"Fear" by Bon Jovi

If there was some sort of songwriting equivalent to the performance enhancement drugs taken by some athletes, one would suspect Jon Bon Jovi to be taking it all the time. One of the most prolific and successful bands of all-time, Bon Jovi rose to fame with the glam and hair bands in the 80s yet somehow managed to maintain a popular presence throughout changing musical tides over the decades.

Still, the band doesn't top the chart so easily anymore, like they could do in their sleep in the late 80s. The rails went off a bit with the release of "Keep The Faith" in 1992. The first single and title track only got to #29 on the Billboard Top 100. With exception of the token over-the-top power ballad, "Bed Of Roses", which sailed to #10, the other singles performed poorly.

"Fear", however, is one of the more hard-rocking songs the band has ever done. Lost in the crowd of songs that made up "Keep The Faith", I bet it would have performed much better as a lead single, especially in the face of the grunge tidal wave.