69 IT’S MY LIFE

Bon Jovi

Many of Bon Jovi’s biggest hits of the 80s and 90s, from You Give Love A Bad Name to Keep The Faith, were co-written with so-called ‘hit doctor’, Desmond Child. But with 2000’s It’s My Life it was Swedish songwriter-producer Max Martin, author of Britney Spears’ hit …Baby One More Time, among many others, whose commercial savvy paid dividends. The result was a very modern rock anthem – bang on trend, and a monster hit around the world. PE

From: Crush, 2000