Released August 17, 2009 Label Island | Genre Hard rock | |
Format CD single, digital download Recorded Sanctuary Studios, NJ
Henson Recording Studios, CA Length 4:03 (Album version)
4:09 (Single edit) |
"We Weren't Born to Follow" is the first single released from Bon Jovi's eleventh studio album, The Circle. The single premiered on radio on August 17, 2009. Jon Bon Jovi explained to the Daily Mail that this song is "about working people picking themselves up by their bootstraps in hard times." The single was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
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Since then, the song has reached the peak position on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 68.
Music video
The music video for the song was released on October 14, 2009. It features the band performing on the roof of the Clinton Recording Studios in New York City with skyscrapers visible behind them. Interspersed with these scenes are archive clips and pictures of important events and people in history. These echo the themes of the song. The video includes:
For the week ending November 21, the music video for "We Weren't Born to Follow" reached #1 on the VH1 Top 20 in the USA.