Hey God

"Hey God"
Single by Bon Jovi
from the album These Days
Released June 17, 1996
Format CD single
Length 6:11
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora
Producer(s) Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Peter Collins
Bon Jovi singles chronology
"These Days"
(1996)		 "Hey God"
(1996)		 "Real Life"
(1999)

"These Days"
(1996)		 "Hey God"
(1996)		 "Real Life"
(1999)

"Hey God" is a song from Bon Jovi's 1995 album These Days.

As with most of the songs on These Days, "Hey God" is one of Bon Jovi's darker songs. It brings together different stories of people living on the edge of breakdown and despair, such as a father who claims his family are "two paychecks away from living out on the street", a single mother with a wayward son who has been convicted of killing a police officer, and a young man growing up in the ghetto. Throughout the course of the song, each of these characters cries out for spiritual help.

Richie Sambora claimed that inspiration for the song came when he was sitting in his limo and made eye contact with a derelict huddling in a cardboard box on the pavement. Sambora's sense of guilt at this was immense and after discussing the incident with Jon Bon Jovi, they wrote "Hey God".

The song charted at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and number 44 on Canada's RPM Top Singles chart. "Hey God", like most of the songs from the album, is rarely played live by the band. A performance of the song can be seen as part of the encore from the Live From London DVD. In 2008, the song made a comeback in some of the band's concerts during their Lost Highway Tour.

Charts

Chart (1995-96) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[1] 44
European Hot 100 (Billboard)[2] 58
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[3] 18
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[4] 37
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 27
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[6] 14
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[7] 13

References

  1. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2729." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Chart data-Bon Jovi". Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bon Jovi: Hey God" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 26, 1996" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Bon Jovi – Hey God" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
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