Have a Nice Day (Bon Jovi album)

Have a Nice Day
Studio album by Bon Jovi
Released September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20)
Recorded 2004–2005
Genre
Length 49:40
Label
Producer
Bon Jovi chronology
100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong
(2004)		 Have a Nice Day
(2005)		 Lost Highway
(2007)
Singles from Have a Nice Day
  1. "Have a Nice Day"
    Released: August 30, 2005
  2. "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
    Released: March 1, 2006
  3. "Welcome to Wherever You Are"
    Released: January 17, 2006
  4. "I Want to Be Loved"
    Released: April 21, 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Blogcritics[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[3]
Robert ChristgauC+[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

Have a Nice Day is the ninth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on September 20, 2005. Produced by John Shanks, the album was recorded at Sanctuary Sound II in New Jersey, and Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, California.

Have A Nice Day was originally recorded in the summer of 2004 and planned for release in early 2005. However, due to misunderstandings between the band and its record company, the album was delayed. The band wanted to write and record more songs, remove others from the original track list, and in the process, altered existing album tracks.

Have A Nice Day ranked number one in its debut, in 15 countries. The album also ranked No.2 in both the US and UK. In the US, it sold over 202,000 copies in the first week,[6] making it Bon Jovi's best first-week sales in the band's history at that time. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA.[7]

The album produced the hit singles "Have a Nice Day" and "Who Says You Can't Go Home". Have a Nice Day has mostly received mixed reviews by music critics. It was commonly commented that Jon Bon Jovi was "stretching" his lyrical abilities.[1][3]

Background

"The title, Have A Nice Day was the first and last it occurred to me," said Jon Bon Jovi. The truth is that, originally, the idea was stolen from frequent conversations heard by Jon Bon Jovi between his wife (the sales of Warner) and Merlina scheduller Schilliro (who coined this phrase universally used today). The song sets the tone for the rest of the album - there are twelve songs about coping with adversity and how to take risks to enjoy what the world has to offer. In other words, twelve songs centered on a theme that in the course of a stellar career, Bon Jovi had made its own theme. Have a Nice Day is a defiant response to the disappointment that the singer suffered after the presidential elections in 2004. He had campaigned with Democratic candidate John Kerry.

Lead guitarist Richie Sambora for the rawness of the sound of songs like "Have a Nice Day", "Last Man Standing" and "I Am" is a celebration of another recent social movement.

Composition and production

Helping the band to achieve its goal in the study was John Shanks, who won a Grammy for "Producer of the Year" in 2004. "He deserves that award, it's brilliant", said Bon Jovi.

But then Jon Bon Jovi changed his mind. The composition of the album had been so easy, that when he was almost ready to give his stamp album later this year, the singer began to worry that maybe it was all too fast. Therefore, wrote four new songs - "Novocaine," "Last Cigarette", "Story Of My Life" and "Wildflower" - and changed some lyrics of some others. For example, "Bells Of Freedom".

Now the song reminds a little of "Chimes Of Freedom" by Bob Dylan, in the title and insists that "the sun still shines on those who believe". Now the song is exactly what he wanted it to be.

Dylan was also the inspiration for the hero of scathing anthem "Last Man Standing" - an attraction carnival that represents the last link with the idea that rock and roll is not just to entertain people, but to change their lives.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Have a Nice Day"  Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, John ShanksShanks, Bon Jovi, Sambora 3:48
2. "I Want to Be Loved"  Bon Jovi, Sambora, ShanksShanks, Bon Jovi, Sambora 3:49
3. "Welcome to Wherever You Are"  Bon Jovi, Sambora, ShanksShanks, Bon Jovi, Sambora 3:47
4. "Who Says You Can't Go Home"  Bon Jovi, SamboraShanks, Bon Jovi, Sambora 4:40
5. "Last Man Standing"  Bon Jovi, Billy FalconShanks, Bon Jovi, Sambora 4:37
6. "Bells of Freedom"  Bon Jovi, Sambora, Desmond ChildShanks, Bon Jovi, Sambora 4:55
7. "Wildflower"  Bon JoviRick Parashar, Bon Jovi, Sambora 4:13
8. "Last Cigarette"  Bon Jovi, David BryanParashar, Bon Jovi, Sambora 3:38
9. "I Am"  Bon Jovi, Sambora, ShanksShanks, Bon Jovi, Sambora 3:53
10. "Complicated"  Bon Jovi, Falcon, Max MartinShanks, Bon Jovi, Sambora 3:37
11. "Novocaine"  Bon JoviParashar, Bon Jovi, Sambora 4:49
12. "Story of My Life"  Bon Jovi, FalconParashar, Bon Jovi, Sambora 4:08
13. "Who Says You Can't Go Home" (duet version with Jennifer Nettles‡)Bon Jovi, SamboraShanks, Bon Jovi, Sambora, Dann Huff (add.) 3:50

‡ Omitted from Japanese, European, and Australian versions

Personnel

Bon Jovi
Additional musicians
Recording personnel

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[40] Gold 35,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[41] Platinum 30,000*
Brazil (ABPD)[42] Gold 126,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[43] Platinum 188,000^
Germany (BVMI)[44] Platinum 200,000^
Greece (IFPI Greece)[45] Gold 10,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[46] Platinum 355,000[47]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[48] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[49] Platinum 40,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[50] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[51] Platinum 1,620,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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