Have a Nice Day (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Have a Nice Day
Type = Album
Artist = Bon Jovi


Released = September 20, 2005
Recorded = Sanctuary Sound II in New Jersey; Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, California
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 53:45
Label = Island/Mercury
Producer = Jon Bon Jovi, Dann Huff, Rick Parashar, Richie Sambora, John Shanks
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a07tk6kxykrw link] *
*Blogcritics, rating-10|8 [http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/09/20/180059.php link] *
Last album = "100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong"
(2004)
This album = "Have a Nice Day"
(2005)
Next album = "Lost Highway"
(2007)
Misc = Singles
Name = Have a Nice Day
Type = studio
single 1 = Have a Nice Day
single 1 date = August 30, 2005
single 2 = Who Says You Can't Go Home
single 2 date = March, 2006 (US); June 12, 2006
single 3 = Welcome to Wherever You Are
single 3 date = January 17, 2006

"Have a Nice Day" is Bon Jovi's ninth studio album. The album has gone platinum in the USA and several other countries. As of July 11, 2007, it has sold 1,453,039 copies in the US. [ [http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=46325 Billboard Top 200] ]

Following the release of the album, the band went on a world tour to promote the album. The tour lasted from November 2005 to July 2006, playing 89 shows over North America, Japan and Europe.

ingles

The album produced the hit singles "Have a Nice Day" and "Who Says You Can't Go Home", as well as the internationally-released single "Welcome to Wherever You Are".

Charts

The album went to number one in 15 countries and was number one around the world for one week. It went to number two in the USA and UK. It went to number one in Australia.

* No. 1 in United World Chart, Europe, Germany, Japan, Canada, Australia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Peru, Cyprus, Korea
* No. 2 in USA, UK, Spain, Turkey, Hong Kong, Greece
* No. 3 in Sweden, Argentina, Russia, Brazil
* No. 4 in Italy, Finland
* No. 5 in Belgium, Czech Republic, Ukraine, India
* No. 6 in Hungary
* No. 7 in Portugal
* No. 8 in Slovakia
* No. 9 in Ireland, Poland
* No. 11 in Norway
* No. 14 in France
* No. 19 in Denmark, Ecuador
* No. 26 in New Zealand

Track listing

# "Have a Nice Day" (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Shanks) - 3:49
# "I Want to Be Loved" (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Shanks) - 3:49
# "Welcome to Wherever You Are" (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Shanks) - 3:47
# "Who Says You Can't Go Home" (Bon Jovi, Sambora) - 4:40
# "Last Man Standing" (Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon) - 4:37
# "Bells of Freedom" (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Desmond Child) - 4:55
# "Wildflower" (Bon Jovi) - 4:13
# "Last Cigarette" (Bon Jovi, David Bryan) - 3:38
# "I Am" (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Shanks) - 3:53
# "Complicated" (Bon Jovi, Falcon, Max Martin) - 3:37
# "Novocaine" (Bon Jovi) - 4:49
# "Story of My Life" (Bon Jovi, Falcon) - 4:08
# "Dirty Little Secret" (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Shanks, Child) - 3:37 (Japan, UK, Australia and Asia) / Who Says You Can't Go Home (duet version with Jennifer Nettles) (Bon Jovi, Sambora) (USA and Canada only)
# "Unbreakable" (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Bryan) - 3:52 (Japan, UK, Australia and Asia)
# "These Open Arms" (Bon Jovi, Child) - 3:42 (Japan)

2004 Pre-release

The new album that was to be "Have A Nice Day" was originally recorded in the summer of 2004, supposed ready for release for early 2005. However due to various reasons and debates by the band and its record company, the album was pushed back. The band were to write and record more songs and also removed some from the original track list, and in the process, altering existing album tracks.

The pre-release version of the album contains a slightly different tracklist and includes alternate versions of songs that appeared on the final album. Some contain alternate lyrics and/or slightly different or additional arrangements. The album also had a rougher sound mix.

#"Have A Nice Day"
#"Welcome To Wherever You Are"
#"I Want To Be Loved"
#"Complicated"
#"Bells Of Freedom"
#"Who Says You Can't Go Home"
#"Nothing"
#"These Open Arms"
#"Last Man Standing"
#"Unbreakable"
#"I Am"
#"Who Says You Can't Go Home" (Duet with Jennifer Nettles)

Various tracks from the pre-released album have been leaked onto the Internet and copies of the entire pre-release album exist in circulation amongst traders. One notable track removed from the final "Have A Nice Day" album is "Nothing". Many fans consider this song to be one of the best songs the band have ever written during the 2000s. It was supposedly cut from the album due to its similarity to "I Am", which remained on the album. American Idol 2005 runner-up Bo Bice later re-recorded the song, entitled "Nothing Without You", for his debut album, "The Real Thing".

Another cut from the album was a duet version of "Who Says You Can't Go Home" with Keith Urban, supposedly because it was considered Jon Bon Jovi and Urban's voices were too similar, and therefore difficult to differentiate between.

"These Open Arms" and "Unbreakable" were also removed from the original track list, but were later included as bonus tracks on the album in certain territories. "These Open Arms" was released as a track for the Japanese version, but it was released in the US to be sung by Clay Aiken on "A Thousand Different Ways".

Bonus DVD: Live from Atlantic City

Alongside the standard edition of the album, a bonus edition was released which included a 5-track live DVD. The live footage was recorded during a concert in Atlantic City in November 2004 to promote the release of the box set "100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong". All of the songs on the DVD are from the box set with the exception of "Everyday", which is from "Bounce":

# "Everyday"
# "Miss Fourth of July"
# "I Get a Rush"
# "These Arms Are Open All Night"
# "The Radio Saved My Life Tonight"

The DVD also contains a documentary about the making of "Have a Nice Day" and a photo gallery.

Personnel

*Jon Bon Jovi - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
*Richie Sambora - guitars, backing vocals
*Tico Torres - drums, percussion
*David Bryan - piano, keyboards, backing vocals

with
*Hugh McDonald - bass guitar, backing vocals

References

succession box
before = "Back to Bedlam" by James Blunt
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = September 26 - October 2 2005
after = "See the Sun" by Pete Murray