Question: when did you give love a bad name come out
Answer: vinyl single , also used for the album Slippery When Wet Single by Bon Jovi from the album Slippery When Wet B - side `` Raise Your Hands '' ( US ) `` Let It Rock '' ( UK ) Released July 23 , 1986 Format CD single 7 '' Recorded 1986 Genre Hard rock Length 3 : 42 ( album version ) 4 : 06 ( full version ) Label Mercury Songwriter ( s ) Jon Bon Jovi Richie Sambora Desmond Child Producer ( s ) Bruce Fairbairn Bon Jovi singles chronology `` Silent Night '' ( 1985 ) `` You Give Love a Bad Name '' ( 1986 ) `` Livin ' on a Prayer '' ( 1986 ) `` Silent Night '' ( 1985 ) `` You Give Love a Bad Name '' ( 1986 ) `` Livin ' on a Prayer '' ( 1986 ) Alternative cover