Editing Slippery When Wet

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Slippery When Wet
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Bon Jovi]]
| cover        = Bon jovi slippery when wet.jpg
| alt          = The album title written in the water droplets on a black surface; above is the Bon Jovi logo in red.
| released     = {{start date|1986|8|18}}
| recorded     = 1986
| studio       = [[Little Mountain Sound Studios|Little Mountain]] (Vancouver, Canada)
| genre        = {{hlist|[[Glam metal]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Peter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PA121|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|date=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-105-0|page=121}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Slaughter|first=Matthew|date=June 30, 2014|title=Album Review: Bon Jovi - New Jersey (deluxe edition)|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18304/reviews/4147943|access-date=June 29, 2021|website=[[Drowned in Sound]]|archive-date=January 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125051830/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/18304/reviews/4147943|url-status=dead}}</ref>|[[pop metal]]<ref name=AllmusicPopMetal>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d7728 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205030622/http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d7728 |archive-date=February 5, 2012 |work=AllMusic |title=Pop Metal}}</ref>|[[pop rock]]<ref name="reesman">{{cite web |last1=Reesman |first1=Bryan |title=How Bon Jovi Changed the World With 'Slippery When Wet' |url=https://observer.com/2016/08/how-bon-jovi-changed-the-world-with-slippery-when-wet/ |website=[[The New York Observer|Observer]] |date=August 18, 2016 |access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="tdim">{{cite web |title=Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet |url=https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/classic-albums/bon-jovi-slippery-when-wet/ |website=This Day in Music |date=January 13, 2022 |access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>|[[hard rock]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Harrison|first=Thomas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MBEZBL7Dr7YC&pg=PA48|title=Music of the 1980s|date=2011|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|isbn=978-0-313-36600-0|page=48}}</ref>}}
| length       = 43:49
| label        = {{hlist|[[Mercury Records|Mercury]] (NA)|[[Vertigo Records|Vertigo]] (WW)}}
| producer     = [[Bruce Fairbairn]]
| prev_title   = {{proper name|[[7800° Fahrenheit]]}}
| prev_year    = 1985
| next_title   = [[New Jersey (album)|New Jersey]]
| next_year    = 1988
| misc         = {{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative cover
 | type    = studio
 | cover   = SlipperyWhenWet.jpg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = Rejected wet T-shirt cover, used for the Japanese release
}}
  {{Singles
 | name        = Slippery When Wet
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[You Give Love a Bad Name]]
 | single1date = July 23, 1986
 | single2     = [[Livin' on a Prayer]]
 | single2date = October 31, 1986
 | single3     = [[Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)|Wanted Dead or Alive]]
 | single3date = March 2, 1987
 | single4     = [[Never Say Goodbye (Bon Jovi song)|Never Say Goodbye]]
 | single4date = June 15, 1987
}}
}}

'''''Slippery When Wet''''' is the third studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Bon Jovi]], released on August 18, 1986, by [[Mercury Records]] in North America and [[Vertigo Records]] internationally. It was produced by [[Bruce Fairbairn]], with recording sessions taking place between January and July 1986 at [[Little Mountain Sound Studios]] in [[Vancouver]]. The album features many of Bon Jovi's best-known songs, including "[[You Give Love a Bad Name]]", "[[Livin' on a Prayer]]", and "[[Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)|Wanted Dead or Alive]]". Resulting in the first [[glam metal]] album to have 3 top 10 hits on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart. To promote the album, Bon Jovi embarked on the [[Slippery When Wet Tour]], which ran from July 1986 to October 1987.

''Slippery When Wet'' was an instant commercial success, spending eight weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart and was named by ''Billboard'' as the top-selling album of 1987.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Billboard 200 Albums : Nov 24, 2016 - Billboard Chart Archive |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1987/the-billboard-200}}</ref> ''Slippery When Wet'' is Bon Jovi's best-selling album to date, with a [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) certification of [[RIAA certification|15× Platinum]], making it one of the [[List of best-selling albums in the United States|top 100 best-selling albums in the United States]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 Albums |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-100-albums |access-date=October 6, 2015 |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]}}</ref> The album has been called the album that turned "[[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] into a radio-friendly pop format",<ref>{{cite book|last=Bukszpan|first=Daniel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YaDDsg0H35gC&pg=PT24|title=The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal|date=2003|publisher=[[Barnes & Noble Publishing]]|isbn=978-0-7607-4218-1|page=25}}</ref> and is also commonly seen as "a breakthrough for hair metal".<ref name=allmusic/><ref>{{cite web|title=Pop-Metal Music Genre Overview|url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/pop-metal-ma0000002785|access-date=June 29, 2021|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

==Background==
Upon its 1985 release, ''{{proper name|[[7800° Fahrenheit]]}}'' achieved moderate success, but Bon Jovi had not yet become superstars. The band changed its approach for the next album, with a more mainstream sound than the heavier first two albums. Hiring [[Desmond Child]] as a collaborator, the band wrote 30 songs and auditioned them for local New Jersey and New York teenagers, basing the album's running order on their opinions. [[Bruce Fairbairn]] was chosen as the producer for the album, with [[Bob Rock]] as the mixer. The 1985 album ''[[Without Love (Black 'n Blue album)|Without Love]]'' which Fairbairn produced for the heavy metal band [[Black 'n Blue]], attracted Jon Bon Jovi with its sound quality, and he immediately sought out the producer.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 31, 1999 |title=Obituary: Bruce Fairbairn |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-bruce-fairbairn-1097061.html}}</ref>

==Writing and composition==
Much of the album was written by [[Jon Bon Jovi]] and [[Richie Sambora]], whereas "[[You Give Love a Bad Name]]", "[[Livin' on a Prayer]]", "Without Love", and "I'd Die For You" were co-written with Desmond Child, and "Wild in the Streets" was by Bon Jovi alone. This was the first time Child worked with Jon and Richie. He came to New Jersey, where they worked on the four songs in Sambora's mother's basement.

Jon Bon Jovi explained, "I liked what [[It's Only Love (Bryan Adams song)|Bryan Adams had done with Tina Turner]] so I suggested we do something similar: I write a song for someone like her, and then we do the song together. But that got changed, and our [[Artists and repertoire|A&R]] [[Derek Shulman|guy]] came up with Desmond's name&nbsp;... He hasn't tried to change what we are, but to refine it slightly; to suggest extra ways that we could wring a bit more out of what we had."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dome |first=Malcolm |author-link=Malcolm Dome |date=July 2006 |title=We'll make it, I swear... |magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] #94 |page=44}}</ref>

Bon Jovi was initially reluctant to include "Livin' on a Prayer", believing it was not good enough. Sambora convinced him it was a hit in the making, and so the band rerecorded it, releasing the second version on the album. It is Bon Jovi's [[List of signature songs|signature song]].{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} The first version of "Livin' on a Prayer" that was recorded was included as a hidden track at the end of one of the CDs in the box set ''[[100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong]]''.

One of the songs written during the making of the album, "[[Edge of a Broken Heart (Bon Jovi song)|Edge of a Broken Heart]]", is not on the final release. Bon Jovi has since said it should have been included. In the booklet that came with ''100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong'', Jon Bon Jovi said, "It was absolutely appropriate for the ''Slippery'' record—coulda, shoulda, woulda been on ''Slippery'' had cooler minds prevailed. Here's my formal apology." Featured on the soundtrack to the 1987 movie ''[[Disorderlies]]'', it has since been released as the B-side for the ''Livin' on a Prayer'' single album, on the 2-CD edition of ''[[Cross Road (album)|Cross Road]]'', and on ''100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong''. The song has never been performed live by the band, though a fan favorite.

In 1986, Bon Jovi said "There's a song called 'Love Is A Social Disease' that [[Aerosmith]] were keen to get hold of. It would be ideal for them, but they're not having it, because it's even better for us."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dome |first=Malcolm |author-link=Malcolm Dome |date=July 2006 |title=We'll make it, I swear... |magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] #94 |page=47}}</ref>

==Title and artwork==
The album's name was changed during its inception, including ''Wanted Dead or Alive''. A proposed cover with the band dressed as cowboys<ref>{{cite news |date=August 18, 2016 |title=How Bon Jovi Changed the World With 'Slippery When Wet' |work=Observer |url=https://observer.com/2016/08/how-bon-jovi-changed-the-world-with-slippery-when-wet/ |access-date=December 11, 2016}}</ref> was later used for the [[Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)|single release of the track of the same name]].

According to Bon Jovi, the band named the album ''Slippery When Wet'' after visiting The No.5 Orange [[strip club]] in Vancouver, British Columbia. According to Sambora, "This woman descended from the ceiling on a pole and proceeded to take all her clothes off. When she got in a shower and soaped herself up, we just about lost our tongues. We just sat there and said, 'We will be here every day.' That energized us through the whole project. Our testosterone was at a very high level back then."<ref>{{cite web |last=Giles |first=Jeff |date=August 18, 2016 |title=30 Years Ago: Bon Jovi Release 'Slippery When Wet' |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/bon-jovi-slippery-when-wet/ |access-date=December 8, 2016}}</ref>

The cover consists of a wet black [[Bin bag|garbage bag]] with the words "Slippery When Wet" traced in the water. "So simple, and not very impressive", said Sambora.<ref name="auto">{{Cite magazine |last=Dome |first=Malcolm |author-link=Malcolm Dome |date=July 2006 |title=We'll make it, I swear... |magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] #94 |page=45}}</ref> The album originally was to feature a busty woman in a wet yellow T-shirt with the album name on the front of the shirt. This was swapped for the plastic bag cover just prior to release. The reasons given for the switch were record executives' fears that dominant record store chains at the time would have refused to carry the album with a sexist cover, and Jon Bon Jovi's dislike of the bright pink border around the photograph the band submitted.<ref>{{cite web|last=jason|date=May 29, 2008|title=Top 10 Banned Metal Album Covers|url=http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/1225/12753/top-10-banned-metal-album-covers.html|access-date=July 16, 2014|website=The Gauntlet}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Wilkening|first=Matthew|date=July 7, 2011|title=Bon Jovi – Most Shocking Album Covers|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/bon-jovi-most-shocking-album-covers/|access-date=July 16, 2014|website=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref> Sambora said, "Our label freaked out a bit when they saw what we'd done. They thought it would be banned by American stores, so we had to come up with something else – fast."<ref name="auto" /> In Japan, most releases of the album included the original cover art.

==Reception==
{{Album reviews
| title = Retrospective professional ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Leahey|first=Andrew|title=Slippery When Wet – Bon Jovi {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/slippery-when-wet-mw0000652380|access-date=June 29, 2021|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
| rev2score = B−<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s]]|publisher=[[Pantheon Books]]|year=1990|isbn=0-679-73015-X|chapter=B|access-date=August 17, 2020|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=80|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="RMreview">{{cite magazine|last=Gardner|first=Mike|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/86/Record-Mirror-1986-09-20.pdf|title=Review: Bon Jovi — ''Slippery When Wet'' // FM — ''Indiscreet''|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|date=September 20, 1986|access-date=November 3, 2022|page=11|location=London|publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|via=World Radio History|issn=0144-5804|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006165046/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/86/Record-Mirror-1986-09-20.pdf|archive-date=October 6, 2021}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Rolling Stone Album Guide |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/bon-jovi/albumguide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628221528/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/bon-jovi/albumguide|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2011}}</ref>
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The album was a massive commercial success. Between 1986 and 1987, ''Slippery When Wet'' produced a string of hit songs, including three Top 10 ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hits, two of which ("[[You Give Love a Bad Name]]" and "[[Livin' on a Prayer]]") reached No. 1. The third single "[[Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)|Wanted Dead or Alive]]" peaked at No. 7. The album peaked at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200, making it Bon Jovi's first number-one album in the United States. The album spent 38 weeks inside the Top 5 of ''Billboard'' 200, including 8 weeks at No. 1. It is the best-selling album of 1987 in the United States, and eventually reached [[RIAA certifications|Diamond]] certification by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] and current sales stand at 15 million copies, making it one of the best-selling albums in the United States. In the UK, ''Slippery When Wet'' received a 3× Platinum certification by the [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]. The album also achieved Diamond status in Canada, and 6× Platinum status in Australia.

''Slippery When Wet'' was met with generally positive reviews. Writing in ''[[The Village Voice]]'' in September 1987, [[Robert Christgau]] said, "Sure seven million teenagers can be wrong, but their assent is not without a certain documentary satisfaction. Yes, it proves that youth rebellion is toothless enough to simulate and market. But who the hell thought youth was dangerous in the current vacuum? Would you have preferred the band market patriotism? And are you really immune to 'Livin' on a Prayer'?"<ref>{{cite news |last=Christgau |first=Robert |date=September 1, 1987 |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |work=[[The Village Voice]] |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv9-87.php |access-date=August 17, 2020 |via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref> In 1990 in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Jimmy Guterman thoroughly berated the band and the album. "Jon Bon Jovi and his band serve up condescending sentiment, reducing every emotional statement to a barefaced cliché – either because they think that's all their audience can comprehend or because that's all they can comprehend. On ''Slippery When Wet'', Bon Jovi sounds like bad fourth-generation metal, a smudgy [[Xerox]] of [[Quiet Riot]]."<ref name="RS">{{Cite magazine |last=Guterman |first=Jimmy |date=November 7, 1990 |title=Slippery When Wet |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/slippery-when-wet-252457/ |access-date=February 14, 2020}}</ref> The album is ranked 44th in the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]'s list of the [[List of 200 Definitive Albums in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|Definitive 200 Albums]] of all time.

==2005 re-release==
In 2005, ''Slippery When Wet'' was re-issued as a [[DualDisc]]. The [[Compact disc|CD]] side contains a newly remastered version. The [[DVD]] side contains the same album in its original stereo mix, a slightly expanded 5.1 [[surround sound]] version, and all 5 music videos. The expanded album includes additional elements within many of the songs, in some cases increasing their runtime. The DualDisc was released on September 20, 2005, the same release date as ''[[Have a Nice Day (Bon Jovi album)|Have a Nice Day]]''.

==Track listing==
===Original release===
All tracks written by [[Jon Bon Jovi]] and [[Richie Sambora]], except where noted.
{{Track listing
| headline        = Side A
| title1          = Let It Rock
| length1         = 5:26
| title2          = [[You Give Love a Bad Name]]
| writer2         = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora|[[Desmond Child]]}}
| length2         = 3:43
| title3          = [[Livin' on a Prayer]]
| writer3         = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora|Child}}
| length3         = 4:11
| title4          = Social Disease
| length4         = 4:18
| title5          = [[Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)|Wanted Dead or Alive]]
| length5         = 5:09
}}
{{track listing
| headline        = Side B
| title1          = Raise Your Hands
| length1         = 4:17
| title2          = Without Love
| writer2         = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora|Child}}
| length2         = 3:31
| title3          = I'd Die for You
| writer3         = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora|Child}}
| length3         = 4:31
| title4          = [[Never Say Goodbye (Bon Jovi song)|Never Say Goodbye]]
| length4         = 4:49
| title5          = Wild in the Streets
| writer5         = Bon Jovi
| length5         = 3:56
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = 1998 Special Edition bonus CD (PHCR-90015/6)
| title1          = Wanted Dead or Alive
| note1           = live at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]] 1995
| length1         = 8:06
| title2          = Livin' on a Prayer
| note2           = live/US 1987
| writer2         = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora|Child}}
| length2         = 5:05
| title3          = You Give Love a Bad Name
| note3           = live/US 1987
| writer3         = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora|Child}}
| length3         = 3:43
| title4          = Wild in the Streets
| note4           = live at Wembley 1995
| writer4         = Bon Jovi
| length4         = 4:55
| title5          = Borderline
| note5           = studio outtake
| writer5         = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|[[David Bryan]]}}
| length5         = 4:12
| title6          = Edge of a Broken Heart
| note6           = studio outtake
| writer6         = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora|Child}}
| length6         = 4:36
| title7          = Never Say Goodbye
| note7           = live acoustic version
| length7         = 5:30
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = 2010 Special Edition bonus tracks
| title11         = You Give Love a Bad Name
| note11          = live version
| writer11        = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora|Child}}
| length11        = 4:10
| title12         = Livin' on a Prayer
| note12          = live version
| writer12        = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora|Child}}
| length12        = 5:33
| title13         = Wanted Dead or Alive
| note13          = live version
| length13        = 5:22
| total_length    = 58:57
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = 2024 Deluxe Edition Disc 2 bonus tracks
| title1          = Wanted Dead or Alive
| note1           = Acoustic version
| length1         = 5:32
| title2          = Livin' on a Prayer
| note2           = Alternate mix, from ''Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story''
| length2         = 4:59
| title3          = Raise Your Hands
| note3           = Extended version, Obie O'Brien mix
| length3         = 5:38
| title4          = Wild In The Streets
| note4           = Live at [[Cincinnati Gardens]], March 18, 1987
| length4         = 5:10
| title5          = Livin' on a Prayer
| note5           = Live at [[Huntington Place|Cobo Arena]], March 11, 1987
| length5         = 6:16
| title6          = Wanted Dead or Alive
| note6           = Live at [[Huntington Place|Cobo Arena]], March 11, 1987
| length6         = 8:26
| title7          = Let it Rock
| note7           = Live at [[Nassau Coliseum]], April 7, 1987
| length7         = 11:58
}}

==Personnel==
Credits partly sourced from [[AllMusic]].<ref name=allmusic/>

'''Bon Jovi'''
*[[Jon Bon Jovi]] – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar on "Wanted Dead or Alive"
*[[Richie Sambora]] – harmony and backing vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, guitar synths, [[talk box]] on "Livin' on a Prayer"
*[[Alec John Such]] – bass, backing vocals
*[[Tico Torres]] – drums, percussion, finger cymbals on "Livin' on a Prayer"
*[[David Bryan]] – backing vocals, keyboards, "noise"

'''Additional musicians'''
*[[Tom Keenlyside]] – saxophone
*[[Hugh McDonald (American musician)|Hugh McDonald]] – bass on "Livin' on a Prayer" (uncredited)<ref name="On Bass: The Song Guys">{{cite web |last=Brodén |first=Victor |date=July 23, 2014 |title=On Bass: The Song Guys |url=https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/21155-on-bass-the-song-guys |access-date=March 10, 2017 |website=Premier Guitar |language=en}}</ref><ref name="forbes.com">{{cite web |last=Setaro |first=Shawn |title=Inside The Business Of Bon Jovi With Bryan Reesman |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/shawnsetaro/2016/10/26/business-bon-jovi-bryan-reesman/#21f9a6ea381b |access-date=March 11, 2017 |website=Forbes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=McDonald |first=Hugh |others=Archived at the [[Wayback Machine]] of [[Internet Archive]] |title=Hugh McDonald Official Website – Discography |url=http://www.huey-mcdonald.com/discography.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302012105/http://www.huey-mcdonald.com/discography.php |archive-date=March 2, 2012 |access-date=March 11, 2017 |website=www.huey-mcdonald.com}}</ref>
*Joani Bye – backing vocals on "Livin' on a Prayer" (uncredited)<ref name="WhatMakes">{{Cite web |title=What Makes This Song Great? Ep.111 BON JOVI "Livin' on a Prayer" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJgrXqvpXF0 |access-date=March 4, 2022 |website=[[YouTube]]| date=January 18, 2022 }}</ref>
*[[Nancy Nash]] – backing vocals on "Livin' on a Prayer" (uncredited)<ref name="WhatMakes" />
*[[Mike Reno]] – possible backing vocals on "Livin' on a Prayer" (uncredited)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://loudwire.com/loverboy-mike-reno-reveals-backing-vocal-bon-jovi-livin-on-a-prayer/ | title=Loverboy's Mike Reno Reveals Backing Vocal on Bon Jovi's 'Livin' on a Prayer' | website=[[Loudwire]] | date=February 9, 2022 }}</ref>

'''Production'''
*[[Bruce Fairbairn]] – producer, horns, percussion
*[[Bob Rock]] – [[audio engineer|engineering]], [[mixing engineer|mixing]]
*Tim Crich – assistant engineering
*[[George Marino]] – digital [[remaster]]ing
*Bill Levy – artwork, art direction
*Mark Weiss – photography
*George Corsillo – design

== Charts ==
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=== Weekly charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for ''Slippery When Wet''
! Chart (1986–1988)
! Peak<br />position
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!scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Bronwyn |date=January 29, 2008 |title=On A Steel Horse Bon Jovi Rides To Top Of The Charts |url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23122302-5001026,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201135854/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23122302-5001026,00.html |archive-date=February 1, 2008 |access-date=November 4, 2017 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |quote=Slippery When Wet reached No. 1 in Australia when it was originally released and went on to sell six times platinum. It has sold 28 million copies worldwide.}}</ref>
|1
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{{album chart|Austria|2|artist=Bon Jovi|album=Slippery When Wet|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
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{{album chart|Canada|1|chartid=0786|artist=Bon Jovi|album=Slippery When Wet|refname=CAN1|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
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{{album chart|Netherlands|5|artist=Bon Jovi|album=Slippery When Wet|rowheader=true|access-date=November 4, 2017}}
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!scope="row"|Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sisältää hitin - Finnish Chart Archive |url=http://suomenlistalevyt.blogspot.fi/2015/08/bo-boy.html?m=1 |access-date=November 4, 2017 |website=Suomenlistalevyt / Timo Pennanen}}</ref>
|1
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{{album chart|Germany4|11|artist=Bon Jovi|album=Slippery When Wet|id=444|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
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{{album chart|Greece|64|artist=Bon Jovi|album=Slippery When Wet|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
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!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="Jachart">{{cite book |title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 |publisher=Oricon Entertainment |year=2006 |isbn=4-87131-077-9 |location=[[Roppongi]], Tokyo}}</ref>
|10
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{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Bon Jovi|album=Slippery When Wet|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
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{{album chart|Norway|1|artist=Bon Jovi|album=Slippery When Wet|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
|align="center"|8
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|3|artist=Bon Jovi|album=Slippery When Wet|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Bon Jovi|album=Slippery When Wet|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|6|date=19861123|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Bon Jovi|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (1991)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCatalog|3|artist=Bon Jovi|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (1994-1996)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|67|date=19960602|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UKRock|9|date=19950604|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (2021)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|198|artist=Bon Jovi|album=Slippery When Wet|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
|}
{{col-2}}

=== Year-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Year-end chart performance for ''Slippery When Wet''
!Chart (1986)
!Position
|-
{{album chart|Canada|58|chartid=8824|artist=Bon Jovi|album=Slippery When Wet|refname=CAN2|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|European Albums ([[European Top 100 Albums]])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1986/M&M-1986-12-27.pdf |title=European Top 100 Albums – 1986 |magazine=Music & Media |volume=3 |issue=51/52 |date=December 27, 1986 |page=35 |via=World Radio History|access-date=November 30, 2021}} ''Digit page 17 on the PDF archive.''</ref>
|99
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (1987)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="auchart">{{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970&ndash;1992]] |publisher=Australian Chart Book |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]] |author-link=David Kent (historian)}}</ref>
|3
|-
!scope="row"|Austrian Albums ([[Ö3 Austria]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Austriancharts.at – Jahreshitparade 1987 |url=http://austriancharts.at/1987_album.asp |access-date=November 17, 2011 |publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref>
|10
|-
{{album chart|Canada|2|chartid=0918|artist=Bon Jovi|album=Slippery When Wet|refname=CAN3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|Dutch Albums ([[Album Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1987 |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1987&cat=a |access-date=May 1, 2014 |publisher=Dutchcharts.nl |language=nl}}</ref>
|22
|-
!scope="row"|European Albums ([[European Top 100 Albums]])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-12-26.pdf |title=European Top 100 Albums – 1987 |magazine=Music & Media |volume=4 |issue=51/52 |date=December 26, 1987 |page=35 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History|access-date=November 30, 2021}} ''Digit page 37 on the PDF archive.''</ref>
|7
|-
!scope="row"|German Albums ([[GfK Entertainment Charts|Offizielle Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1987|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|website=[[GfK Entertainment]]|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|access-date=September 7, 2021}}</ref>
|14
|-
! scope="row" | New Zealand Albums ([[RMNZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1987-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1987 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music New Zealand]]|access-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref>
| 3
|-
!scope="row"|Swiss Albums ([[Schweizer Hitparade]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1987/alben|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1987|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=September 7, 2021}}</ref>
|4
|-
!scope="row"|US ''[[Billboard 200]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1987/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1987|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 7, 2021}}</ref>
|1
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (1988)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|US ''[[Billboard 200]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1988|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 7, 2021}}</ref>
|98
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (2002)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Metal Albums ([[Nielsen SoundScan]])<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812035533/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_metal.html|archivedate=August 12, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_metal.html|title=Top 100 Metal Albums of 2002|website=[[Jam!]]|accessdate=March 23, 2022}}</ref>
|100
|}

=== Decade-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Decade-end chart performance for ''Slippery When Wet''
!Chart (1980–1989)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="auchart" />
|25
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=6|type=album|relyear=1986|certyear=1993|artist=Bon Jovi|title=Slippery When Wet|access-date=November 12, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|type=album|relyear=1986|certyear=1987|award=Gold|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://backstage.bonjovi.com/artifact/0014250|title=Slippery When Wet Gold Award (Austria)|date =May 15, 2024}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=album|artist=Bon Jovi|title=Slippery When Wet|nocert=true|salesamount=100,000|relyear=1986|salesref=<ref>{{cite news |last=Serpa |first=Paulo Ernesto |date=January 2, 1990 |title=A parada de sucessos do Hollywood Rock |language=pt |page=28 |work=[[Jornal do Brasil]] |url=http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/docreader.aspx?bib=030015_11&pasta=ano%20199&pesq=terence%20trent%20darby%20copias&pagfis=1854 |via=[[National Library of Brazil]]}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|award=Diamond|type=album|relyear=1986|access-date=June 9, 2012|artist=Bon Jovi|title=Slippery When Wet}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=album|artist=Bon Jovi|title=Slippery When Wet|award=Platinum|id=14145|relyear=1986|certyear=2024|access-date=July 7, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Finland|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1986|access-date=June 9, 2012|artist=Bon Jovi|title=Slippery When Wet|salesamount=73,564}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|nocert=true|type=album|relyear=1986|salesamount=38,000|artist=Bon Jovi|title=Slippery When Wet|salesref=<ref name="musicandmedia">{{Cite web |date=July 11, 1987 |title=The Success Story Of Bon Jovi |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-07-11.pdf |access-date=June 4, 2020 |page=10 |via=American Radio History |magazine=Music & Media}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1986|access-date=June 9, 2012|artist=Bon Jovi|title=Slippery When Wet}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Hong Kong|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1986|certyear=1988|access-date=June 6, 2012|artist=Bon Jovi|title=Slippery When Wet}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1986|certyear=2022|access-date=August 17, 2022|artist=Bon Jovi|title=Slippery When Wet}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan (Oricon Charts)|nocert=yes|salesamount=215,000|salesref=<ref name="Jachart" />}}
{{Certification Table Entry |region=Malaysia|nocert=yes|salesamount=10,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A65UAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA20&dq=Malaysia&article_id=2817,3292089&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi14NKV7Z-MAxV_SDABHbJaPGM4HhDoAXoECAwQAw#v=onepage&q=Malaysia&f=false|title=Sale of international music releases up|newspaper=New Straits Times|access-date=23 March 2025|date=29 November 1988|page=20|first=R.S.|last=Murthi}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1986|access-date=June 16, 2012|artist=Bon Jovi|title=Slippery|certyear=1994}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=1986|artist=Bon Jovi|source=radioscope|access-date=December 17, 2024|title=Slippery When Wet}}
{{Certification Table Entry|artist=Bon Jovi|title=Slippery When Wet|region=Norway|type=album|relyear=1986|certyear=1987|award=Gold|certref=<ref name=NorwayCert>{{Cite magazine |date=December 26, 1987 |title=The European Best Sellers of 1987 |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-12-26.pdf |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=4 |issue=51/52 |pages=42–46}}</ref>|salesamount=50,000|salesref=<ref name=NorwayCert/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Singapore|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1986|certyear=2020|access-date=November 24, 2021|artist=Bon Jovi|title=Slippery When Wet}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Slippery When Wet|type=album|artist=Bon Jovi|relyear=1986|certyear=1987|region=Spain|award=Platinum|certref=<ref name="Spanish certifications 1979-1990">{{Cite web |title=Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano: Certificados 1979–1990 |url=http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8 |publisher=Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|nocert=true|type=album|relyear=1986|salesamount=100,000|artist=Bon Jovi|title=Slippery When Wet|salesref=<ref name="musicandmedia" />|access-date=June 4, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=1986|access-date=June 9, 2012|artist=Bon Jovi|title=Slippery When Wet}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|number=3|type=album|relyear=1986|certyear=1993|id=5983-2213-2|access-date=June 9, 2012|artist=Bon Jovi|title=Slippery When Wet}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=15|type=album|relyear=1986|certyear=2024|access-date=July 23, 2024|artist=Bon Jovi|title=Slippery When Wet}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

==Accolades==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Publication
! Country
! Accolade
! Rank
|-
|''[[Guitar World]]''
|US
|Top 20 Hair Metal Albums of the Eighties<ref name="Guitar World">{{cite web|date=December 2, 2008|title=Top 20 Hair Metal Albums of the Eighties|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/top_20_hair_metal_albums_of_the_eighties?page=0,1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004060050/https://www.guitarworld.com/top_20_hair_metal_albums_of_the_eighties?page=0,1|archive-date=October 4, 2012|access-date=January 3, 2012|website=[[Guitar World]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|''[[LA Weekly]]''
|US
|Top 20 Hair Metal Albums of All Time<ref>{{cite web|date=December 9, 2011|title=Top 20 Hair Metal Albums of All Time: The Complete List|url=https://www.laweekly.com/top-20-hair-metal-albums-of-all-time-the-complete-list/|access-date=February 26, 2021|website=[[LA Weekly]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|12
|-
|''[[Loudwire]]''
|US
|Top 30 Hair Metal Albums<ref>{{cite web|last=Divita|first=Joe|date=November 9, 2016|title=Top 30 Hair Metal Albums|url=https://loudwire.com/top-hair-metal-albums/|access-date=June 18, 2021|website=[[Loudwire]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
|''[[Metal Rules]]''
|US
|Top 50 Glam Metal Albums<ref>{{cite web|date=December 2003|title=Top 50 Glam Metal Albums|url=http://www.metal-rules.com/polls/index.php?id=8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126083532/https://www.metal-rules.com/polls/index.php?id=8|archive-date=November 26, 2017|access-date=November 26, 2017|website=[[Metal Rules]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|13
|-
|''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|US
|50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Beaujour|first1=Tom|last2=Bienstock|first2=Richard|last3=Eddy|first3=Chuck|last4=Fischer|first4=Reed|last5=Grow|first5=Kory|last6=Johnston|first6=Maura|author6-link=Maura Johnston |last7=Weingarten|first7=Christopher R.|date=August 31, 2019|title=50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-hair-metal-albums-of-all-time-162362/bon-jovi-slippery-when-wet-1986-2-172566/|access-date=June 18, 2021|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of best-selling albums]]
*[[List of best-selling albums in the United States]]
*[[List of glam metal albums and songs]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{youTube|lDK9QqIzhwk|title="Livin' On A Prayer" official music video}}

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