{"id":10640,"date":"1988-01-17T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1988-01-17T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=10640"},"modified":"2026-02-07T14:49:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T22:49:04","slug":"matr-jon-bon-jovi-and-bruce-springsteen-who-says-you-cant-go-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/01\/17\/matr-jon-bon-jovi-and-bruce-springsteen-who-says-you-cant-go-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Says You Can&#8217;t Go Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not a big Bon Jovi fan, but I do love their song, &#8220;Who Says You Can&#8217;t Go Home,&#8221; from their 2005 <em>Have a Nice Day<\/em> album. That&#8217;s probably because it sounds just like a Bruce Springsteen song.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, just listen to the lyrics and tell me that Jon wasn&#8217;t channeling Bruce when he wrote it:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/abzbVFuxigg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>So I was pretty psyched when Jon asked Bruce to join him when he played &#8220;Who Says You Can&#8217;t Go Home&#8221; at the\u00a0<em>12-12-12<\/em> benefit concert for the victims of Hurricane Sandy.<\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, the song fit Bruce like a glove. Watch and see&#8211;it&#8217;s a fantastic performance:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NQWFklgKA_E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>As it turns out, &#8220;Who Says You Can&#8217;t Go Home&#8221; was made for a duet. In fact, Jon Bon Jovi recorded and filmed\u00a0<em>two\u00a0<\/em>versions of it for the same album. You&#8217;ve seen the first at the top of this post; here&#8217;s the second, in a country arrangement with Jennifer Nettles:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5CeX5VEo10c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I gotta say: Bruce turned in a great performance, but the best &#8220;Who Says You Can&#8217;t Go Home&#8221; duet award has to go to Jon and Jennifer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who Says You Can&#8217;t Go Home<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> December 12, 2012 (New York City, NY)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> December 12, 2012 (New York City, NY)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 June 22, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One time only: Bruce joins Jon Bon Jovi on &#8220;Who Says You Can&#8217;t Go Home,&#8221; a song that sounds like Bruce could have written it 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