RARE & UNRELEASED SONGS

This list was compiled by Darren Seaton
Mail me if you have any questions or comments

Updated 4 September 2000

ORIGINALS

R2D2 We Wish You a Merry Xmas	1978 Star Wars Xmas album!!
American Dream	Early 1983 Bon Jovi rehearsal bootleg
Tonight	Early 1983 Bon Jovi rehearsal bootleg
Promises	Early 1983 Bon Jovi rehearsal bootleg
Better Think Twice	Early 1983 Bon Jovi rehearsal bootleg
Stay	Early 1983 Bon Jovi rehearsal bootleg
Heartbreak Eyes	Jons Power Station demos
What Do You Want	Jons Power Station demos
Hollywood Dream	Jons Power Station demos
Talking In Your Sleep	Jons Power Station demos
All Talk No Action	Jons Power Station demos
Open Your Heart	Jons Power Station demos
This Woman Is Dangerous	Jons Power Station demos
Don`t Do That To Me	Jons Power Station demos
Stringin a Lie	Jons Power Station demos
Slippin Away	Jons Power Station demos
Head Over Heels	Jons Power Station demos
Don`t Keep Me Wondering	Jons Power Station demos
Charlene	Jons Power Station demos
Don`t Leave Me Tonight	Jons Power Station demos
Bobbys Girl	Jons Power Station demos
Shot of Me	Jons Power Station Demos
More Than We Bargained For	Jons Power Station Demos
Lonely Is The Night	Slippery When Wet Demos
Thief in the Night	Slippery When Wet Demos
King of the Heart	Slippery When Wet Demos
Judgement Day	New Jersey Demos
River of Love	New Jersey Demos (not the song on Richies album)
Now & Forever	New Jersey Demos
Growing Up The Hard Way	New Jersey Demos
Does Anybody Really Fall In Love Anymore*	New Jersey Demos/recorded by Cher/recorded by Kane Roberts
Rosie	New Jersey Demos/Richie Sambora demos/Stranger In This Town album
Maybelline (Richie Solo)	Richie Sambora studio rehearsals
Backdoor To Heaven	New Jersey Demos
Cadillac Man $	Hammersmith Odeon Jan 10 1990 (audio) Osaka Jan 9 1991 (video 2nd night)
Heart Of America $	Farm Aid 85
Lets Make It Baby (original & released demos)	New Jersey demos(both versions)/ These Days European double CD album also has 1 version
Save A Prayer	Keep The Faith (European, Australian and Japanese albums)
Starting All Over Again	Keep The Faith(Australian and Japanese albums)/Bed Of Roses single
Please Come Home For XMAS	Single release late 94
I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Xmas	Keep The Faith CD single/Please Come Home for Xmas CD single
Lonely At The Top	This Ain`t a Love Song CD single/rare French These Days double CD album
The End	This Ain`t a Love Song CD single/rare French These Days double CD album
Prostitute	This Ain`t a Love Song CD single/rare French These Days double CD album
Wedding Day	This Ain`t a Love Song CD single
Always (unplugged style live at A&M Studios)	US This Ain`t a Love Song CD single
Someday I`ll Be Saturday Night (live at A&M rumoured to exist!)	NOT RELEASD but a magazine present at recording of Always in A&M said this was also recorded!!!
Edge of a Broken Heart	Slippery When Wet Demos/Always CD single/Disorderlies soundtrack/Prayer 12"/recorded by British band Briar
Borderline	Slippery When Wet Demos/Bad Name 12"/I`ll Be There For You CD single
Wanted acoustic	Wanted promo CD/Never Say Goodbye Yellow 12"
Born To Be My Baby acoustic	Lay Your Hands ltd edition 12"/Living In Sin Japanese CD single
Never Say Goodbye acoustic	Keep The Faith UK tour edition double CD album
Bed Of Roses acoustic	Keep The Faith UK tour edition double CD album/In These Arms Cassingle
Love Is War	New Jersey demos/Living In Sin single
When She Comes	This Ain`t a Love Song CD single/rare French These Days double CD album
Good Guys Don`t Always Wear White	The Cowboy Way soundtrack/Someday I`ll Be Saturday Night CD single/rare French These Days double CD
Prayer `94	Crossroads US version/Always CD single
Never Say Goodbye (demo with Richie singing)	Slippery When Wet Demos
The Sole Truth $	Count Basie Theatre New Jersey Dec 91 UNRELEASED
Fields Of Fire	Studio - Keep The Faith demo/These Days European double CD (full band)/Live - Birmingham England May 11 1993 (Jon solo acoustic!!!)
Broken Promises (Richie solo)	Richie Sambora Studio rehearsals
House Of Fire*	New Jersey Demo/recorded by Alice Cooper on his Trash album
Take Me All	Slippery When Wet Demos
Walk Don`t Run	Slippery When Wet Demos
Too Much Too Soon (sometimes called Never Enough)	Slippery When Wet Demos
In America	New Jersey Demos
All I Want Is Everything	All versions of These Days album outside USA
Bitter Wine	All versions of These Days album outside USA
Bed Of Roses	Jon and Alec on radio, Richie not present
Livin on a Prayer	as above, neither have guitar solos
There Is No Answer	Slippery When Wet Demos
Promise	Slippery When Wet Demos
Discipline*	Richie Sambora Studio Demos/recorded by Desmond Child
Falling From Graceland	Richie Sambora solo song included in Beverly Hills 90210
Drive	Demo from MIC Cd Single/originally a New Jersey demo
Sad Song Night	Demo from MIC Cd Single
August 7 4:15 acoustic	MIC Cd Single
Cold Hard Heart	All versions of DA outside USA/USA Blockbuster freebie
I Talk To Jesus	Japanese DA CD/USA Blockbuster freebie
In These Arms	Dave Bryan solo album - Full Moon
Mr Sambo	Guitars That Rule The World feat Richie, Dave Tico and Huey (instrumental)
Every Word Was a Piece of My Heart acoustic	Queen Of New Orleans CD single
Staring At Your Window (SPANISH VERSION)	Latin America versions of DA CD
Forever	Japanese single release sung by Japanese actor but written,played and backing vocals by Richie Sambora
All That Really Matters (alternate version)	Undiscovered Soul Japanese Dec 97 issue (whole album featured rough mixes of the final songs)
We All Sleep Alone*$ (Richie vocals)	Live version on Hard Times Come Easy cd single/recorded by Cher
The Ballad of Alice Cooper*$	Co-written with Richie but performed solo by Jon on Rockline August 1990
Life's Too Short For Days Like These$	A live only JBJ solo original performed live on the Spring 98 European tour
Older	live JBJ solo later to appear on Crush
Hush	A live JBJ solo later released on Its My Life cd single
Let It Rain$	A Live only JBJ solo original, performed with Luciano Pavarotti, for his War Child charity
Mister Big Time	JBJ solo original track on the Armageddon soundtrack
Made In America (Acoustic)	In It For Love cd single
In It For Love (Acoustic)	In It For Love cd single
Maybe Tomorrow	Power Station demo
Long Way Around (Richie solo)	Fire Down Below soundtrack
Real Life instrumental	Real Life single
Temptation	Crush demo released on Its My Life Cd single
I Don't Wanna Live Forever	Crush demo released on Its My Life Cd single
You Can't Lose At Love	Crush demo released on Its My Life Cd single
Stay	Crush Demo from SIIS cd single
Ordinary People	Crush Demo from SIIS cd single
Ain't No Cure For Love	Crush demo from SIIS cd single
Welcome To The Good Times	Crush demo from SIIS cd single

* = written by Bon Jovi for another artist
$ = Bon Jovi originals, never recorded but performed live

The above also excludes small pieces of songs played for example as part of Richie`s acoustic solo eg Little Wing

Thanks to Mark Wiewel for his help, check out his New Jersey site on the Links pages