The band members took a break before going back into the studio to make another album. At the end of the tour, they had played 206 shows all around the world. He also used the services of a vocal coach and some steroids to help him finish the tour without losing his voice completely. He was barely able to sing at the end of the tour and he had to use a lot of backing tracks to fill out the parts that he could not sing. Jon gave everything he had to sing "Livin' on a Prayer" during the first part of the Slippery When Wet tour, and it was seriously damaging his voice. They rewrote the entire musical piece together, added a guitar solo, different drum fills and a talk box to make it a hit song. Richie Sambora, however, convinced him that the song was good.
In the beginning, Jon Bon Jovi did not like the original song. The song "Livin' on a Prayer" is the one that had the most success. The Slippery When Wet Tour let the band become even more famous in Europe and North America. "Slippery When Wet" has sold over 28 million copies worldwide. Also involved was Desmond Child, Bruce Fairbairn, and Bob Rock, and Desmond co-wrote some of the songs on the album. It brought them some of the band's most successful songs, including "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' On A Prayer", and "Wanted Dead or Alive". In 1986, Bon Jovi's third album Slippery When Wet was released. They lived together while they were recording. The band then went to Vancouver to record another album. Some members, especially Richie, were afraid because they had not put out a hit song since "Runaway". In fact, every member of the band had lost their girlfriend at the time, they were all heartbroken those feelings were showing in the songs. Slippery When Wet īon Jovi's second album 7800° Fahrenheit (1985) had also only moderate success. The single "Runaway" was the band's first hit and reached #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984. The self-titled debut album "Bon Jovi" was released in 1984. Coincidentally he founded Bon Jovi in 1983 with Richie Sambora, Alec John Such, Tico Torres, and David Bryan. So Jon became the possibility to sign a recording contract.
The song "Runaway" which was written by Jon Bon Jovi and George Karak reached the first place in a radio talent contest in 1983.
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