Livin' On A Prayer
Bon Jovi
- Key
- E minor
- Camelot
- 9A
- BPM
- 122.8
Key confidence medium · relative G major (9B) · BPM confidence medium · half-time 61.4 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12 · essentia.js@2.1-beta6-dev
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As of 2026-09-14, "Livin' On A Prayer" by Bon Jovi has charted in 60 markets across 5 platforms, peaking at #9 (HN) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads E minor (9A) at 122.8 BPM.
- Markets
- 60
- First seen
- 2026-07-11
- Latest chart date
- 2026-09-14
- Peak
- #9 hn
Started in 1 market, now in 60.
Why it's moving
- vault release: registered 1986, first charted 2026-08-13
- Plays up 5% in Australia, with gains across 4 marketsSep 5–12
- Shazam's #148 across 1 marketSep 9
- Turned around worldwide: was slipping 1 place a day, now climbing 3.5 places a daySep 8–12
- Climbed #198 → #171 in CanadaSep 7–12
- Climbed #146 → #127 in BrazilSep 7–12
Score 56.8
Why it's here
"Livin' On A Prayer" is a long-running catalog staple rather than a news-driven entry: it was Bon Jovi's chart-topping single from 1986's Slippery When Wet, the album that spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and carries a Diamond certification. [1] The song was written as a working-class narrative about the characters Tommy and Gina and became the band's signature arena singalong following their 1980s breakthrough, which is the standing that keeps it in revival and standards chart lanes. [2]
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Brazilbr · applemusic deezer shazam spotify#99#92#99
- Austriaat · deezer spotify#72#44#72
- Hondurashn · deezer#53#9#53
- Latvialv · deezer#28#9#28
- United Statesus · deezer shazam · 15 cities#56#13#56
- South Africaza · deezer#36#15#36
- Perupe · deezer shazam#59#22#59
- Irelandie · applemusic deezer shazam spotify#82#24#82
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- World feedworld · shazam#14#9#14
- Global feedglobal · deezer spotify youtube#58#45#58
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- us 15 cities · best #13 houston
- au 1 city · best #30 brisbane
- ca 1 city · best #34 vancouver
In edits this week
Off Campus. Of the 123 most-liked Off Campus edits we saw this week, 1 is on this record (Training Season (Live from the Royal Albert Hall) leads with 13).
TikTok search, most liked · 33 of the 123 carry no song match, so the count is a floor.
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Editions
- 2026-09-14Chart-only edition#32
- 2026-09-13Chart-only edition#44
Identity
- ISRC
- USPR38619998
- Slug
- bon-jovi__livin-on-a-prayer
- Sources
- applemusic, deezer, shazam, spotify, youtube
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