Have a Nice Day (Bon Jovi song)
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"Have a Nice Day" is Bon Jovi
's first single off the 2005 album Have a Nice Day
. It was first performed at the 2004 American Music Awards, where an incomplete version of the song was played. The final version of the song was first performed in full at the Philadelphia Live 8
concert on July 2, 2005, and released worldwide as a single the following month. It was written by Jon Bon Jovi
, Richie Sambora
, and John Shanks
.
"Have a Nice Day" preceded the September 20 release of the album Have A Nice Day, which also included the hit single.
. The music video of Have A Nice Day begins when the band arrives in a GMC Yukon in front of a crowd of the fans. Jon draws a smiley on the album cover of the corresponding album for one of the fans in the crowd. The guy takes a photo of the album cover with his mobile phone and sends it to all his friends. Soon the red face pops everywhere. We see Jon, Richie, Tico and David in New York throughout the video. After the second verse, we see Bon Jovi performing at Irving Plaza
. At the end of the video we see Bon Jovi
leaving in helicopter. The video is similar to the music video for "Where Is the Love?
" by The Black Eyed Peas
(released 2003), and a famous 2002 UK television advertisement for T-Mobile
.
"Have A Nice Day"
"I Get A Rush" (Live Atlantic City)
"Miss Fourth Of July" (Live Atlantic City)
UK CD single #2
"Have A Nice Day" (Radio edit)
"The Radio Saved My Life Tonight" (Live Atlantic City)
) and #38 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks
chart.
", "Have a Nice Day" is a song of defiance and rising against adversity, its strong lyrics reinforced by heavy guitar riffs with powerful vocals. "There's obviously a sense of irony when you say it. You can say it one way and you can take it another way", says Jon Bon Jovi
about the song's title http://umusic.ca/bonjovi/. On the documentary on the Live from Atlantic City Bonus DVD, Richie Sambora says that the title of the album is meant to be said aggressively, likening it to the way that Clint Eastwood said "Have a nice day" in his earlier movies. To stress the emotion, he said "Have a nice day," followed by giving the finger
.
Jon wrote the song in the wake of John Kerry's
unsuccessful 2004 presidential bid, for whom Jon had been a strong campaigner. The line "Take a look around you nothing's what it seems / We're living in the broken home of hopes and dreams" reflects Jon's thoughts on the political state of America.
The song has proven to be popular among Bon Jovi fans and was staple performance during the band's 2005/2006 Have A Nice Day Tour
. However, it was missing from some concerts on the Lost Highway Tour, replaced by Have a Nice Days second and more successful single "Who Says You Can't Go Home
". The song has become famous for Sambora's use of the double neck Fender Telecaster
during performances.
It was also featured as one of the six live tracks on the promotional album Live from the Have a Nice Day Tour
, released through Wal-Mart
.
Melinda Doolittle
covered the song on May 1, 2007, during Bon Jovi Week on the sixth season
of the reality competition series American Idol
.
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...
's first single off the 2005 album Have a Nice Day
Have a Nice Day (Bon Jovi album)
Have a Nice Day has mostly received mixed or unfavorable reviews by music critics. It was commonly commented that Jon Bon Jovi was "streching" his lyrical abilities, while the best rating the album has gotten is an 8 out of 10...
. It was first performed at the 2004 American Music Awards, where an incomplete version of the song was played. The final version of the song was first performed in full at the Philadelphia Live 8
Live 8
Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 Conference and summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland from 6–8 July 2005; they also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid...
concert on July 2, 2005, and released worldwide as a single the following month. 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 John Shanks
John Shanks
John Matthew Shanks is a modern rock writer and Grammy Award–winning producer.Born in New York City, Shanks moved to Los Angeles when he was 17....
.
"Have a Nice Day" preceded the September 20 release of the album Have A Nice Day, which also included the hit single.
Music video
The music video was directed by Eric Hirshberg and produced by Janice Biggs and John O'GradyJohn O'Grady
John Patrick O'Grady was an Australian writer. His works include the comic novel They're a Weird Mob and the poem The Integrated Adjective, sometimes known as Tumba-bloody-rumba.- Pseudonym :...
. The music video of Have A Nice Day begins when the band arrives in a GMC Yukon in front of a crowd of the fans. Jon draws a smiley on the album cover of the corresponding album for one of the fans in the crowd. The guy takes a photo of the album cover with his mobile phone and sends it to all his friends. Soon the red face pops everywhere. We see Jon, Richie, Tico and David in New York throughout the video. After the second verse, we see Bon Jovi performing at Irving Plaza
Irving Plaza
Irving Plaza is a 1,200-person ballroom-style music venue at 17 Irving Place and East 15th Street in the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City...
. At the end of the video we see 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...
leaving in helicopter. The video is similar to the music video for "Where Is the Love?
Where Is the Love?
"Where Is the Love?" is a song recorded by the American hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas for their third album, Elephunk. It is the band's first record to feature Fergie. The song features vocals from Justin Timberlake, although he is not officially credited on the single release.The single was...
" by The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...
(released 2003), and a famous 2002 UK television advertisement for T-Mobile
T-Mobile
T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
.
Releases
UK CD single #1"Have A Nice Day"
"I Get A Rush" (Live Atlantic City)
"Miss Fourth Of July" (Live Atlantic City)
UK CD single #2
"Have A Nice Day" (Radio edit)
"The Radio Saved My Life Tonight" (Live Atlantic City)
Chart success
"Have A Nice Day" charted at #2 in Sweden, #6 in the United Kingdom, #7 in Germany, #8 in Australia, #8 in Finland, #10 in Switzerland, #10 in Japan, #53 in the United States (Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
) and #38 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks
Mainstream Rock Tracks
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock tracks are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981, issue...
chart.
| Chart | Highest position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
53 |
| Billboard Pop 100 | 38 |
| Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 38 |
| Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts... |
6 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 2 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 5 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
6 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 7 |
| Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
7 |
| German Singles Chart | 7 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 8 |
| Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... |
8 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 8 |
| Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
10 |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
18 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 7 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 10 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 2 |
Lyrical content
Similarly to the band's earlier hit, "It's My LifeIt's My Life (Bon Jovi song)
"It's My Life" is Bon Jovi's first single from the album Crush. It was released on May 23, 2000. It was written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Max Martin. The song hit #1 across several countries...
", "Have a Nice Day" is a song of defiance and rising against adversity, its strong lyrics reinforced by heavy guitar riffs with powerful vocals. "There's obviously a sense of irony when you say it. You can say it one way and you can take it another way", says 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...
about the song's title http://umusic.ca/bonjovi/. On the documentary on the Live from Atlantic City Bonus DVD, Richie Sambora says that the title of the album is meant to be said aggressively, likening it to the way that Clint Eastwood said "Have a nice day" in his earlier movies. To stress the emotion, he said "Have a nice day," followed by giving the finger
Finger (gesture)
In Western culture, the finger , also known as the middle finger, is an obscene hand gesture, often meaning the phrases "fuck off" , "fuck you" or "up yours"...
.
Jon wrote the song in the wake of John Kerry's
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to former President George W...
unsuccessful 2004 presidential bid, for whom Jon had been a strong campaigner. The line "Take a look around you nothing's what it seems / We're living in the broken home of hopes and dreams" reflects Jon's thoughts on the political state of America.
The song has proven to be popular among Bon Jovi fans and was staple performance during the band's 2005/2006 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....
. However, it was missing from some concerts on the Lost Highway Tour, replaced by Have a Nice Days second and more successful single "Who Says You Can't Go Home
Who Says You Can't Go Home
"Who Says You Can't Go Home" is a song written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora for the American rock band Bon Jovi's ninth studio album Have a Nice Day . The song was produced by John Shanks, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. It was released as the second single in North America in the first...
". The song has become famous for Sambora's use of the double neck Fender Telecaster
Fender Telecaster
The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele , is typically a dual-pickup, solid-body electric guitar made by Fender.Its simple yet effective design and revolutionary sound broke ground and set trends in electric guitar manufacturing and popular music...
during performances.
It was also featured as one of the six live tracks on the promotional album Live from the Have a Nice Day Tour
Live from the Have a Nice Day Tour
Live from the Have a Nice Day Tour is a live EP from the American band Bon Jovi.It was released on February 7, 2006 only in United States through the Wal-Mart stores.It contains 6 live track recorded live during the Have a Nice Day Tour in Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA on December 10, 2005.-Track...
, released through Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...
.
Melinda Doolittle
Melinda Doolittle
Melinda Marie Doolittle is an American singer who finished as the third place finalist on the sixth season of American Idol...
covered the song on May 1, 2007, during Bon Jovi Week on the sixth season
American Idol (Season 6)
The sixth season of American Idol premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company as a two-night, four-hour premiere special on January 16 and January 17, and ran until May 23, 2007. Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson returned to judge once again, and Ryan Seacrest returned as host...
of the reality competition series American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
.