Crush
Studio album by
Bon Jovi
ReleasedJune 13, 2000 (2000-06-13)
Recorded1999–2000
Genre
Length57:52
LabelIsland, Mercury
Producer
Bon Jovi chronology
These Days
(1995) 		Crush
(2000) 		One Wild Night Live 1985–2001
(2001)
Singles from Crush
  1. "It's My Life"
    Released: May 8, 2000[5]
  2. "Say It Isn't So"
    Released: July 21, 2000[6]
  3. "Thank You for Loving Me"
    Released: November 6, 2000[7]
  4. "Save the World"
    Released: 2000 (Japan)

Crush is the seventh studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released on June 13, 2000, by Island Records. It was produced by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Luke Ebbin. The album marks the longest timespan between studio albums for the band, with five years between the release of These Days (1995) and this album. After the initial plan to team up with producer Bruce Fairbairn fell through because of his death a year earlier,[8] Bon Jovi and Sambora hired Luke Ebbin[9] to update their sound.

Despite the long break, the album was just as successful as their previous releases and helped introduce the band to a new generation of fans. The success of the album was largely due to the lead single "It's My Life" which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, while the album itself was nominated for Best Rock Album. Crush was certified double platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Background

After a five-year hiatus, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora released solo albums. In 1999, Jon Bon Jovi was planning to release a third solo album but the band started work on their new album in mid-1999. Its working title was Sex Sells.[10] Posters using this title are seen in and around New York in the video for "Real Life" – the band's then most recent single. Another working title was One Wild Night. The latter was resurrected for a live compilation the following year.

An initial plan to team up with producers Bob Rock and Bruce Fairbairn fell through because of the latter's death.[8] An audition process was set up, but the band was uninterested by the producers interviewed. Eventually Bon Jovi asked A&R executive John Kalodner if he knew up-and-coming producers, and he recommended Luke Ebbin. He was brought to Bon Jovi's home studio in New Jersey, and took a demo with only vocals and acoustic guitar to add programming, string and background vocal arrangements. On his return, Ebbin was hired.[9]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]
Kerrang![11]
Rolling Stone[3]

Crush debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200[12] on the issue dated July 1, 2000 with 115,000 copies sold in contrast to their last set, These Days (1995), which debuted with 73,000 units, it stayed at number nine for a week before dropping to number 29 and spent 51 weeks on the chart.[13][14][15] It was certified two times platinum by the RIAA, denoting shipments of two millions in the US.[16] As of March, 2009 the album has sold 2,071,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.[17] Crush debuted at No. 1 in the UK on June 10, 2000, and became the band's fifth consecutive UK No. 1 album, it stayed at the top of the chart for a week before dropping to number four, it remained on the chart for thirty nine weeks.[18] It was certified platinum by the BPI on September 1, 2000, for shipments of 300,000 units.[19] The album also topped the European Top 100 Albums chart for seven weeks, spent fifteen weeks in the Top 10, and received double platinum certification by the IFPI Europe.[20] The album was No. 6 on the 2000 Europe Year-End albums chart and No. 7 on the 2000 worldwide year end albums chart. The first single also featuring a music video, "It's My Life" was the No. 3 best-selling single worldwide in 2000 and topped the European singles chart for 4 weeks. "Say It Isn't So" and "Thank You for Loving Me" were also released as singles for the album featuring music videos.

Crush was mostly well received by critics. It was the first Bon Jovi album ever to be nominated for a Grammy. In a review for AllMusic, Steve Huey expressed the opinion that Crush was a "solidly crafted mainstream rock record that's much better than most might expect."[4] Rolling Stone Magazine gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and described "It's My Life" as "a Britney track shot through the heart with Richie Sambora's voice-box guitar."[3] Entertainment Weekly gave it a B and said that "if the Jersey rockers haven't matured much, it hardly matters. Crush — for all its sappy ballads and suburban pop fairy tales — is classic Bon Jovi. And that's not an oxymoron."[2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's My Life"Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Max Martin3:44
2."Say It Isn't So"Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon3:33
3."Thank You for Loving Me"Bon Jovi, Sambora5:09
4."Two Story Town"Bon Jovi, Sambora, Dean Grakal, Mark Hudson5:10
5."Next 100 Years"Bon Jovi, Sambora6:19
6."Just Older"Bon Jovi, Falcon4:29
7."Mystery Train"Bon Jovi, Falcon5:14
8."Save the World"Bon Jovi5:31
9."Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen from Mars"Bon Jovi, Sambora4:31
10."She's a Mystery"Bon Jovi, Peter Stuart, Greg Wells5:18
11."I Got the Girl"Bon Jovi4:36
12."One Wild Night"Bon Jovi, Sambora, Desmond Child4:18
European bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."I Could Make a Living Out of Lovin' You"Bon Jovi, Sambora, Falcon 
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."I Could Make a Living Out of Lovin' You"Bon Jovi, Sambora, Falcon4:40
14."Neurotica"Bon Jovi, Sambora4:45
Japanese Special Edition Bonus CD: Live from Osaka
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Runaway" (Live, slow version)Jon Bon Jovi, George Karak5:46
2."Mystery Train" (live)Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon5:36
3."Rockin' in the Free World" (Live)Neil Young5:50
4."Just Older" (Live)Bon Jovi, Falcon5:20
5."It's My Life" (Live)Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Max Martin3:50
6."Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" (Live)Bon Jovi, Sambora, Desmond Child8:31
2010 Special Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."It's My Life" (Live)3:57
14."Just Older" (Live)5:29
15."Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars" (Live)5:18

Personnel

Partial credits sourced from AllMusic.[21]

Bon Jovi
Additional musicians
Production staff

Charts

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[64] Platinum 60,000^
Australia (ARIA)[65] Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[66] Platinum 50,000*
Belgium (BEA)[67] Platinum 50,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[68] Gold 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[69] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Czech Republic[68] Gold 25,000[70]
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[71] Gold 25,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[72] Platinum 62,506[72]
France (SNEP)[73] Gold 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[74] 5× Gold 750,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[68] 3× Platinum 60,000*
Hungary (MAHASZ)[68] Gold 5,000[75]
India[68] Platinum 20,000[75]
Indonesia[68] 3× Platinum 150,000[75]
Ireland (IRMA)[68] 2× Platinum 30,000^
Italy (FIMI)[68] 2× Platinum 200,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[77] 3× Platinum 673,000[76]
Malaysia[68] Platinum 25,000[75]
Mexico (AMPROFON)[78] Platinum 150,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[79] 2× Platinum 160,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[68] Gold 25,000*
Philippines (PARI)[68] Gold 20,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[80] Gold 50,000*
Portugal (AFP)[68] Gold 20,000^
Singapore (RIAS)[68] Platinum 15,000*
South Africa (RISA)[68] Platinum 50,000*
South Korea (KMCA)[68] 2× Platinum 60,000[75]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[81] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Sweden (GLF)[82] Gold 40,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[83] 3× Platinum 150,000^
Taiwan (RIT)[68] 2× Platinum 100,000[84]
Thailand[68] Platinum 40,000[75]
Turkey (Mü-Yap)[68] Platinum 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[85] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[16] 2× Platinum 2,071,000[17]
Uruguay (CUD)[86] Gold 3,000^
Venezuela[68] Gold  
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[87] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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