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Slippery When Wet
1986 4:17
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Raise Your Hands

"Raise Your Hands" is a hard rock track by Bon Jovi, featured on their landmark 1986 album Slippery When Wet, released through Mercury Records and produced by Bruce Fairbairn. The album became a defining record of the era, and "Raise Your Hands" captures its high-energy, arena-ready character. For electric guitarists, the song offers driving rhythm work and the punchy, mid-gain tone typical of the period, making it a solid study in classic 1980s hard rock technique.

  • The track runs approximately 4 minutes 17 seconds, a typical length for arena rock anthems built around crowd participation.
  • Slippery When Wet was recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver between January and July 1986.
  • Producer Bruce Fairbairn shaped the polished yet hard-edged guitar sound that defines the album, including this track.
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