Bon Jovi have shared a new song and video entitled “Living Proof,” out now via Island Records. This electrifying and energetic anthem sets up the arrival of Bon Jovi’s upcoming 16th studio album, Forever, out on June 7.
It lands on the heels of the group’s blockbuster single “Legendary.” Right out of the gate, Forbes proclaimed, “Bon Jovi’s comeback single is bigger than ever.”
It notably vaulted to No.1 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales Chart and No.2 on the Rock Digital Song Sales Chart in addition to climbing to the Top 20 at Adult Pop Airplay Chart. The song has amassed north of 8.2 million streams and counting as well as 3.5 million YouTube views.
Check out the lyric video for the track below.
Last month, Jon Bon Jovi stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to discuss Bon Jovi’s new documentary, Thank You, Good Night: The Bon Jovi Story, his relationship with Bruce Springsteen, and more.
Kimmel and Bon Jovi began by discussing his first hit, “Runaway,” and how he brought it to radio stations. “The most passionate man in the music business is a DJ,” he explained. “Why? Because he’s alone with a microphone, preaching the gospel of music to who knows who, if anybody.
“At that time, when DJs were really influential, and I wasn’t getting any response to ‘Runaway’ as a cassette that I was sending along to anyone and everyone, I thought, ‘Who’s the guy? A DJ…’ The station was so new they didn’t have a receptionist. I literally knocked on the window the booth and he said, ‘Shush.’ He came out after the show was over and heard ‘Runaway’ and said it was a hit. I said, ‘I know!’”
Bon Jovi also discussed his relationship with Bruce Springsteen. He said, “Nowadays, we go out of our way to spend time together. The story that’s gone around is we take these drives. No radio, no phones, nobody, we’ll go for 100 miles…The two of us can lock the door and go for a ride and talk…For the first five, six, or seven times I’d say, ‘God, I wish a cop would pull us over, this would be a great shot.’”