| "Lost Highway" | ||||
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| Single byBon Jovi | ||||
| from the albumLost Highway | ||||
| Released | September 21, 2007 | |||
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| Genre | Country rock | |||
| Length | 4:13 | |||
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| Producer | John Shanks | |||
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"Lost Highway" is a song by Americanrock bandBon Jovi. Written byJon Bon Jovi,Richie Sambora andJohn Shanks, it is the first track on the albumLost Highway and was released in September 2007 as the album's second single. The song peaked at number 15 on theBillboard Adult Top 40 chart.
When the band was writing the song, they took the title both fromHank Williams song and Nashville record companyLost Highway. As soon as they had arrived in Nashville they came up with the idea of the song, wrote it and recorded it in 48 hours.[1] In the US, it peaked at No. 15 on the Adult Top 40 chart. A slightly different version of the title track "Lost Highway" was used in the movieWild Hogs alongside another Bon Jovi song"Wanted Dead or Alive".
The song "Hallelujah" was the B-side track to the single and charted in its own right in the UK at number 177 from sales of music downloads.
The video was directed by Anthony Bongiovi and Dave Robertson, featuring band members playing in a country bar and a young woman driving aSaturn Sky on the country road. Suddenly on the radio, she hears the announcement "Here is new one from Bon Jovi. It's 'Lost Highway'." There are also girl and a man on achopper and family in the station wagon driving on the same road. After a while they all run into atraffic jam because of the road works. Soon they all become very frustrated, the woman in the Saturn Sky takes a map and finds a country road. She decides to turn around, hits the gas and heads toward the bar. Quickly the other drivers follow her, they all arrive in front of a country bar where Bon Jovi are playing. By the time they enter the bar, the band members had already left.
The exterior shots of the bar used in video are shots of the Iron Bull Sallon onRoute 120 inLakemoor, Illinois, and the interior of the bar was shot inBerwyn.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lost Highway" (Album version) | Jon Bon Jovi,Richie Sambora,John Shanks | 4:12 |
| Total length: | 4:12 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lost Highway" (Edited version) | Bon Jovi, Sambora, Shanks | 4:02 |
| 2. | "Hallelujah" (Recordedlive atCapitol Studios,Los Angeles,CA on May 1, 2007.) | Leonard Cohen | 6:01 |
| Total length: | 10:03 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lost Highway" (Edited version) | Bon Jovi, Sambora, Shanks | 4:02 |
| 2. | "Hallelujah" (Recorded live at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA on May 1, 2007.) | Cohen | 6:01 |
| 3. | "Wanted Dead or Alive" (Recorded live at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA on May 1, 2007.) | Bon Jovi, Sambora | 5:05 |
| 4. | "Lost Highway" (Video) | Bon Jovi, Sambora, Shanks | 4:10 |
| Total length: | 19:18 | ||
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] | 41 |
| CanadaHot 100 (Billboard)[3] | 39 |
| Czech RepublicAirplay (ČNS IFPI)[4] | 69 |
| Germany (GfK)[5] | 36 |
| SlovakiaAirplay (ČNS IFPI)[6] | 44 |
| UK Singles Chart | 117 |
| USAdult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[7] | 15 |
