It was something Obie said off-hand, not sure if it was a chat or to a fan. I know Becky knows the story way better than I do. I just know you absolutely need label involvement to release a song. Putting it on an album, from what I've gathered, is okay but releasing it to radio is where it gets dicey.

May I ask something? The only source on the JBJ exclusion from the single is that wikipedia page? If yes, maybe we should wait until a more reliable article surfaces.

Ohh shit. I wanted to hear this song with JBJ, it would have been perfect to complement it with Burning Bridges. :mad:


I hope you are right.
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Jon Bon Jovi no sing on Avicii Album. I just listen to samples of the album and not Jon.

It may have something to do with their longer being on the same label: I don't think you should expect to hear Jon collaborating with anyone on Universal.

It was nothing personal between Jon and Keith--they have no qualms with each other; but Keith's label wanted it to be on Keith's album too and that wasn't going to happen. Jon has very high respect for Keith as an artist, musician, and performer. He even said that he thought that concert bill featuring Bon Jovi and Keith would be a good draw (radio interview somewhere on my I pod).

But when it comes down to it, their voices really do sound so much alike in the song, that it's hard for most casual listeners to tell who's who.

But Chris Martin is on that record and he's on Warner, for example. It's weird.

Yes, but Jon wrote and released the burning bridges song. It was a bad breakup with his last label.

It has nothing to do with his label... it's all about what's going to sell and what works best for the song and that's it. You think Jon is the first artist to have a feud with his label? No. How many times have you heard that so and so was supposed to be the lead actor in a movie but they pick someone else instead because of X... Same with this situation.

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Or, do we think the label listened to the finished article and felt the song would be stronger with a better vocalist, and that outweighed the publicity of having an aging rock star feature on the track?

I've not heard the track but his usual fodder tends to feature powerful (yet generic) vocals. Perhaps everyone felt the song lost impact with the softer brand of vocal Jon brings to the table these days.