Cross Road

The first official greatest hits collection, spanning from Bon Jovi (1984) to Keep the Faith (1992), featuring the new singles "Always" and "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night."

Cross Road is the first official greatest hits album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on October 11, 1994, by Mercury Records. The album contains hits from all previously released albums from their debut, Bon Jovi (1984) to Keep the Faith (1992). The album includes two new tracks: the hit singles "Always" and "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night", as well as "Prayer '94", a new version of "Livin' on a Prayer" only on the North American versions. "Runaway" was never recorded with the current band, though at that time there were plans to put a "Runaway '94" on the album but it was never recorded. The diner located on the cover of the album is the Roadside Diner in Wall Township, NJ, near the crossroads of Route 33 and Route 34.

Quick Facts

Artist

Bon Jovi

Released

October 11, 1994

Recorded

1982–94

Genre

Pop metal; hard rock

Length

76:42

Label

Mercury; PolyGram

Producer

Tony Bongiovi
Jon Bon Jovi
Richie Sambora
Bruce Fairbairn
Bob Rock
Peter Collins
Danny Kortchmar
Lance Quinn

Lore & Background

Cross Road arrived in 1994 as a career-spanning retrospective, pulling together hits from every album Bon Jovi had released up to that point—from their 1984 debut through 1992's Keep the Faith. The album included two brand-new tracks: "Always" and "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night." For North American fans, there was also "Prayer '94," a re-recorded version of "Livin' on a Prayer." Notably, a planned "Runaway '94" was never recorded, and "Runaway" itself had never been recorded with the current band lineup. The cover photo features the Roadside Diner in Wall Township, New Jersey, located near the crossroads of Route 33 and Route 34. The album's first single, "Always," went top five in many countries, spent six months in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, and became Bon Jovi's biggest selling single in the United States. Its international success helped the album peak at number one in 13 countries and made it Polygram Records' best-selling album of 1994. Cross Road has sold over 21.5 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.

Reader's Guide

Cross Road is a single-disc greatest hits album, originally released on October 11, 1994, by Mercury Records. It compiles hits from all of Bon Jovi's studio albums from their 1984 debut through 1992's Keep the Faith. The album includes two new tracks: "Always" and "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night." North American versions also feature "Prayer '94," a new version of "Livin' on a Prayer." A planned "Runaway '94" was never recorded. The album's cover shows the Roadside Diner in Wall Township, New Jersey, at the crossroads of Route 33 and Route 34. In 1998, the album was remastered. In 2005, it was re-issued as a 3-disc box set called "Deluxe Sound & Vision," which included the remastered album, a bonus CD of B-sides, rarities and fan favourites, and the Live from London DVD. A companion video, also titled Cross Road, was released simultaneously with the album and contains 16 of the band's music videos.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	Livin' on a Prayer	Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child	4:11
2	Keep the Faith	Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child	5:45
3	Someday I'll Be Saturday Night	Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child	4:38
4	Always	Bon Jovi	5:52
5	Wanted Dead or Alive	Bon Jovi, Sambora	5:07
6	Lay Your Hands on Me	Bon Jovi, Sambora	5:58
7	You Give Love a Bad Name	Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child	3:43
8	Bed of Roses	Bon Jovi	6:34
9	Blaze of Glory (Jon Bon Jovi solo)	Bon Jovi	5:40
10	In These Arms	Bon Jovi, Sambora, David Bryan	5:16
11	Bad Medicine	Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child	5:14
12	I'll Be There for You	Bon Jovi, Sambora	5:41
13	In and Out of Love	Bon Jovi	4:23
14	Runaway	Bon Jovi, George Karak	3:50
15	Never Say Goodbye (European bonus track)	Bon Jovi, Sambora	4:50
Total length			76:42