''100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong'' is a

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released in 2004 on

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. A collection of

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and

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, it was released to celebrate

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's twentieth anniversary and the milestone of the band selling 100 million records worldwide.

Content

The box set consists of 4 CDs, and also includes a

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of the band talking about the tracks and additional archive candid footage of the band. Additionally, the Japanese version of the box set also includes a fifth CD. The box set charted at #53 on the ''

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. Apart from songs released as iTunes singles "The Radio Saved My Life Tonight" was released as a promo CD single for the box set. The song was since played extensively on the bands following

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. The box set includes the songs "

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" and "Good Guys Don't Always Wear White" which were previously released as singles for soundtrack albums but never featured on a Bon Jovi album until now. " Edge of a Broken Heart" was also previously released for a soundtrack album and the Slippery When Wet 2-CD Special Edition Bonus CD (PHCR-90015/6) in 1998. The album title and the cover art is a play on the 1959

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compilation ''

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''.

Track listing

''Best of the Boxset'' (Single disc version)

The ''Best of the Boxset'' compilation album (a 10 track sampler) is very rare but available. It features the 10 best tracks from all the CDs of the box set on one single CD.

Track listing

Personnel

Band members *

Jon Bon Jovi John Francis Bongiovi Jr. (born March 2, 1962), known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He is best known as the founder and frontman of the rock band Bon Jovi, which was formed in 1983. He ...

– lead vocals, acoustic guitar *

Richie Sambora Richard Stephen Sambora (born July 11, 1959) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi from 1983 to 2013. He and lead singer Jon Bon Jovi formed the main songwri ...

– lead guitar, backing vocals,

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* Hugh McDonald – bass, backing vocals * Alec John Such – bass, backing vocals *

Tico Torres Hector Juan Samuel "Tico" Torres (born October 7, 1953) is an American musician, artist, and entrepreneur, best known as the drummer, percussionist, and a songwriter for American rock band Bon Jovi. In 2018, Torres was inducted into the Rock ...

– drums, percussion, backing vocals *

David Bryan David Bryan Rashbaum (born February 7, 1962) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the keyboard player for the rock band Bon Jovi, with which he also co-wrote songs and performed backing vocals. In 2018, Bryan was inducted in ...

– keyboards, backing vocals Additional musicians * Bobby Bandiera – rhythm guitar, backing vocals

Charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Albums produced by Patrick Leonard Albums produced by Andy Johns Albums produced by Richie Sambora B-side compilation albums Bon Jovi compilation albums 2004 compilation albums