Talk:Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)

Background Edit

Deleted the last paragraph of the background section (Paragraph listed below)

“On the band's Behind the Music special on VH1, it was revealed that the band had originally planned to do an Old West-themed album in the 1980s, but scrapped the idea.[citation needed] Emilio Estevez approached Jon Bon Jovi to ask him for permission to include "Wanted Dead Or Alive" on the soundtrack from the movie Young Guns. Bon Jovi didn't feel the song's lyrics were appropriate; however, he was inspired by the project and resolved to write a new song for the film that would be more in keeping with the period and setting. This would become the song "Blaze of Glory".[citation needed]”

The reason I chose to delete this paragraph is because I watched the VH1 special and the only thing that was mentioned was that Bon Jovi wrote the song “Blaze of Glory” for the movie Young Guns. It doesn’t state anywhere in the special about any of the other information in this paragraph. Therefor I feel that the paragraph does not fit any of the Wikipedia’s Featured article criteria. Deleting the sentence about “Blaze of Glory” because it has nothing to do with the song. (stephobition)

Added paragraph to background section along with citation. Sentence to reflect change was made to the lead. Changes made by (Bhickman02) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheStephobition (talk • contribs) 03:13, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

NPOV

I am adding better information about the Bob Seger quote that I got out of the Detroit News Paper because I found nothing about the wording absolutely positively and the citation took me to a u-tube video that was gone. Anyone care to dicuss? (Bhickman02 (talk) 04:36, 10 July 2012 (UTC))

"Slippery When Wet was the first soft rock/teeny bopper album to have 3 top 10 hits on it."

"Teeny bopper"? What the... I'm changing that. Any objections? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dealer Camel (talk • contribs) 21:33, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Is this song used on young guns movie (1988)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.195.161.134 (talk) 13:30, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

I am removing the sentence "Also, the lyric 'Sometimes you tell the day by the bottle that you drink' was crafted from AC/DC's 'Ride On' ('You can always tell the day by the bottle in your hand...') released 10 years earlier on Sept. 20, 1976." Because...well simply put, that line doesn't exist in the song Ride On, by AC/DC, so really it can't be true! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tazmanrox (talk • contribs) 22:44, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced

I removed the "unreferenced sources" tag, since I'm not sure what specific part of the article's truth is questioned.

Much of the proof is from personal observations, live concert performances, music videos, and television programs, all of which are valid proof, yet are hard to cite since they are not in print, and the proof is only available by someone who views them. This shouldn't mean, though, that they don't count. It's not our fault the press chooses not to write about little-known facts about a Bon Jovi song. I tried to be as clear as I could in where I'm drawing these observations from within the article (i.e. "Wanted Dead or Alive" music video, Behind the Music, Concert For New York City, etc.). The only place where I didn't cite is the part where I said the song is referred to by Jon as the national anthem. Well, I've gone to two Bon Jovi concerts and he declared it a national anthem both times. 131.156.238.75 23:21, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

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Cultural References

I made "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man" a link. Film don't seem to be in Wiki yet, but it could be in the future (did anyone ever actually watch that movie?). --72.23.28.29 (talk) 14:44, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

My bad. There WAS an article for that film, I just didn't link to it properly. Fixed.--72.23.28.29 (talk) 14:46, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Scooby-Doo In Cultural References

The article just states: "In Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, near the end of the movie." and does not state what the reference is, however states a specific location. Either "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed makes a reference to this song" or "In Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, nearing the end of the film...THE REFERENCE OF THIS is made" would be better. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.46.8.26 (talk) 01:10, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Album year

The article for the album says it was recorded in 1986. AmericanLeMans (talk) 16:43, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Bon Jovi proposal

I have proposed the creation of a WikiProject Bon Jovi here. If you would like to join or give input, please comment there. Thanks! Toa Nidhiki05 19:57, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Reception???

why does the reception sub only includes two negative reviews from Claypool and the Wilco musician? Claypool is known for his band and for South Park, but I doubt people familiar with Bon Jovi know who Wilco is. Is it relevant to have this section with only two negative "reviews", no charts and a bare discussion on the overall reception and legacy of the song? 187.190.229.64 (talk) 22:04, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

The section was added by @Beatleswhobeachboys in Special:Diff/1120368976 (2022) and Special:Diff/1175442716 (2023). An IP deleted it in Special:Diff/1267908249 (2025), Beatleswhobeachboys recently re-added it in Special:Diff/1344735903. It's well sourced and a fun read, but I agree that its presentation of the reception of the song is not WP:NPOV, WP:DUE etc. The charts and sales sections show that the song was well-received by the public, and I bet there were reviews by critics. To fix the section, we should find them and add them. Or maybe we should move the current content into a "Legacy" section? I think these comments by other musicians are a bit tounge-in-cheek... — Chrisahn (talk) 09:13, 22 March 2026 (UTC)