Who Says You Can't Go Home

Infobox Single
Name = Who Says You Can't Go Home


Artist = Bon Jovi
from Album = Have a Nice Day
Released = March 2006 (North America)
June 12 2006 (UK)
Format = CD single: Worldwide
Digital download: Worldwide
Vinyl single: Worldwide
Recorded =
Genre = Rock, Country
Length = 4:40 (Album/Rock version)
3:50 (Duet with Jennifer Nettles/UK radio edit)
Label = The Island Def Jam Music Group
Writer = Jon Bon Jovi
Richie Sambora
Producer = John Shanks
Jon Bon Jovi
Richie Sambora
Last single = "Have a Nice Day"
(2005)
This single = "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
(2006)
Next single = "Welcome to Wherever You Are"
(2006)
Misc = Audiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Audio file= Bon Jovi- Who Says You Can't Go Home.ogg"Who Says You Can't Go Home" is a Rock song written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora for Bon Jovi's ninth studio album "Have a Nice Day" (2005). 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 quarter of 2006 and reached the top thirty on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, peaking at #23. Outside North America, "Welcome to Wherever You Are" was released as the second single with "Who Says You Can't Go Home" being released as the album's third release on June 12 2006. The song reached #5 in the UK, becoming the band's second Top 10 single from Have a Nice Day.

The lyrics to "Who Says You Can't Go Home" reflect on lead-singer Jon Bon Jovi's own personal passion for his community and New Jersey roots and encourages others to never forget and to be proud of where they came from. The song was actually used by the New Jersey state tourism office in television advertisements to spur tourism to the Garden State.

In addition, the song's music video, featuring Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland, features Habitat for Humanity volunteers, including members of the Philadelphia Soul Arena Football League team owned in part by Jon Bon Jovi, building homes for low-income families and was used to promote the organization while another version of music video features a man in a dog suit.

Country music version

In the United States, a version of the song was released to the country music format as a duet with Jennifer Nettles, lead singer of the duo Sugarland. This version became the first song by a rock act to reach Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. [cite web |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04E4D71E3FF934A35756C0A9609C8B63&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/B/Bon%20Jovi,%20Jon | title=BY THE WAY; Waylon, Willie and Bon Jovi | publisher=The New York Times | author=Tammy La Gorce |date=2006-05-07] It also received an award for Best Collaborative Video at the CMT Music Awards in 2006.

The country music version was originally to have been recorded as a duet with Keith Urban, who was also to play ganjo on the song. However, Jon Bon Jovi decided that Urban's voice was too similar to his own, and thought that a female duet partner would work better. He then asked a representative of his label, who suggested Nettles. [cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/articles/1526126/20060314/bon_jovi.jhtml |title=Bon Jovi's Duet With Jennifer Nettles Hits the Country Top 10 |accessdate=2007-07-14 |format=html |work=CMT.com] [cite web |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06204/707387-42.stm |title=Jon Bon Jovi still aims to connect |accessdate=2007-07-14 |format=html |work=Post-gazette.com]

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Who Says You Can't Go Home".

UK CD single #1

# "Who Says You Can't Go Home" (Radio edit)
# "Complicated" (Live in Boston)

UK CD single #2

# "Who Says You Can't Go Home" (Radio edit)
# "Last Man Standing" (Live in Boston)
# "Raise Your Hands" (Live in Boston)
# "Who Says You Can't Go Home" music video (dog suit version)

Vinyl single

# "Who Says You Can't Go Home" (Radio edit)
# "Complicated" (Live in Boston)

Digital Download

# "Who Says You Can't Go Home" (Acoustic Version)

Charts

Country version featuring Jennifer Nettles

Rock version

Awards and Achievements

*Won award for "Best Collaborative Video" at the "CMT Music Awards" in 2006.
*Won award for "Favorite Rock Song" at the "33rd People's Choice Awards" in 2007
*Won the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals in 2007.
*Song has been chosen to group best Country songs of the year - "ASCAP Country Music Awards" in 2006
*Nominated for "Music Event Of The Year" at the "Country Music Awards"
*Nominated for "Vocal Event Of The Year" at the "ACMA"

Succession

References

*cite web | title= Billboard.com| work= U.S. chart data| url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=4144&model.vnuAlbumId=760781| accessdate=June 29| accessyear=2006
*cite web | title= Bon Jovi: "Have a Nice Day" F.A.Q.| work= Information on the song and its meaning| url=http://www.islandrecords.com/bonjovi/niceday_faq.las| accessdate=June 29| accessyear=2006
*cite web | title= Chart Data: Bon Jovi| work= Worldwide chart positions| url=http://www.mariah-charts.com/chartdata/PBonJovi.htm| accessdate=June 29| accessyear=2006