# You Give Love a Bad Name guitar solo > Richie Sambora's guitar solo on You Give Love a Bad Name by Bon Jovi (1986) starts at about 2:24. From the album Slippery When Wet. Canonical URL: Bon Jovi, 1986, from *Slippery When Wet*. Solo by *Richie Sambora*. A tight, fiery solo packed with fast legato runs and whammy-kissed bends that fits the song's punchy pop-metal attack perfectly. You Give Love a Bad Name by Bon Jovi is #4 in our ranking of the best Bon Jovi guitar solos. The solo is played by Richie Sambora and the song was released in 1986. ## In our lists - [The Best Bon Jovi Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/bon-jovi-guitar-solos/) — #4 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on You Give Love a Bad Name? Richie Sambora played the solo on Bon Jovi's You Give Love a Bad Name (1986). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)