Lost Highway (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Lost Highway


Artist = Bon Jovi
from Album = Lost Highway
B-side =
Released = December 3 2007 (UK)cite web |url=http://www.bonjovi.com/bonjovi/blog.php?uf_item_id=1-104325&uf_system_id=0|title=Bon Jovi announce UK Tour|accessdate=2007-11-05 |work=Bon Jovi.com] cite web |url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Highway-Bon-Jovi/dp/B000WS4PCY/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4/202-5471601-3235848?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1194265696&sr=8-4 |title=Lost Highway single page on Amazon UK|accessdate=2007-11-05 |work=Amazon.co.uk]
Format =
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Country rock
Length = 4:13
Label = Mercury Nashville
Writer = Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, John Shanks
Producer = John Shanks
Last single = "(You Want to) Make a Memory" (2007)
This single = "Lost Highway" (2007)
Next single = "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" (2007)

"Lost Highway" is a song by Bon Jovi, taken from their 2007 album of the same name. It was released in the UK on December 3rd 2007 as the second single from the album, but failed to chart in the top 100. It was written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and John Shanks. "Lost Highway" has peaked at #39 on the Canadian Hot 100 and #117 on the UK Charts.

In an interview on a radio station in Chicago it was confirmed by Jon Bon Jovi that "Lost Highway" would be the second single off the new album, and that a new music video would be filmed. The music video was filmed in and around Berwyn, and Lakemoor, Illinois. The video “Lost Highway” premiered worldwide on September 4, 2007. [ [http://www.dailyherald.com/news/lakestory.asp?id=336631&c=l Daily Herald] ]

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of Lost Highway".

UK CD single

# "Lost Highway"
# "Hallelujah" (Live studio recording)

ong Information

"Lost Highway" is a song about freedom and self expression. In an New York Post interview Jon Bon Jovi claimed, "That song was a gift from God. It was written and recorded in 48 hours. When we got to Nashville, I had that song on my mind".

"I took the title from the Hank Williams song. 'Lost Highway' is the place that no one knows except you". [cite web |url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/06192007/entertainment/music/jersey_jon_a_nashville_cat_music_dan_aquilante.htm?page=2|title=Jersey Jon A Nashville Cat|accessdate=2007-07-21 |format=html |work=New York Post.com]

The song was also present on the soundtrack to the 2007 film "Wild Hogs".

Live performances

The song has been performed at many promotional events for the band including live on the Today Show, a performance for MTV Unplugged and at the Live Earth concert held in New Jersey.

The band has opened most of the gigs on the Lost Highway Tour with "Lost Highway".

Bon Jovi also played the song at the Royal Variety Performance on December 3rd 2007.

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