Bad Medicine (song)

"Bad Medicine"
Single by Bon Jovi
from the album New Jersey
B-side"99 in the Shade"
ReleasedSeptember 12, 1988 (1988-09-12)
GenreGlam metalhard rock
Length
  • 5:16 (album version)
  • 3:54 (single version)
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bruce Fairbairn
Bon Jovi singles chronology
"Never Say Goodbye"
(1987)
"Bad Medicine"
(1988)
"Born to Be My Baby"
(1988)
Music video
"Bad Medicine" on YouTube

"Bad Medicine" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child, and was released on September 12, 1988, as the lead single from the band's fourth album, New Jersey (1988). The song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, Bon Jovi's third single to do so, and became a top-10 hit in Australia, Canada, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.