"Blood on Blood" is a song performed by American

United States

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 rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...

, from their massive-selling 1988

1988 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988.-January-March:* January 1 – André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra plays its first concert....

 album New Jersey

New Jersey (album)

New Jersey is Bon Jovi's fourth album, released on September 19, 1988. The album charted at #1 on The Billboard 200. New Jersey was particularly notable for producing five Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 singles, the most top ten hits to date for a hard rock album.-Unreleased songs:The album was...

. It was written by Jon Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder, occasional rhythm guitarist, and lead singer of rock band Bon Jovi, which was named after him...

, Richie Sambora

Richie Sambora

Richard Stephen "Richie" Sambora is an American rock guitarist, producer, musician, singer, and songwriter who is the longtime lead guitarist of the rock band, Bon Jovi. He and frontman Jon Bon Jovi form the primary songwriting unit of the band...

, and Desmond Child

Desmond Child

Desmond Child is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Career:...

.

Song information

Running six minutes, it is a song about everlasting friendship and loyalty, and seems to have been inspired by Jon Bon Jovi's childhood friendships, as he even mentions himself as one of the three friends in the song ("Bobby's an uptown lawyer, Danny's a medicine man, and Me, I'm just the singer in a long-haired rock 'n' roll band", although in recent concert performances, Bon Jovi changes the lyrics to "Bobby's an uptown lawyer, Danny does the best that he can, and Me, I'm still the singer in a long-haired rock 'n' roll band")

The song is actually inspired by the 1986 movie, Stand by Me

Stand by Me (film)

Stand by Me is a 1986 American drama film directed by Rob Reiner. Based on the novella The Body by Stephen King, the film takes its title from the Ben E. King song of the same name, which plays over the end credits.-Plot:...

, which Jon explains on the DVD This Left Feels Right Live

This Left Feels Right Live

This Left Feels Right Live is the third of Bon Jovi's live concert videos. Filmed at Atlantic City, New Jersey, this features the band's performance at the Borgata on November 14 and 15, 2003...

. Jon watched the movie, and was so inspired by the story, he collaborated with Richie Sambora and Desmond Child to write this classic. The movie's theme is the same as to what is echoed in "Blood on Blood": The friends you have when you are younger, you will call friends until the day you die.

Music video

It wasn't released as an official single, however there is a video for the song, which is found on the VHS tape New Jersey: The Videos

New Jersey: The Videos

New Jersey: The Videos is a package featuring all the videos from Bon Jovi's New Jersey album, together with interviews and backstage footage...

, which is currently no longer manufactured. The music video is black-and-white and features the band performing live in concert on their grueling Jersey Syndicate Tour.

Legacy

A popular song among fans, it continues to see regular rotation into Bon Jovi's setlists, and was featured prominently in many encores on Bon Jovi's recent Have a Nice Day Tour

Have a Nice Day Tour

The Have a Nice Day Tour was a worldwide concert tour by American rock band Bon Jovi. It took place between November 2005 and July 2006 and commenced two months after the release of their ninth studio album Have a Nice Day....

 and Lost Highway Tour

Lost Highway Tour

The Lost Highway Tour was a worldwide concert tour by American rock band Bon Jovi, that took place from October 2007 to July 2008 in support of their tenth studio album Lost Highway...

, and has served as the opener on the majority of the shows on the current tour

The Circle Tour

The Circle Tour is a worldwide concert tour by American rock band Bon Jovi. The arena leg of the tour has finished and the stadium run has begun, starting off in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and then heading to East Rutherford, New Jersey for the grand opening of New Meadowlands Stadium...

.

Apart from appearing on the 1988 album New Jersey, the song also appeared on the second disc of the band's Greatest Hits - The Ultimate Collection

Greatest Hits (Bon Jovi album)

-International edition:While the standard edition released in North America will have 28 tracks, the Australian and Japanese editions are set to have 30 and 31 tracks respectively. There are a few differences between the North American tracklist and the international tracklist. The main difference...

 compilation. The second disc's tracklisting is said to be fan favourites.