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It's My Life (Bon Jovi song)#Pitbull version

{{Short description|2000 single by Bon Jovi}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = It's My Life

| cover = BonJoviItsMyLifeCDSingleCover.jpg

| alt =

| caption = One of retail artworks

| border = yes

| type = single

| artist = Bon Jovi

| album = Crush

| B-side = Next 100 Years

| released = {{start date|2000|5|8}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = * Pop rock{{cite magazine|last=Spanos|first=Brittany |date=November 10, 2016|title=Readers' Poll: 10 Best Bon Jovi Songs|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-10-best-bon-jovi-songs-128857/its-my-life-129218/|access-date=September 17, 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone}}

  • arena rock
  • alternative rock{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/217268315/?match=3&terms=%22Bon%20Jovi%22%20%22My%20Life%22%20%22Alternative%20Rock%22|title=Jul 14, 2000, page 90 - News-Press at Newspapers.com|newspaper=The News-Press|via=Newspapers.com|page=90|date=July 14, 2000|url-access=subscription|access-date=February 11, 2025}}

| length = 3:44

| label = * Island

| writer = * Jon Bon Jovi

| producer = * Jon Bon Jovi

| prev_title = Real Life

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Say It Isn't So

| next_year = 2000

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|vx2u5uUu3DE|"It’s My Life"}}}}

}}

"It's My Life" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released on May 8, 2000, as the lead single from their seventh studio album, Crush (2000). It was written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Max Martin, and co-produced by Luke Ebbin. The song peaked at number one in Austria, Flanders, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and Switzerland while charting within the top 10 across several other countries and peaking at number 33 on the US Billboard Hot 100. "It's My Life" is Bon Jovi's most well-known post-1980s hit single and helped introduce the band to a new, younger fanbase.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mashitafandia.com/2015/01/its-my-life.html|title=It's My Life}}

Background

The song "It's My Life" has many classic Bon Jovi features, such as Richie Sambora's use of the talk box, and a line in the second verse "For Tommy and Gina, who never backed down" refers to Tommy and Gina, a fictional working class couple that Bon Jovi and Sambora first wrote about in their 1986 hit "Livin' on a Prayer".

"It's My Life" is also notable for its line referencing fellow New Jerseyan Frank Sinatra: "My heart is like an open highway / Like Frankie said / I did it 'My Way'." Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora apparently had a disagreement over those lines, with Bon Jovi recalling:{{cite web | title=Jon Bon Jovi recalls 'It's My Life' | publisher=The Rock Radio | date=October 21, 2005 | url=http://www.therockradio.com/2005/10/jon-bon-jovi-recalls-its-my-life.html | access-date=January 26, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924140833/http://www.therockradio.com/2005/10/jon-bon-jovi-recalls-its-my-life.html | archive-date=September 24, 2008 | url-status=usurped}}

{{blockquote|I had just come home from making U-571 and I said "Sinatra made 16 movies and toured till he was 80. This is my role model." He [Sambora] said, "You can't write that damn lyric. Nobody cares about Frank Sinatra but you." And I wrote it anyway.}}

In Paul Anka's cover of the song for his 2005 album Rock Swings, he sings the second line as "Frankie said he did it my way", since Anka wrote the English lyrics for "My Way".

Reception

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"Nobody had anticipated the song 'It's My Life'," noted Jon Bon Jovi in 2007. "Except us. We knew we had a hit."{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Blake|author-link=Mark Blake (writer)|title=My brilliant career: Jon Bon Jovi|magazine=Q #253|date=August 2007|page=68}} The song became an anthem that appealed to many fans. As Bon Jovi later stated:{{cite web | title=Bon Jovi Popularity Soars in Germany | publisher=Deutsche Welle | date=October 12, 2005 | url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,5830,1738112,00.html | access-date=January 26, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004211411/http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,5830,1738112,00.html | archive-date=October 4, 2007 | df=mdy-all }} "I thought I was writing very self-indulgently about my own life and where I was in it. I didn't realize that the phrase 'It's My Life' would be taken as being about everyone – by teenagers, by older guys, mechanics, whatever. 'It's my life, and I'm taking control.' Everyone kind of feels that way from time to time."

Veteran critic Robert Christgau later hailed "It's My Life" as a "schlock-rock masterpiece" and "everyman anthem" with a lyric that is "all well-meaning Democrat-as-everyman Jon Bon Jovi".{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|date=June 23, 2022|url=https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/theyre-not-gonna-live-forever|title=They're Not Gonna Live Forever|work=And It Don't Stop|publisher=Substack|accessdate=April 3, 2023}}

Music video

The music video was directed by Wayne Isham. Will Estes (as Tommy) and Shiri Appleby (as Gina) are the two main characters.{{cite web | title=Bon Jovi: It's My Life (2000) | publisher=IMDB | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6736086/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_30 | access-date=July 12, 2019}} At the beginning, Tommy is watching a video of a Bon Jovi concert on his computer when he is ordered by his mother to take out the trash. Suddenly, Gina calls and tells him to immediately come to the tunnel as the live concert has already started. Tommy starts running down to his apartment and obediently takes out the trash. He then runs through the streets of Los Angeles up to the concert, getting chased by dogs, taking pictures of Elvis impersonators, running a marathon and jackknifing a truck. The video was inspired by the film Run Lola Run.Alex Gernandt: Bon Jovi, 2. edition, Goldmann, München 2001, {{ISBN|3-442-42851-3}}, p 261 Jon Bon Jovi met Estes on the set of U-571 and chose him to be in the video. The music video features the 2nd Street Tunnel as one of the main settings.

It is the most viewed video for Bon Jovi on YouTube, reaching 1 billion views (the band's first song to do so) by the end of June 2021.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/bon-jovi-its-my-life-billion-views-youtube-9595493/ | title=Bon Jovi Score Their First Video in YouTube's Billion Views Club | magazine=Billboard }}

Track listings

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US 7-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=It's My Life|others=Bon Jovi|year=2000|type=US 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=Island Records|id=314 562 801-7}}

:A. "It's My Life"

:B. "Next 100 Years"

Australian maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=It's My Life|others=Bon Jovi|year=2000|type=Australian maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Mercury Records|id=562 756-2}}

  1. "It's My Life"
  2. "Hush" (demo version)
  3. "You Can't Lose at Love" (demo)
  4. "I Don't Want to Live Forever" (demo)
  5. "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" (enhanced video clip)
  • Track five was recorded live by Tony Bongiovi at the Sanctuary II, New Jersey Web Concert on February 10, 2000

UK CD1{{cite AV media notes|title=It's My Life|others=Bon Jovi|year=2000|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=Mercury Records|id=562 752-2}}

  1. "It's My Life"
  2. "Hush" (demo version)
  3. "You Can't Lose at Love" (demo version)
  • Includes poster

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UK CD2{{cite AV media notes|title=It's My Life|others=Bon Jovi|year=2000|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Mercury Records|id=562 768-2}}

  1. "It's My Life" (Dave Bascombe mix)
  2. "Temptation" (demo version)
  3. "I Don't Want to Live Forever" (demo version)
  4. "It's My Life" (enhanced video)

European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=It's My Life|others=Bon Jovi|year=2000|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Mercury Records|id=562 753-2}}

  1. "It's My Life"
  2. "Hush" (demo version)

European and Japanese maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=It's My Life|others=Bon Jovi|year=2000|type=European maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Mercury Records|id=562 754-2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=It's My Life|others=Bon Jovi|year=2000|type=Japanese maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Mercury Records|id=PHCR-8470}}

  1. "It's My Life"
  2. "Hush" (demo version)
  3. "You Can't Lose at Love" (demo version)
  4. "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" (live video)
  • Track four was recorded live by Tony Bongiovi at the Sanctuary II, New Jersey Web Concert on February 10, 2000

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Acoustic version

A much slower, acoustic ballad version of the song is featured on Bon Jovi's 2003 album This Left Feels Right, a collection of their greatest hits that were adapted into new formats. This version was also released as a single. A live performance was uploaded to YouTube in May 2020.

Awards

Won:

  • Video of the Year at the VH1 My Music Awards{{cite magazine | title=Creed, Hill Lead My VH1 Awards | magazine=Billboard | url=http://www.billboard.com/news/creed-hill-lead-my-vh1-awards-875010.story#/news/creed-hill-lead-my-vh1-awards-875010.story | access-date=October 10, 2010}}
  • Chosen as one of the greatest songs of the year at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards

Nominated:

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (2000–2001)

!Peak
position

{{Single chart|Australia|5|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Austria|1|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Flanders|1|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Wallonia|6|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Canadatopsingles|20|chartid=7292|access-date=June 26, 2019|rowheader=true}}{{Efn|"It's My Life" reached number 20 when RPM ceased publication in November 2000.}}
{{Single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|38|chartid=7106|access-date=June 26, 2019|rowheader=true}}{{Efn|"It's My Life" reached number 38 when RPM ceased publication in November 2000.}}
{{Single chart|Canadarock|11|chartid=7183|access-date=June 26, 2019|rowheader=true}}{{Efn|"It's My Life" reached number 11 when RPM ceased publication in November 2000.}}
scope="row"|Croatia (HRT){{cite web|url=http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/lista.html|title=HR Top 20 Lista|publisher=Croatian Radiotelevision|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000706205429/http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/lista.html|archive-date=July 6, 2000|access-date=March 7, 2021}}

|1

scope="row"|Denmark (IFPI){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-06-17.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=25|page=13|date=June 17, 2000|access-date=April 16, 2020}}

|2

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-06-24.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=26|page=11|date=June 24, 2000|access-date=August 2, 2021}}

|1

{{Single chart|Finland|6|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|France|14|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Germany|2|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|songid=4271|access-date=October 19, 2018|rowheader=true|refname="ger"}}
scope="row"|Greece (IFPI){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-07-29.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=31|page=9|date=July 29, 2000|access-date=June 9, 2020}} See LW column.

|3

scope="row"|Hungary (Mahasz){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-06-03.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=23|page=17|date=June 3, 2000|access-date=June 9, 2020}}

|5

scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/3005537#page/n11/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 20 (16.9–23.9 2000)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=12|date=September 15, 2000|access-date=October 7, 2019}}

|2

{{Single chart|Ireland2|5|song=It's My Life|access-date=October 7, 2019|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Italy|1|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Japan (Oricon){{cite web|url=http://oricon.co.jp/release/release-sg.asp|title=新譜情報|trans-title=New Information|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000421122040/http://oricon.co.jp/release/release-sg.asp|archive-date=April 21, 2000|access-date=August 23, 2023}}

|21

{{Single chart|Dutch40|1|year=2000|week=22|access-date=June 26, 2019|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Dutch100|1|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Norway|3|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Poland (Music & Media){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-09-09.pdf|title=Major Market Airplay – Week 37/2000|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=37|page=19|date=September 9, 2000|access-date=January 21, 2024}}

|9

scope="row"|Portugal (AFP){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-09-02.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=36|page=13|date=September 2, 2000|access-date=May 1, 2018}}

|1

scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100){{cite news|url=http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-2000.html|title=Topul anului 2000|publisher=Romanian Top 100|language=ro|access-date=September 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122081829/http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-2000.html|archive-date=January 22, 2005|url-status=dead}}

|1

{{Single chart|Scotland|3|date=20000603|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Spain|1|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|access-date=June 26, 2019|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Sweden|2|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|UK|3|artist=Bon Jovi|date=20000603|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Billboardhot100|33|artistid=4144|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|11|artistid=4144|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Billboardpopsongs|14|artistid=4144|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}

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!Chart (2011)

!Peak
position

{{Single chart|Hungarysingle|6|week=5|year=2011|artist=Bon Jovi|song=It's My Life|access-date=November 3, 2012|rowheader=true}}

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!Chart (2022–2025)

!Peak
position

scope="row"| Bulgaria International (PROPHON){{cite news|url=https://www.prophon.org/charts/04-mar-2022|title=PROPHON – Charts|publisher=PROPHON|access-date=September 10, 2022|date=March 4, 2022|language=bg}}

| 2

scope="row"| Moldova Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/md/weekly/20250110-20250116|title=Top Radio Hits Moldova Weekly Chart: Jan 16, 2025|publisher=TopHit|access-date=January 17, 2025}}

| 56

scope="row"| Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.olis.pl/charts/oficjalna-lista-airplay|title=OLiS – oficjalna lista airplay|publisher=OLiS|language=pl|access-date=January 29, 2024|type=Select week 20.01.2024–26.01.2024.}}

| 54

scope="row" | Romania Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ro/weekly/20240906-20240912|title=Top Radio Hits Romania Weekly Chart: Sep 12, 2024|publisher=TopHit|access-date=September 19, 2024}}

| 92

scope="row" | Ukraine Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ua/weekly/20220325-20220331|title=Top Radio Hits Ukraine Weekly Chart: Mar 31, 2022|publisher=TopHit|access-date=November 14, 2024}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (2000)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2000/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2000|publisher=ARIA|access-date=August 6, 2020}}

|24

scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2000|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2000|language=de|access-date=April 24, 2020}}

|2

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2000|title=Jaaroverzichten 2000|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=August 6, 2020}}

|8

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2000|title=Rapports annuels 2000|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=August 6, 2020}}

|19

scope="row"|Denmark (IFPI){{cite web|url=http://www.musik.org/publikationer/aarshitlister.htm|title=Års Hitlister 2000: IFPI Danmark: Singles Top 50|publisher=IFPI Danmark|via=Musik.org|language=da|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011116233455/http://www.musik.org/publikationer/aarshitlister.htm#single|archive-date=November 16, 2001|access-date=April 8, 2021}}

|23

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-12-23.pdf|title=Year in Focus – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 2000|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=52|page=9|date=December 23, 2000|access-date=February 8, 2020}}

|5

scope="row"|France (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=2000|title=Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 2000|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=August 6, 2020}}

|60

scope="row"|Germany (Media Control){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2000|title=Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 2000|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=August 6, 2020}}

|5

scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/3010431?iabr=on#page/n9/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 100|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=10|date=January 5, 2001|access-date=February 8, 2020}}

|58

scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA){{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2000.html|title=Top 100 of 2000|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040602112628/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2000.html|archive-date=June 2, 2004|access-date=March 16, 2022}}

|23

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2000|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 2000|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=October 27, 2019}}

|17

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2000&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2000|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=June 26, 2019}}

|12

scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100)

|4

scope="row"|Spain (AFYVE){{cite web|url=http://www.anuariossgae.com/anuario2001/frames.html|title=Tabla 16. CD-Singles Más Vendidos en 2000|trans-title=Best-Selling CD Singles in 2000|publisher=AFYVE|language=es|page=228|access-date=June 8, 2021}} Click on Música grabada''.

|9

scope="row"|Sweden (Hitlistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2000&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 2000|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=August 6, 2020}}

|5

scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2000|title=Swiss Year-End Charts 2000|language=de|access-date=April 24, 2020}}

|3

scope="row"|Taiwan (Hito Radio){{cite web|url=https://www.hitoradio.com/newweb/chart_2.php?ch_year=2000|title=年度百首單曲: 2000|publisher=Hit FM. Voice of Taipei Broadcasting|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730104828/https://www.hitoradio.com/newweb/chart_2.php?ch_year=2000|language=zh|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-date=July 30, 2017}}

|5

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|title=Best Sellers of 2000: Singles Top 100|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=January 20, 2001}}

|52

scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Most Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 2000|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=8|issue=51|page=48|date=December 22, 2000}}

|45

scope="row"|US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 2000|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=8|issue=51|page=54|date=December 22, 2000}}

|46

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!Chart (2001)

!Position

scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Most-Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 2001|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=9|issue=51|page=54|date=December 21, 2001}}

|85

=Decade-end charts=

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!Chart (2000–2009)

!Position

scope="row"|Germany (Media Control GfK){{cite web|url=http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html?limit=20&start=40|title=Gratis: 'Hits des neuen Jahrtausend'-Liste|trans-title=Free: 'Hits of the New Millennium' List|publisher=RTL|language=de|year=2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102152628/http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html?limit=20&start=40|archive-date=November 2, 2010|access-date=October 15, 2011}}

|53

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/decennium.asp?cat=s&dec=00|title=Decennium Charts – Singles 2000–2009|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=May 3, 2022}}

|62

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|number=6|certyear=2023|access-date=December 14, 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|type=single|artist=Jon Bon Jovi|title=It's My Life|access-date=February 28, 2014|relyear=2000|certyear=2000|award=Platinum}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=single|access-date=February 28, 2014|relyear=2000|certyear=2000|award=Platinum}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=single|artist=Bon Jovi|title=It's My Life|access-date=January 30, 2024|relyear=2000|certyear=2024|award=Gold}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|artist=Bon Jovi|title=It's My Life|relyear=2000|certyear=2022|award=Platinum|id=11677|access-date=September 20, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|artist=Bon Jovi|title=It's My Life|access-date=August 6, 2020|certyear=2000|award=Gold}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Bon Jovi|title=It's My Life|access-date=February 28, 2014|relyear=2000|certyear=2000|award=Platinum}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|artist=Bon Jovi|title=It's My Life|relyear=2000|certyear=2018|award=Platinum|id=5635|access-date=August 6, 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=single|artist=Bon Jovi|title=It's My Life|relyear=2007|award=Gold|certyear=2012|certmonth=4|digital=true|note=PC download|access-date=February 28, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=ringtone|artist=Bon Jovi|title=It's My Life|relyear=2005|award=Gold|certyear=2009|certmonth=6|note=Full-length ringtone|access-date=September 11, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|type=single|artist=Bon Jovi|title=It's My Life|access-date=August 6, 2020|relyear=2000|certyear=2000|award=Gold}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Bon Jovi|title=It's My Life|access-date=December 17, 2024|relyear=2000|certyear=2023|award=Platinum|number=2|source=radioscope}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2024|artist=Bon Jovi|title=It's My Life|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=single|access-date=August 6, 2020|relyear=2000|certyear=2000|award=Platinum}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=single|artist=Bon Jovi|title=It's My Life|access-date=February 28, 2014|relyear=2000|certyear=2000|award=Platinum}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Bon Jovi|title=It's My Life|access-date=July 23, 2024|certyear=2024|award=Platinum|number=3|digital=true}}

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Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

!scope="col"|Label(s)

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"|United States

|May 8, 2000

|Hot adult contemporary radio

|rowspan="2"|Island

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-05-05.pdf|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1349|pages=81, 122, 127, 132|date=May 5, 2000|access-date=May 27, 2021}}

May 9, 2000

|{{hlist|Contemporary hit|mainstream rock|active rock radio}}

|

scope="row"|Japan

|May 10, 2000

|CD

|rowspan="2"|Mercury

|

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|May 22, 2000

|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2000/Music-Week-2000-05-13.pdf|title=Review – For Records Releases on May 22, 2000|magazine=Music Week|page=9|date=May 13, 2000|access-date=August 2, 2021}}

Pitbull version

{{Infobox song

| name = Now or Never

| cover = Pitbull - Now or Never.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| border =

| type = single

| artist = Pitbull with Bon Jovi

| album =

| B-side =

| released = {{start date|2024|11|14}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Hip-hop|pop rock}}

| length = 2:28

| label = Mr. 305 Inc.

| writer =

| producer =

  • IAmChino
  • Jimmy Joker

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Pitbull

| type = single

| prev_title = 2 the Moon

| prev_year = 2024

| title = Now or Never

| year = 2024

| next_title = Tamo Bien

| next_year = 2025

}}

{{External music video|{{YouTube|5tit_16Jha0|"Now or Never"}}}}

}}

At the 25th Annual Latin Grammy Awards on November 14, 2024, rapper Pitbull performed a cover of "It's My Life" under the title "Now or Never", featuring Jon Bon Jovi on chorus. The song was also released on streaming platforms on the same day.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/bon-jovi-pitbull-now-or-never-song-its-my-life-remix-announcement-1235818533/ |title=Bon Jovi & Pitbull Announce Collab 'Now Or Never,' a Remix of the Classic 'It's My Life' |first=Sigal |last=Ratner-Arias |magazine=Billboard |date=November 4, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/jon-bon-jovi-pitbull-live-debut-latin-grammys-1236207869/ |title=Jon Bon Jovi and Pitbull Pump Up the Latin Grammys With 'Now or Never' Performance |first=Emiliana |last=Betancourt |magazine=Variety |date=November 14, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/music/2024/11/08/672e8faa46163f29a68b4590.html |title=Bon Jovi and Pitbull release 'Now Or Never', the remix of 'It's My Life' |first=Blake |last=Reynolds |newspaper=Marca |date=November 8, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}

The two artists first met at the 2017 Songwriters Hall of Fame. On September 12, 2024, during Pitbull's show at the Jones Beach Theater in Long Island, Jon Bon Jovi made a surprise appearance before the duo performed "It's My Life". After the show, Pitbull posted on his Instagram account: "Always an honor! To all the fans, get ready for our new collab coming soon."{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/bon-jovi-pitbull-uplifting-moments-latin-music-news-1235775032/ |title=Bon Jovi Crashes Pitbull's Concert & More Uplifting Moments in Latin Music |first=Jessica |last=Roiz |magazine=Billboard |date=September 14, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}

The song hit number thirty-six on Billboard's Pop Airplay chart in 2025, becoming Bon Jovi's first song to chart on that chart since "Who Says You Can't Go Home" hit number thirty nearly 20 years ago.

=Charts=

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{{col 2}}

==Weekly charts==

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Weekly chart performance for "Now or Never"

! scope="col"| Chart (2024–2025)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Bolivia Anglo (Monitor Latino){{cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/bolivia/anglo/20241202|title=Top 20 Anglo Bolivia – Del 2 al 8 de Diciembre, 2024|publisher=Monitor Latino|access-date=April 22, 2025|language=es}}

| 4

scope="row"| Estonia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ee/weekly/20250228-20250306|title=Top Radio Hits Estonia Weekly Chart: Mar 6, 2025|publisher=TopHit|access-date=March 13, 2025}}

| 91

scope="row"| Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard Japan){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2024&month=12&day=09|title=Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of December 4, 2024|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|access-date=December 5, 2024}}

| 11

scope="row"| Kazakhstan Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/kz/weekly/20250110-20250116|title=Top Radio Hits Kazakhstan Weekly Chart: Jan 16, 2025|publisher=TopHit|access-date=January 17, 2025}}

| 83

scope="row"| Latvia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lv/weekly/20241206-20241212|title=Top Radio Hits Latvia Weekly Chart: Dec 12, 2024|publisher=TopHit|access-date=December 14, 2024}}

| 4

scope="row"| Lithuania Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lt/weekly/20250411-20250417|title=Top Radio Hits Lithuania Weekly Chart: Apr 17, 2025|publisher=TopHit|access-date=April 18, 2025}}

| 7

scope="row"| Mexico Anglo (Monitor Latino){{cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/mexico/anglo/20250113|title=Top 20 Anglo Mexico – Del 13 al 19 de Enero, 2025|publisher=Monitor Latino|access-date=March 23, 2025|language=es}}

| 3

{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|15|artist=Pitbull|rowheader=true|access-date=February 19, 2025}}
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|28|artist=Pitbull|rowheader=true|access-date=February 19, 2025}}

{{col 2}}

==Monthly charts==

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|+ Monthly chart performance for "Now or Never"

! scope="col"| Chart (2024)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Latvia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lv/monthly/202412|title=Top Radio Hits Latvia Monthly Chart: December 2024|publisher=TopHit|access-date=January 15, 2025}}

| 15

scope="row"| Lithuania Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lt/monthly/202504|title=Top Radio Hits Lithuania Monthly Chart: April 2025|publisher=TopHit|access-date=May 3, 2025}}

| 11

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See also

Notes

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References

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{{Bon Jovi}}

{{Pitbull songs}}

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Category:Island Records singles

Category:2000 songs

Category:2000 singles

Category:Bon Jovi songs

Category:Dutch Top 40 number-one singles

Category:European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles

Category:Mercury Records singles

Category:Number-one singles in Austria

Category:Number-one singles in Italy

Category:Number-one singles in Portugal

Category:Number-one singles in Romania

Category:Number-one singles in Spain

Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland

Category:Music videos directed by Wayne Isham

Category:Pitbull (rapper) songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Max Martin

Category:Songs written by Jon Bon Jovi

Category:Songs written by Max Martin

Category:American alternative rock songs

Category:Songs written by Pitbull (rapper)

Category:Songs written by Richie Sambora

Category:Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles