possibly be because of it being played live after 24 years on The Circle Tour. A lot of people mentioned how well it works live.


One of the more controversial songs amongst fans in the Bon Jovi catalogue is She Don't Know Me which slides in at 5th. Similar to Get Ready, the song scored a large handful of 1 votes and even scored two 0s. On the flip side, the cover song received a few top scores of 9 along with a generous serving of 7s. This is definitely one song which splits fans so it is quite fitting that is finishes in the middle of the bunch.


Another real close one, this time between She Don't Know Me and the 4th song in the ranks - Love Lies. This track has actually moved up in regards to how many people like it. In 2008 it finished two places lower in 6th place. It is not a bad finish for the first ever ballad by a band who is known so well for their love ballads. It received mostly 2s and 6s.


Despite the album finishing 2nd last in Album Rankings, the album was shown quite a bit of support during its Track Rankings. This may well be because of the top 3 ranking songs who finished way ahead of the rest of the album. In 3rd is Roullette - another song which managed to score a play live on the latest tour. Over 50% of us rank it in the top 3 on the album. It scored nothing less than a 3 with the exception of one 1. The song received an overwhelming amount of 7s, which is it fitting considering the position it finished in.


... and you're to blame!... Well no, not really. Before You Give Love a Bad Name was even penned down, Shot Through The Heart was created. It has always been considered a gem amongst most die hard fans and the fact that it finishes in 2nd place is proof of that. Six of us rank it as the best song on the album, while another eleven of us rank it second. The song received just one 3 which was the lowest it ever scored. The only song to do better than this one was of course...


An amazing 19 out of 31 of us gave Runaway the big score of 9. Second place wasn't even close to this song (it is kind of fitting considering this song started it all). Other than a few votes of 4 and 3, the song scored nothing less than a 6. It now sits in 3rd place as the stand out favourite track on an album, behind Make a Memory (1st) and Any Other Day (2nd), both for Lost Highway.

FINAL TALLY

Thoughts?

Surprised roulette is so high.

What albums next??

Savvi, great work once again. Very entertaining also. You put a lot of effort in this and that´s highly appreciated.

Very interesting and entertaining again!

I don't understand how "Come Back" could come in as last, while "Love Lies" finishes so high... but I very much agree with the top 3!

Come Back is proper underrated