Fourteen classic Bon Jovi hits (all remastered), two new singles, and a re-working of "Livin' on a Prayer" made up Bon Jovi's first Greatest Hits offering, Cross Road. The band had gone through a lot together since the days of "Runaway." Now they were ready to take stock of where they had been and see where they wanted to go next.

Cross Road

Chapters

Date

Album

1992

"Always"

1994

"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night"

1995

Legacy

1994

Album —

Creating the Greatest Hits Album

This greatest hits record, it’s an evolution, a mark in the band’s life. We’re still together. And the main thing is, we're still having fun.

Richie Sambora, 1994 (EPK)

Cross Road Photo Shoot

Cross Road Mock Ups and Promotion

"Livin' On A Prayer" (Studio session with Elton John - 1994)

7:31

Creating The Greatest Hits Album

"Always" —

And I know when I die, you'll be on my mind And I'll love you, always

The single 'Always,' which is doing so well right now thank goodness, really should be spotlighted on something like this...It gave it an opportunity to shine.

Jon Bon Jovi 1994 to Live at 5 (New York News)

Writing "Always"

Very early draft lyrics for "Always" written on the back of a Marriott Hamburg hotel rooming list. This version contains significant variations from the finished lyrics.

"Always" Early Draft Lyrics

"Always" Early Lyrics

"Always" (Demo - c. 1993)

"Always (Romeo Is Bleeding)" Typed Lyrics

"Always" (German Version - c. 2003)

"Always" required a video that could hold its own against the track's epic sound. Enter director Marty Callner and four young actors on the precipice of stardom, all ready to bring one fiery script to life with Bon Jovi. It worked. In March 2024, the "Always" video passed one billion streams.

"Always" Music Video

It's his (director Marty Callner) multi-zillion dollar production of a mini-movie.

Jon Bon Jovi, 1994

6:40

"Always" Foreign Version

"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" —

Hey, man, I'm alive I'm taking each day and night at a time I'm feeling like a Monday, but someday I'll be Saturday night

Named one of Bon Jovi's best songs by WMMR Radio, "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" confronted tough themes with tenacity. Jon riffed during a live performance in Osaka in 2000, "Self, you gotta put on the gloves, jump in the ring, and go in there for one more fight."

"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" Art

"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" Early Draft

"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" (Demo - c. 1993)

"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" Re-Write

"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" (Work Version - January 1994)

"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" Fax

4:49

"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" Rough Cut

Legacy —

Bon Jovi's New Era

Cross Road not only looked back on Bon Jovi's first decade but stepped into the next with a sense of purpose. Selling over 21 million copies, the album became one of the band's most successful releases.