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(You Want To) Make a Memory

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Format
  
CD single

Recorded
  
2007

B-side
  
"I Love This Town" (live) "Whole Lot of Leaving" (live) "(You Want to) Make a Memory" (Instrumental) "Put the Boy Back in Cowboy"

Released
  
March 20, 2007 (radios) April 17, 2007 (iTunes) May 25, 2007 (CD - international) June 25, 2007 (CD - UK)

Genre
  
Soft rock, country rock

Length
  
4:05 [Radio edit] 4:36 [Album version]

"(You Want to) Make a Memory" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi, which was released as the first single from their tenth studio album Lost Highway. Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child, it was released for radio airplay on March 20, 2007, and for download on the US iTunes Store on April 17, 2007. It is a ballad, and was performed at several nationally-televised events in an effort to promote the single.

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Two different versions of the song were released as singles. In every market except the U.S., the 'pop version' from the album was the single; in the U.S., however, a special 'country version' was released, which featured more instruments and a slightly different arrangement.

The song was nominated for a Grammy at the 2008 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Performance by a Duo/Group with Vocals.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "(You Want to) Make A Memory".

Japan CD single

  1. "(You Want to) Make a Memory"
  2. "I Love This Town" (Live from the Cannery Ballroom)
  3. "Whole Lot of Leavin'" (Live from the Cannery Ballroom)
  4. "(You Want to) Make a Memory" (Instrumental version)

UK CD single

  1. "(You Want to) Make a Memory" (Pop version)
  2. "Put the Boy Back in Cowboy"

UK Limited Edition 7" single

  1. "(You Want to) Make a Memory" (Pop version)
  2. "I Love This Town" (Live from the Cannery Ballroom)

German CD single

  1. "(You Want to) Make a Memory"
  2. "I Love This Town" (Live from the Cannery Ballroom)
  3. "Put The Boy Back in Cowboy"
  4. "(You Want to) Make a Memory" (Video)

References

(You Want To) Make a Memory Wikipedia
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