How the Greatest Hits compilation should've been, according to last.fm.
 

Yes, this is yet another "I can't sleep"/"I'm bored" threads. I remember how disappointed I was when the Greatest Hits compilation came out, not only because it didn't had any Bounce song, but because it had songs from the albums that had been "compilated" in Crossroad.

I remember Jon saying in an interview that we wouldn't get Runaway or the old hits, that this compilation was supposed to be about the post-Crossroad albums, and that was a great idea, you have Crossroad for the first albums, and then "Crossroad Part II" for the another era. You put them together and had the Ultimate Greatest Hits collection.

So, let's imagine they released a Crossroad Part II. I went to the 2010 Bon Jovi charts on last.fm and I found out that the tracklist should have been something like this:

1. It's My Life
2. Have A Nice Day
3. We Weren't Born To Follow
4. Misunderstood
5. Thank You For Loving Me
6. Everyday
7. These Days
8. This Ain't A Love Song
9. Lost Highway
10. One Wild Night
11. Who Says You Can't Go Home
12. Superman Tonight
13. (You Want To) Make A Memory
14. Something For The Pain

In bold, songs that didn't made it into the original compilation. This tracklist is on popularity order, it should be arranged in a way the songs blend nicely. Also, we must add the two new songs: What Do You Got? and No Apologies.

Then I started thinking about variations. If the album were only of post-2000 era, the tracklist would have been like this:

1. It's My Life
2. Have A Nice Day
3. We Weren't Born To Follow
4. Misunderstood
5. Thank You For Loving Me
6. Everyday
7. Lost Highway
8. One Wild Night
9. Who Says You Can't Go Home
10. Superman Tonight
11. (You Want To) Make A Memory
12. Say It Isn't So
13. When We Were Beautiful
14. Welcome To Wherever You Are

In bold, songs that didn't made it into the original compilation. This tracklist is on popularity order, it should be arranged in a way the songs blend nicely. Also, we must add the two new songs: What Do You Got? and No Apologies.

And if they needed or wanted to do a Greatest Hits the way they did, according to last.fm, it should have been this way (popularity order + 2 new songs):

CD 1:

1. It's My Life
2. Livin' On A Prayer
3. You Give Love A Bad Name
4. Wanted Dead Or Alive
5. Always
6. Bed Of Roses
7. I'll Be There For You
8. Runaway
9. Have A Nice Day
10. Bad Medicine
11. Keep The Faith
12. We Weren't Born To Follow
13. Lay Your Hands On Me
14. Born To Be My Baby
15. What Do You Got
16. No Apologies

CD 2:

1. Misunderstood
2. Blaze Of Glory
3. Never Say Goodbye
4. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
5. Thank You For Loving Me
6. In These Arms
7. Everyday
8. These Days
9. This Ain't A Love Song
10. Lost Highway
11. One Wild Night
12. Who Says You Can't Go Home
13. This Is Love This Is Life
14. The More Things Change

Also, in bold, songs that didn't made the original compilation.

That's all. Found it would be interesting to share it.

Man, you enjoy the shit out of fooling around with track- and setlists, don't you? :D

This is sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy, most of those old songs are popular BECAUSE they were on a greatest hits album...

Ice

This was done with the charts of October 2010, before the compilation was out.

I love it :p

I'm talking about Crossroad. Also, the internet wasn't around for the first one, so the later tracks might et an advantage.

Ice

Yours is a good listing. When the album came out I did my own because I didn't like it either. Mine is 4 CDs all overburn to 90mins. Just for fun here's the track list.

CD 1 was an extended version of Cross Road featuring 2 extra songs and all of the regional extra tracks.

CD's 2 & 3 were hits from 1995-2010 (and hits that didn't make the original Cross Road cut). CD 4 featured fan favourites (taken from polls on drycounty.com). I've update CD 4 to feature songs from Richie latest album and What About Now. The collection acts as both a Greatest Hits and Best Of and Deep Cuts.

Titles written in bold didn't appear on the original Cross Road album and titles in italic are regional bonus tracks released at the time,

CD 1
01. LIVIN' ON A PRAYER
02. KEEP THE FAITH (EDIT)
03. SOMETHING FOR THE PAIN
04. ALWAYS
05. WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE (EDIT)
06. LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME
07. YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME
08. BED OF ROSES (EDIT)
09. BLAZE OF GLORY (EDIT)
10. BALLAD OF YOUTH
11. GOOD GUYS DON'T ALWAYS WEAR WHITE
12. PRAYER '94
13. IN THESE ARMS (EDIT)
14. TOKYO ROAD
15. BAD MEDICINE (EDIT)
16. I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU (EDIT)
17. IN AND OUT OF LOVE
18. RUNAWAY
19. NEVER SAY GOODBYE

Most of the songs featured in the following were hits around the world and also include some of the solo singles from Jon and Richie.

CD2
01. THIS IS OUR HOUSE
02. IT'S MY LIFE
03. I BELIEVE [SINGLE VERSION]
04. ALL ABOUT LOVING YOU
05. HAVE A NICE DAY
06. DRY COUNTY [RADIO EDIT]
07. REAL LIFE [RADIO MIX]
08. WHAT DO YOU GOT?
09. WE WEREN'T BORN TO FOLLOW [SINGLE VERSION]
10. LIVIN' ON A PRAYER 2003 [FEAT. OLIVIA D'ABO] (On here because it's Bon Jovi's first duet)
11. BORN TO BE MY BABY
12. MIRACLE [EDIT]
13. ONE WILD NIGHT 2001
14. WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T GO HOME [EDIT]
15. LAST MAN STANDING [ORIGINAL VERSION]
16. ONE LIGHT BURNING [EDIT]
17. NO APOLOGIES
18. TILL WE AIN'T STRANGERS ANYMORE [FEAT. LEANN RIMES
19. WORK FOR THE WORKING MAN
20. LISTEN TO YOUR HEARTBEAT [LANCE LARSON FEAT. BON JOVI]
21. SILENT NIGHT [EDIT] (The bands first ballad single)

DISC 3
01. ROULETTE
02. SOMETHING FOR THE PAIN [Edit]
03. LIVING IN SIN
04. CELLULOID HEROES [RAY DAVIES FEAT. JON BON JOVI & RICHIE SAMBORA] (Davies 'See My Friends' album' was released that same week as Greatest Hits' and makes a nice addition to the five GH songs.)
05. LOST HIGHWAY (Edit)
06. SUPERMAN TONIGHT (Edit)
07. THIS IS LOVE THIS IS LOVE
08. HEY GOD [EDIT]
09. I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD
10. WHEN WE WERE BEAUTIFUL [EDIT]
11. EVERYDAY
12. ONLY LONELY [EDIT]
13. MIDNIGHT IN CHELSEA [EDIT]
14. THIS AIN'T A LOVE SONG [EDIT]
15. MISUNDERSTOOD [SINGLE VERSION]
16. THESE DAYS [EDIT]
17. (YOU WANT TO) MAKE A MEMORY [EDIT]
18. BLOOD ON BLOOD [EDIT]
19. HARD TIMES COME EASY [EDIT]
20. THE MORE THINGS CHANGE
21. THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME [EDIT]

DISC FOUR (DEEPER CUTS, HITS AND RARITIES)
01. UNDIVIDED
02. WHOLE LOT OF LEAVIN'
03. LIE TO ME [AC MIX]
04. EVERY ROAD LEADS TO YOU
05. THE DISTANCE [EDIT]
06. I'M WITH YOU
07. WELCOME TO WHEREVER YOU ARE [SINGLE VERSION]
08. EDGE OF A BROKEN HEART
09. NOT RUNNING ANYMORE
10. WILLING TO TRY [RICHIE FEAT. TRAVIS TRUITT & LUCY WOODARD]
11. MR. BIG TIME
12. THESE OPEN ARMS
13. BORDERLINE
14. SAY IT ISN'T SO [UK MIX]
15. BECAUSE WE CAN
16. STICK TO YOUR GUNS
17. CHURCH OF DESIRE [FADE-IN VERSION]
18. NEVER SAY DIE [EDIT]
19. AMEN
20. BROKENPROMISELAND
21. PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

Is the above post not just every Bon Jovi song to see the light of day?

Nope. I didn't see She's A Mystery. ;)

Oh damn! I missed R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Oh damn! I missed R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas