page_title: Have a Nice Day (Bon Jovi song)
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Have a Nice Day (Bon Jovi song) / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: Jon Bon Jovi in concert, Nijmegen, Netherlands. Deutsch: Jon Bon Jovi auf einem Konzert in Nijmegen, Niederlande. Polski: Jon Bon Jovi podczas koncertu w Nijmegen, Holandia.
context_page_description: "Have a Nice Day" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. Written, composed and produced by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and John Shanks, "Have a Nice Day" was the first single released from the band's 2005 album of the same name. The overall message of the song can be taken several ways, but reflects an overall theme of both tolerance and defiance, and its title has a discordant effect from its message. Musically, the song features a propulsive blast of power chords, drum beats, and sneering vocals, as well as choruses and hooks similar to Bon Jovi's previous material. It received a positive reception from critics, some of whom praised the song's arrangement and message; both favorable and unfavorable comparisons were made to the band's previous hit "It's My Life".
  "Have a Nice Day" was released to radio on July 18, 2005 and as a physical and digital single on August 30, 2005. It peaked in the top ten in eleven different countries, appearing on year-end charts in five of them as well.
context_section_description: "Have a Nice Day" was written, composed, and produced by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and John Shanks. The message of "Have a Nice Day" was intended by Jon Bon Jovi to be able to be taken multiple ways; one can take the term literally, or take it differently. Jon Bon Jovi regarded the overall point of the song as to promote tolerance between those of different beliefs. Bon Jovi commented in an interview that "You can take [the message of the song] literally... or the way it's taken here, 'have a nice day' – end of conversation. That's really the point of the song. In order to not seem on a moral high ground, the best way to say is you have a difference of opinion is to end the conversation. We all can live in the world together.... everybody should get along." However, the song is also a sarcastic and defiant reaction to Jon Bon Jovi's disappointment over George W. Bush's re-election in 2004.
caption: Jon Bon Jovi, one of the three co-writers of "Have a Nice Day".
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