Welcome to Wherever You Are (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Welcome to Wherever You Are


Artist = Bon Jovi
from Album = Have A Nice Day
B-side =
Released = January 17, 2006
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2005
Genre = Pop rock
Length = 3:47
Label = Island
Writer = Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and John Shanks
Producer = Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and John Shanks
Certification =
Chart position = * #19 (UK)
* #44 (Australia)
Last single = "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
(2006)
This single = "Welcome to Wherever You Are"
(2006)
Next single = "(You Want to) Make a Memory"
(2007)"Welcome to Wherever You Are" is a song by rock band Bon Jovi from their 2005 album, Have A Nice Day. It was released as the album's third single in the US, following Have A Nice Day and Who Says You Can't Go Home, while worldwide it was released as the album's second single.

Chart Success

"Welcome to Wherever You Are" failed to gain success in the US, but it reached the top 40 in several European countries, including the UK (#19), Italy (#33) and Germany (#40) [cite web | title= Chart Data: Bon Jovi| work= Worldwide chart positions| url=http://www.mariah-charts.com/chartdata/PBonJovi.htm| accessdate=November 19| accessyear=2006] . Speaking about the song on Larry King Live, Jon Bon Jovi said "I thought for sure this was going to be a universal, timeless theme song of unity, diversity. Not a hit, not even close. Swing and a miss." [http://web.archive.org/web/20070630150456/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0608/16/lkl.01.html, Interview with Jon Bon Jovi, Aired August 16, 2006] ]

Lyrical Content

"Welcome to Wherever You Are" is a song of affirmation, about accepting who you are and being comfortable in your own skin. Jon Bon Jovi claims the song is greatly influenced by events during the 2004 Presidential Election. Jon campaigned for John Kerry during that time. The song is also notable for being one of the few Bon Jovi songs lacking a guitar solo.

Track listing

UK CD1

# "Welcome to Wherever You Are" (Jeremy Wheatley Mix)
# "Last Man Standing" (Recorded Live at Nokia Theatre Times Square, NYC, September 19, 2005)

UK CD2

# "Welcome to Wherever You Are" - (Jeremy Wheatley Mix)
# "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" - (Recorded Live at Nokia Theatre Times Square, NYC, September 19, 2005)
# "Wanted Dead or Alive" (Recorded Live at Nokia Theatre Times Square, NYC, September 19, 2005)

DVD

# "Welcome to Wherever You Are" (Music Video)
# "Have A Nice Day" - (Recorded Live at Nokia Theatre Times Square, NYC, September 19, 2005)
# "Who Says You Can't Go Home" (Recorded Live at Nokia Theatre Times Square, NYC, September 19, 2005) ("Audio only with photographs")

References