These Days (Bon Jovi song)

"These Days"
Single by Bon Jovi
from the album These Days
Released	February 6, 1996
Format	CD single
Genre	Hard rock
Length	6:28
Label	Mercury
Writer(s)	Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora
Producer(s)	Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Peter Collins
Bon Jovi singles chronology
"Lie to Me" (1995) "These Days" (1996) "Hey God" (1996)

"These Days" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released in February 1996 as the fourth single from their 1995 album These Days. It was the fourth single released from the album, and showcases the darker tone that Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora's lyrics sought to achieve with the album. The song which begins with a haunting piano progression, deals with homelessness, loss of innocence and the difficulty of keeping up a relationship in the modern age. It is about people out there trying to be understood, to live their dreams.

The single peaked at #7 in the UK,^[1] #38 in Australia and #40 on the Euro hot 100 singles chart.^[2]

The song is present on the DVD Live from London at the end of the concert, and during the 2007-2008 Lost Highway Tour Sambora often took lead vocals on the song and references the difficulties he had been through over the past year.

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "These Days (Edited version)"
2. "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night"
3. "These Days (Live)"
4. "Helter Skelter (Live)"

Disc 2

1. "These Days (Edited version)"
2. "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)"
3. "(It's Hard) Letting You Go (Live)"
4. "Rockin' in the Free World (Live)"

Japanese single

Disc 1

1. "These Days (Edited version)"
2. "(It's Hard) Letting You Go (Live)"
3. "Rockin' in the Free World (Live)"
4. "Helter Skelter (Live)"
5. "Hey God (Live)"
6. "These Days (Live)"

Disc 2

1. "These Days"
2. "The End (Demo)"
3. "When She Comes (Demo)"
4. "Lonely at the Top (Demo)"

Charts

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics