Bullet

Album: The Circle (2009)
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  • The tracks on The Circle were inspired by various news events in the second half of 2008. On October 24, 2008, R&B/ soul singer Jennifer Hudson's mother, Darnell Donnerson, and brother, Jason, were found shot to death inside Donnerson's Chicago, Illinois home. Jon Bon Jovi told The Guardian November 5, 2009 that this song, "was about Jennifer Hudson's family getting shot on that Sunday morning. The stories you read in the lyrics are all true."

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  • Sarah Remmel from Twinsburg, OhioOne of the best songs, on the Circle album. I loved this-song instantly, & I got really addicted, to it, the very first-time, I heard it, on the CD. Bon Jovi, is & will, ALWAYS be, the greatest, New Jersey band Ever.
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