Bon Jovi and Robbie Williams premiere 'We Made It Look Easy' single
Lifted from Bon Jovi’s upcoming ‘Forever (Legendary Edition)’ album
Bon Jovi have premiered their new version of ‘We Made It Look Easy’ featuring Robbie Williams.
Lifted from Bon Jovi’s upcoming ‘Forever (Legendary Edition)’ album, released on Friday 24th October via Island Records, ‘We Made It Look Easy’ sees Jon Bon Jovi and Robbie Williams trade vocals and share harmonies.
Jon Bon Jovi says: “Robbie is one of the greatest entertainers, period. I’ve loved his music for years and I'm honoured to have him join me and the band on We Made It Look Easy. He's lived this lyric. I knew he'd deliver.”
The Bon Jovi collaboration comes five months after Robbie Williams shared his ‘Rocket’ single featuring Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, and Glenn Hughes (Trapeze, Deep Purple).
Listen to Bon Jovi and Robbie Williams’ ‘We Made It Look Easy’:
Jon Bon Jovi worked on ‘Forever (Legendary Edition)’, a star-studded version of Bon Jovi’s 2024 ‘Forever’ album, during his continued recovery from surgery for an atrophied vocal cord.
Guest performers include Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Bruce Springsteen, Jelly Roll, Marcus King, Avril Lavigne, Lainey Wilson, Ryan Tedder, Robbie Williams, James Bay, The War & Treaty, Carin León, Billy Falcon and Jason Isbell.
“This album is more than just a collection of collaborations, it is an album borne out of necessity,” says Jon Bon Jovi.
“My vocal cord rehab was a well-documented journey that played out while releasing Forever in 2024. I was singing well in the studio for recording, but the vocal demands and rigors of touring were still slightly out of reach for me. Without an ability to tour at that time, I continued working in the studio and called on some friends, great singers, artists, musicians and also just great people.”
He adds: “The result is an album with a new viewpoint and new spirit – a collaboration album that proves we all get by in this world with a little help from our friends.
“I feel tremendous joy and gratitude releasing this album and I think it shows in the music. I can say with certainty that there is always something bigger than ME, and that’s WE.”
In June, Bon Jovi performed their first full concert since April 2022 at the Marathon Music Works venue in Nashville, Tennessee in front of just 1,500 lucky fans.
Bon Jovi’s ‘Forever (Legendary Edition)’ track-listing:
1 - Red, White & Jersey (new track)
2 - Legendary (featuring James Bay)
3 - We Made It Look Easy (featuring Robbie Williams)
4 - Living Proof (featuring Jelly Roll)
5 - Waves (featuring Jason Isbell)
6 - Seeds (featuring Ryan Tedder)
7 - Kiss the Bride (featuring Billy Falcon)
8 - The People’s House (featuring The War & Treaty)
9 - Walls of Jericho (featuring Joe Elliott)
10 - I Wrote You a Song (featuring Lainey Wilson)
11 - Living in Paradise (featuring Avril Lavigne)
12 - My First Guitar (featuring Marcus King)
13 - Hollow Man (featuring Bruce Springsteen)
14 - We Made It Look Easy / Hicimos Que Pareciera Fácil (featuring Carin León)
The real names of 100 rock stars, including Jon Bon Jovi:
Cozy Powell’s real name: Colin Trevor Flooks
Alex Lifeson’s real name: Alexandar Živojinović
'Lifeson' is a semi-literal English translation of the Yugoslavian surname Živojinović, which means 'son of life'
Ginger Baker's real name: Peter Edward Baker
John 5’s real name: John William Lowery
Yngwie Malmsteen’s real name: Lars Johann Yngwie Lannerback
Rudy Sarzo’s real name: Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont
Eric Carr's real name: Paul Charles Caravello
Vinnie Vincent’s real name: Vincent John Cusano
Tina Turner’s real name: Anna Mae Bullock
King Diamond’s real name: Kim Bendix Petersen
Joey Tempest's real name: Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson
Michael Monroe’s real name: Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm
Mikkey Dee’s real name: Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou
Jonathan Cain’s real name: Jonathan Leonard Friga
Nikki Sixx's real name: Frank Ferrano
Steven Adler’s real name: Michael Coletti
Axl Rose's real name: William Bruce Rose
Bon Scott's real name: Ronald Belford Scott
Fish’s real name: Derek William Dick
Eddie Vedder's real name: Edward Louis Severson III
Peter Criss’ real name: George Peter John Criscuola
Freddie Mercury's real name: Farrokh Bulsara
Flea's real name: Michael Peter Balzary
Perry Farrell's real name: Perry Bernstein
Geddy Lee’s real name: Gary Lee Weinrib
Mick Mars' real name: Robert Deal
Tré Cool's real name: Frank Edwin Wright III
Courtney Love's real name: Courtney Michelle Harrison
Pat Smear's real name: Georg Albert Ruthenberg
Gene Simmons' real name: Chaim Klein Witz
Spike’s real name: Jonathan Gray
Iggy Pop's real name: James Newell Osterberg, JR.
Alice Cooper's real name: Vincent Damon Furnier
Slash's real name: Saul Hudson
Mike Dirnt's real name: Michael Ryan Pritchard
Ronnie James Dio's real name: Ronald James Padavona
Brody Dalle's real name: Bree Joanna Alice Robinson
Skin's real name: Deborah Anne Dyer
Nicky Wire's real name: Nicholas Jones
Amy Lee's real name: Amy Lynn Hartzler
Bill Wyman's real name: William Perks
Izzy Stradlin's real name: Jeffrey Isbell
Paul Stanley's real name: Stanley Eisen
Vince Neil's real name: Vincent Neil Wharton
Duff McKagan's real name: Michael McKagan
Jack Black’s real name: Thomas Jacob Black
Lemmy's real name: Ian Fraser Kilmister
John Paul Jones' real name: John Baldwin
Joan Jett's real name: Joan Larkin
Eric Clapton's real name: Eric Patrick Clapp
Siouxsie Sioux's real name: Susan Janet Ballion
Rachel Bolan’s real name: James Richard Southworth
David Bowie's real name: David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones
Little Richard's real name: Richard Wayne Penniman
Sid Vicious' real name: John Simon Ritchie
Ace Frehley's real name: Paul Daniel Frehley
Lou Reed's real name: Louis Firbank
Joe Strummer's real name: John Graham Mellor
Marc Bolan's real name: Mark Feld
The Edge's real name: David Howell Evans
Meat Loaf's real name: Marvin Lee Aday
Steven Tyler's real name: Steven Victor Tallarico
Ozzy Osbourne's real name: John Michael Osbourne
Jon Bon Jovi's real name: John Francis Bongiovi
Joey Belladonna’s real name: Joseph Bellardini
Jack White's real name: John Anthony Gillis
Bono's real name: Paul David Hewson
Sting's real name: Gordon Sumner
Billy Idol’s real name: William Michael Albert Broad
Geezer Butler’s real name: Terence Butler
Pat Benatar’s real name: Patricia Mae Giraldo
Bo Diddley’s real name: Ellas McDaniel
Muddy Waters’ real name: McKinley Morganfield
Stevie Nicks’ real name: Stephanie Lynn Nicks
Doro’s real name: Dorothee Pesch
Sebastian Bach’s real name: Sebastian Philip Bierk
Joe Perry’s real name: Joseph Pereira
Jimi Hendrix’s real name: James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix)
Zakk Wylde’s real name: Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt
Maynard James Keenan’s real name: James Herbert Keenan
Blaze Bayley’s real name: Bayley Alexander Cooke
Biff Byford's real name: Peter Rodney Byford
M. Shadows' real name: Matthew Charles Sanders
Syd Barrett's real name: Roger Keith Barrett
Chris Jericho's real name: Christopher Keith Irvine
Ginger Wildheart's real name: David Leslie Walls
Paul Di'Anno's real name: Paul Andrews
Phil X’s real name: Theofilos Xenidis
Peter Green’s real name: Peter Allen Greenbaum
Nicko McBrain’s real name: Michael Henry McBrain
Noddy Holder’s real name: Neville John Holder
Steel Panther’s real names
Michael Starr: Ralph Michael Saenz, Satchel: Russell John Parrish, Stix Zadinia: Darren Leader, Spyder: Joe Lester.