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Old 11-12-2008, 04:50 AM
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SLippery When Wet -

Let it Rock - I cannot stress how much of a hit this song would have been had it been released a single.


Crush -

Two STory Town - Definately not nubmer one, but in the top 100 charts for sure.

Next 100 Years - Same as above

Mystery Train - People love this, it would have been atleast in the top 30



Bounce -

Undivided - Can anyone say BIG MISTAKE IT WASN'T A SINGLE

Hooke Me Up - Same as above

Bounce - The CD song, why didn't they release it, no one knows.


Have a Nice Day

Last Man Standing - Would have been in top 10 I guarantee you.

COmplicated - Not only do I love this song, but it is also waht a lot of people are listening to.

Novicaine - Same as Undivided


Lost Highway

We Got it Going On - On CMT's top 20 of the week, this song would have made it.
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Old 11-12-2008, 04:58 AM
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There's a few from HAND album which would have been hits. DLS comes to mind.

As for Lost Highway, AOD should've been released IMO
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Ive said it before, ill say it again...

STAY SHOULDVE BEEN ON CRUSH AND RELEASED AS A SINGLE.

It couldve been Bon Jovi's Dont Wanna Miss A Thing.
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Ive said it before, ill say it again...

STAY SHOULDVE BEEN ON CRUSH AND RELEASED AS A SINGLE.

It couldve been Bon Jovi's Dont Wanna Miss A Thing.
YES. AGREED.
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Ive said it before, ill say it again...

STAY SHOULDVE BEEN ON CRUSH AND RELEASED AS A SINGLE.

It couldve been Bon Jovi's Dont Wanna Miss A Thing.
You beat me to it!!
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Dirty Little Secret, Nothing, Stay, Undivided... I don't know if you can say they definitely WOULD have been hits but I think they would have been good singles.

I thought they would release WGIGO as a single - and I'm extremely glad they didn't.
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Jibba jabba...
None of your suggestions would've been hits apart from Bounce and Undivided.

Bon Jovi: Runaway was their "big" hit from that, the other songs didn't really work, now did they?

7800 Fahrenheit: No hits.

Slippery When Wet: Raise Your Hands. Apart from that one, no other hits on there.

New Jersey: Blood On Blood. Maybe. I don't think it's too radio friendly though. 99 In The Shade might've worked.

Keep The Faith: No other songs would've been hits. I Want You does not have the hit potential Bed Of Roses has.

These Days: None. Lie To Me is the song that sounds most like the rest on the album and it didn't really become a hit either. These Days doesn't really hold any hits.

Crush: Just Older. The record company wanted to release it as a single but the band refused because they didn't want to have a song out there that was having the theme "older" in it. Idiots.

Bounce: Bounce itself and Undivided. Bounce should've been the first single and Undivided should've been the second. At that time Undivided was very relevant and it would've become very big. They didn't want to have a Sept. 11 single though, which is why it was never released.

Have A Nice Day: Last Cigarette. Complicated isn't radio friendly, neither are Novocaine or Last Man Standing. Back in 2005 there was talk on Jovitalk how the band should release that song just to show they're capable of rocking, but the song isn't radio friendly, so it wouldn't be played, and no one would hear it. Idea failed.

Lost Highway: No hits. None of the songs went anywhere in the charts.

Dirty Little Secret isn't radio friendly at all, Nothing is a proper album track and Stay wouldn't have become a hit either. It's just not a good song and a bit overrated among fans. They did right by putting Thank You For Loving Me on Crush and in no way it would've been like "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing". No way.

Sometimes bands actually let fans decide what to put out as a single. Very often the song a fan selects goes nowhere in the charts because most fans don't have any idea of what a good single would be and this topic is proving it.

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Dirty Little Secret is horrible IMO.

I think I'd Die For You could have been a massive hit at one point.
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Dirty Little Secret is horrible IMO.

I think I'd Die For You could have been a massive hit at one point.
Yes, I forgot that one. That one and Raise Your Hands.

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