Editing Crush (Bon Jovi album) (section)

==Background==
After a five-year hiatus, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora released solo albums. In 1999, Jon Bon Jovi was planning to release a third solo album but the band started work on their new album in mid-1999. Its working title was ''Sex Sells''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Jon 'nets new album|magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] #12|date=March 2000|page=7}}</ref> Posters using this title are seen in and around New York in the video for "[[Real Life (Bon Jovi song)|Real Life]]" – the band's then most recent single. Another working title was ''One Wild Night''. The latter was resurrected for a [[One Wild Night Live 1985–2001|live compilation]] the following year.

An initial plan to team up with producers [[Bob Rock]] and [[Bruce Fairbairn]] fell through because of the latter's death.<ref name="auto"/> An audition process was set up, but the band was uninterested by the producers interviewed. Eventually Bon Jovi asked A&R executive [[John Kalodner]] if he knew up-and-coming producers, and he recommended [[Luke Ebbin]]. He was brought to Bon Jovi's home studio in New Jersey, and took a demo with only vocals and acoustic guitar to add programming, string and background vocal arrangements. On his return, Ebbin was hired.<ref name="kingsofar.com"/>

An interesting fact is that the song "Next 100 Years" is a self cover. Jon Bon Jovi (with [[B'z]]'s [[Koshi Inaba]], who wrote the Japanese lyrics) sent a demo version to now extinct Japanese talent agency [[Johnny & Associates]]. A special unit formed in 1997, to raise funds for schools affected by the 1995 [[Great Hanshin earthquake]], with the members of [[Tokio (band)|Tokio]], [[V6 (band)|V6]] and [[KinKi Kids]], called [[J-Friends]], recorded the song in 1999. "J-FRIENDS Never Ending Spirit 1997-2003", a DVD with recordings of a year-end concert given in 2002 with several of the agency's groups, as well as past concerts by the special unit, released in April 2003, includes a live version of the song.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 July 2024 |title=All 359 Bon Jovi songs ranked worst to best ~ 16. "Next 100 Years," Crush (2000) |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bon-jovi-songs-ranked/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913111656/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bon-jovi-songs-ranked/ |archive-date=13 September 2024 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=#8cmCD【Next 100 Years/J-FRIENDS、 稲葉浩志、 伊達歩、 John Bon Jovi、 Richie Sambora、 有賀啓雄.】1999年 、返金保証 |url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0DDPX1JSP |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240913112330/https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0DDPX1JSP |archive-date=13 September 2024 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=Amazon |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=「J-Friends Next 100 Years」 |url=https://www.elov-label.jp/s/je/discography/JEDJ-0001 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240913112419/https://www.elov-label.jp/s/je/discography/JEDJ-0001 |archive-date=13 September 2024 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=Elov Label Records |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=J-FRIENDS Never Ending Spirit 1997-2003 |url=https://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_J-FRIENDS_000000000110985/item_J-FRIENDS-Never-Ending-Spirit-1997-2003_42212 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240913123134/https://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_J-FRIENDS_000000000110985/item_J-FRIENDS-Never-Ending-Spirit-1997-2003_42212 |archive-date=13 September 2024 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=HMV |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 May 2020 |title=redbank's BON JOVI collection |url=https://redbankbj.com/wp/?p=9174 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913111932/https://redbankbj.com/wp/?p=9174 |archive-date=13 September 2024 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=Redbank |language=English, Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=J-Friends |url=https://www.shinsaihatsu.com/bunka/2/j-friens.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913125134/https://www.shinsaihatsu.com/bunka/2/j-friens.html |archive-date=13 September 2024 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=Shinsaihatsu |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ｊ－ＦＲＩＥＮＤＳ東京ドーム年越しライブ |url=http://www.sanspo.com/enter/music/m9911/m1111.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001210134700/http://www.sanspo.com/enter/music/m9911/m1111.html |archive-date=10 December 2000 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=Sanspo |language=Japanese}}</ref>