High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Livin` on a Prayer" is Bon Jovi`s second single from their Slippery When Wet album. Written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora with Desmond Child, the single, released in late 1986, was well received at both rock and pop radio and its music video was given heavy rotation at MTV, giving the band their first #1 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The single also became Bon Jovi`s second consecutive #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit and has become the band`s signature song, topping fan-voted lists and re-charting around the world decades after its release.