What year did lay your hands on me come out?

On my Summer vacation back in June, I found over 20 singles with the picture sleeve. I’ve been through a bunch of them so far and now we are tackling the Bon Jovi singles that I found. There were 5 Singles found and we kicked it off with the following:

• “Wanted Dead or Alive” off 1986’s ‘Slippery When Wet’
• “Bad Medicine” off 1988’s ‘New Jersey’
• “Born to Be My Baby” off 1988’s ‘New Jersey’
• “I’ll Be There For You” off 1988’s ‘New Jersey’

Now it is time for the final single and it is also from ‘New Jersey’ with “Lay Your Hands On Me”. The opening track of the album and the fourth single which only went to #7 on the Billboard Charts and the band’s fourth Top 10 in a row for this album. The song was written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora and was inspired by a guitar riff by Richie rather than from a song title like they did a lot of the times.

My copy of the single is a standard U.S. version with the B-Side being a live version of “Runaway” which is cool. Glad to finally have a non-album track as the B-Side. “Lay Your Hands On me” is the album version and not a single or radio edit. But what is cool is the sleeve for the single. When you flip to the B-Side of the cover, the picture is up side down. And as you see above, it makes a full shot of Jon Bon Jovi playing a guitar. Kinda cool.

A-SIDE:

The A-Side, “Lay Your Hands on Me” was actually written while they were in the studio and never did a real demo of the track. The song was crafted as a song that could open a live show and in this case, even an album. The opening drum sound was inspired by Peter Gabriel’s ‘So’ Tour where he used a lot of African drum sound. The song is a shout to everyone that despite their grand success from ‘Slippery When Wet’, they were still just boys from New Jersey and very accessible.

Musically, the drum beat builds up, there are keyboard sounds mixed in with guitar fills and bass parts. Jon comes in and sings softly, the “Lay your hands on me” line and then the song explodes in to a grand arena rock track that screams, Here we are ready to rock you all night. And that is what they would do. It almost has a gospel, church feel to the song (especially with the song title). So much so that Dolly Parton covered it for a Gospel album she did many years back.

B-SIDE:

The B-Side is a live version of the song “Runaway” from their debut album. The song was recorded in Paris at Le Zenith on November 20, 1988. Cool they used a song from the current tour and being this was the fourth single, they had time to do that. The live version doesn’t seem to be touched up as it is pretty rough and Jon doesn’t alway hit every note so this is a warts and all version which is what I want. I don’t want a polished up studio live version, give me the real thing as if I was there in the audience.

And that is the end of the Bon Jovi single run from what I found in the shop this past Summer. Now, we will continue with the singles and start showing off all the rest of the ones I have in my collection. Who knows what band or single we will get. I will just start pulling them out randomly and writing about them. See you next week.

"Lay Your Hands on Me" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released on August 1, 1989 as the fourth single from the band's 1988 album New Jersey. It peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's fourth single from New Jersey to chart in the Top 10 and it also charted at #20 on the Mainstream rock charts.

(Hey)

They say that to really free your body
You've got to free your mind
So come on 
(Hey, hey, hey)
Check this out (hey)

Lay your hands on me, lay your hands on me, lay your hands on me
Lay your hands on me, lay your hands on me, lay your hands on me
Come on

If you're ready, I'm willing and able
Help me lay my cards out on the table
You're mine and I'm yours for the taking
Right now the rules we've made are meant for breaking

What you get ain't always what you see
But satisfaction is guaranteed
They say what you give is always what you need, whoa whoa
If you want me to lay my hands on you

Lay your hands on me, lay your hands on me, lay your hands on me
All you gotta do is
Lay your hands on me, lay your hands on me, lay your hands on me
Now listen up

I'm a fighter, I'm a poet, I'm a preacher
I've been to school and baby I've been the teacher
If you show me how to get up off the ground
I can show you how to fly and never ever come back down

Everything you want is what I need
Your satisfaction is, uh, guaranteed
But the ride don't never ever come for free, no oh oh
If you want me to lay my hands on you

Lay your hands on me, lay your hands on me, lay your hands on me
All you gotta do is
Lay your hands on me, lay your hands on me, lay your hands on me

Now now now baby
Don't you know I only aim to please?
If you want me to lay my hands on you, whoa whoa whoa

(What you gotta do is)
Lay your hands on me (lay on me)
Lay your hands on me (come on, come on, come on)
Lay your hands on me
(Everybody gonna help me now)
Lay your hands on me (I can feel the people sing)
Lay your hands on me (I can feel my heart sing)
Lay your hands on me (if you wanna lay them on baby, come on now)

Whoa oh oh oh oh, whoa oh oh oh oh, lay your hands on me (if you want me to)
Whoa oh oh oh oh (all you got do) whoa oh oh oh oh, lay your hands on me

Remember (lay your hands on me) 
Well, move it on (lay your hands on me)
Oh, turn around, yeah (lay your hands on me)
Lay (lay your hands on me)
(Lay your hands on me)
Lay your hands on me

Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi (John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.), guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres. The band's lineup has remained mostly static during their history, the only exception being the departure of bass player Alec John Such in 1994, who was unofficially replaced by Hugh McDonald. more »

Written by: RICHARD SAMBORA, JON BON JOVI

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

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