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Rare 2003 German promo cdr in slimline jewelcase.

Wanted Dead Or Alive was one of the huge hits that made Bon Jovis third album, Slippery When Wet, such a success. The song pays homage to Jon’s admiration for Old West heroes, and how he identifies with them as being hated (wanted dead or alive). During an interview on Inside the Actors Studio, Jon said he got the inspiration for the song early one morning when he could not sleep while riding in a tour bus. The lifestyle of every rock band was similar to that of outlaws in that each was, ‘a young band of thieves, riding into town, stealing the money, the girls, and the booze before the sun came up’. Jon Bon Jovi said during a concert in Detroit, Michigan, on February 20, 2008, that the song absolutely positively was influenced by [Bob] Seger’s Turn The Page. Bon Jovi performed Turn The Page during a concert in Toronto, Ontario (Canada) on July 21, 2010. Afterward, Jon told the audience he remembered listening to this song in 1985 while travelling on a tour bus in the midwest and telling Richie Sambora, We got to write a song like this. The following year the duo composed Wanted Dead Or Alive. The song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #13 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, making it the third single from the album to reach the Top 10 of the Hot 100. As a result, Slippery When Wet became the first hard rock album to have 3 top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. The band also recorded an acoustic version of the track. This promo cd single features the acoustic version that was released on the This Left Feels Right compilation album that was released in 2003

Track list:
1. Wanted Dead Or Alive-acoustic