Live 31 Jan 1998 version
| Jon Bon Jovi (spoken): | Do you feel bad? Do you feel bad? Bruce, do you feel bad? That's good. |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | (Shot through the heart, and you're to blame) |
| Baby you give love... | |
| Crowd: | A bad name |
| Jon Bon Jovi (spoken): | You got it! |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | An angel's smile is what you sell |
| You promise me heaven to put me through hell | |
| Chains of your love got hold on me | |
| When passion's your prison you can't break free | |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Whoah, you're a loaded gun |
| Whoah, there's nowhere to run | |
| No one can save me, the damage is done | |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Shot through the heart, and you're to blame |
| Kid, you give love a bad name (bad name) | |
| I play my part and you play your game | |
| You give love a bad name (bad name) | |
| Yeah you give love a bad name | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Ooh, you paint your smile on your lips |
| Your blood red nails on your fingertips | |
| A schoolboy's dream, you act so shy | |
| Your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye | |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Whoah, you're a loaded gun |
| Bruce Springsteen: | There just ain't nowhere left to run |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Whoah, there ain't nowhere to run |
| Ain't no one can save me, the damage is done | |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Shot through the heart, and you're to blame |
| You give love a bad name (a bad name) | |
| I play my part and you play your game | |
| You give love a bad name (bad name) | |
| Yeah you give love... Hey! | |
| Jon Bon Jovi (spoken): | Richie! |
| Jon Bon Jovi (spoken): | Now it's your turn! |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Shot through the heart and you're to blame |
| Crowd: | You give love a bad name |
| Jon Bon Jovi (spoken): | Come on! |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Well, I play my part and you play your game |
| Crowd: | You give love a bad name |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Shot through the heart, and you're to blame |
| You give love a bad name (bad name) | |
| I play my part and you play your game | |
| You give love a bad name (bad name) | |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Whoah |
| Whoah | |
| Bad Name | |
| Whoah | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | You give love |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Whoah |
| Jon Bon Jovi (spoken): | One more time! Say |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Shot through the heart and you're to blame |
| Bruce Springsteen: | You give love a bad name |
YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME is a 1986 song by Bon Jovi. See the original Bon Jovi version for more details.
The above lyrics are for live 31 Jan 1998 performance of YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME at Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ, during the "Come Together: Jon Bon Jovi & Friends" benefit concert. Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen traded lead vocals on this song.
The "Come Together: Jon Bon Jovi & Friends" benefit concert was organized by the Long Branch Police Department, The Asbury Park Press, and FPI Concerts, along with Jon Bon Jovi. The concert was to honor slain Long Branch police officer Sgt. Patrick King and raise money for the Sgt. Patrick King Memorial Fund to provide for his family. King, 45-year-old father of two young boys, was fatally shot on 20 Nov 1997 by a fugitive who had vowed to kill himself and a police officer rather than be captured and returned to jail.
Twenty musicians with ties to the Jersey shore music scene answered Jon Bon Jovi's call, including Bruce Springsteen and several members of the then-disbanded E Street Band (Clarence Clemons, Danni Frederici, Patti Scialfa, Steven Van Zandt, and Max Weinberg), Southside Johnny, Bobby Bandiera, and Richie Sambora among others. Actor Danny DeVito was the event's MC. Tickets, which were priced at $125, went on sale on 17 Jan 1998 noon and sold out in just eight minutes. The concert that was organized in short order raised more than $112,000 for King's widow and his two sons.
"It was a chance to forget about [the murder] a little bit," Long Branch police Sgt. Bruce Johantgen, one of about 50 city police officers who attended the show, told The Asbury Park Press. "The outpouring of love from the performers to the audience was unbelievable". Johantgen said he found it ironic that Bon Jovi and other performers thanked the audience for coming to the sold-out show. "From the police perspective, I kept thinking, 'We should be thanking you for giving your time'," Johantgen said.
This was a near-reunion of the fabled E Street Band and Springsteen's first full-length electric gig following the acoustic The Ghost Of Tom Joad Solo Acoustic Tour. Springsteen spent much (or possibly all) of the night onstage, singing or playing guitar only. Soundboard recording for the complete concert is available among collectors.
The 31 Jan 1998 show at Count Basie Theatre was commercially released in Europe. Since 2005 some enterprising record labels in Europe (mostly in the UK) have been releasing Bruce Springsteen radio and TV broadcasts (and some soundboard recordings) from the seventies, eighties, and nineties. Though these releases are not authorized by Bruce Springsteen or his record company, they are lawful due to a legal loophole in Europe.
YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME was performed off-tour on 31 Jan 1998 at Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ, during the "Come Together: Jon Bon Jovi & Friends" benefit concert.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.
List of available versions of YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME on this website:
YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME [Live 31 Jan 1998 version]
