One Wild Night Live 1985–2001 Explained

One Wild Night Live 1985–2001 is the first live album by the American rock band Bon Jovi, released on May 22, 2001. The album includes live covers of Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World" and performance of the Boomtown Rats' "I Don't Like Mondays", with a guest appearance by their lead singer Bob Geldof. The album charted at number 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart.^[1]

Versions of songs

The duet of "I Don't Like Mondays" with Bob Geldof was performed at Wembley Stadium just two weeks short of the tenth anniversary of Live Aid, where Geldof performed the same song at the same stadium as part of the Boomtown Rats. He would later perform the same song almost exactly ten years later in London again at Live 8. This 1995 rendition of the song was previously released on a rare special edition 2-CD version of These Days. Several copies of the album misprint the year of the recording as 2000 however the actual year is 1995 when Bon Jovi performed at Wembley Stadium as part of the These Days tour. During the intro to the song, Jon Bon Bovi mistakenly welcomes Bob Geldof by saying to the crowd, "You should be proud to call him your own" despite Geldof being Irish, not English.

"One Wild Night 2001" is a new remix version rather than a live version. The difference between this version and the original Crush version is the length; the intro and other sections were cut out. This was released as a single for this album and featured a music video. The new version also features on the compilation album .

The live version of "Wanted Dead or Alive" was also released as a single and had a promotional video produced for it, this depicted live performances of the song and some backstage footage.

The three Zürich songs were recorded at the Letzigrund Stadium, and were also released on The Crush Tour DVD.

Personnel

• Jon Bon Jovi – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Richie Sambora – harmony and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
• Tico Torres – drums, percussion
• David Bryan – keyboards, backing vocals
• Alec John Such – bass and backing vocals on "Runaway" and "In and Out of Love"

Additional musicians

• Hugh McDonald – bass and backing vocals (except "Runaway" and "In and Out of Love")
• Bob Geldof – vocals on "I Don't Like Mondays"

Charts

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for One Wild Night Live 1985–2001! Chart (2001)! Position

Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3]	29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[4]	16
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[5]	137
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6]	26
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7]	25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8]	14
UK Albums (OCC)[9]	116

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3734|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic (Bon Jovi charts & awards) Billboard albums].
2. Hits of the World - Spain. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. June 16, 2001. 45. December 3, 2017.
3. Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 2001. austriancharts.at. August 3, 2020.
4. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2001. Ultratop. August 3, 2020.
5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20031106085719/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2001.html. November 6, 2003. Top 200 Albums of 2001 (based on sales). Jam!. March 26, 2022.
6. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 2001. dutchcharts.nl. August 3, 2020.
7. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. de. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. August 3, 2020.
8. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2001. hitparade.ch. August 3, 2020.
9. Web site: The Official UK Albums Chart 2001. UKChartsPlus. March 21, 2021.