Bad Medicine
Bon Jovi
1988
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1988
Release: 1988Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. Original 1988 recording on New Jersey. Year precision is retained; the album association is not an assertion of an exact first-release day.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
New Jersey - official original tracklist
Original twelve-track album list; later vinyl edition does not change the separately established 1988 album year.
Bon Jovi catalog reissue announcement - UMG/uDiscover
Explicit original album years from Bon Jovi 1984 through This House Is Not for Sale 2016, including 7800 1985, Slippery 1986, New Jersey 1988, Keep the Faith 1992, These Days 1995, Crush 2000 and Have a Nice Day 2005. Later vinyl debut dates are separate.
About Bon Jovi
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Bon Jovi formed in New Jersey in 1983 around Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan, Tico Torres and Alec John Such. Their early albums paired hard-rock playing with prominent pop melodies, reaching a much wider audience with Slippery When Wet in 1986. New Jersey followed in 1988, while Keep the Faith and These Days developed a different balance of guitar rock and ballad writing in the 1990s. The group catalog continued through Crush and later albums, alongside separately credited member solo projects.
Artist background sources
Bon Jovi - official origin exhibit
The group came together around Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan, Tico Torres and Alec John Such in 1983. Runaway appears on the earlier New York Rocks 1983 compilation, introducing a credit/recording question that is kept in the queue. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Slippery When Wet - official album exhibit
Explicit 1986 album release and original singles, plus the hard-rock/pop-hook direction. Never Say Goodbye is a song from these sessions and this album, not an established 1982 release. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Bon Jovi catalog reissue announcement - UMG/uDiscover
Explicit original album years from Bon Jovi 1984 through This House Is Not for Sale 2016, including 7800 1985, Slippery 1986, New Jersey 1988, Keep the Faith 1992, These Days 1995, Crush 2000 and Have a Nice Day 2005. Later vinyl debut dates are separate. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Bad Medicine by Bon Jovi appears at number 41 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1988. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1988 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1988 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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