However, around this same time as LaFlavour's transformation, PolyGram was preparing to release Bon Jovi's debut album, and they were looking for a strong hit single.

[5] The following year, former Outsiders and Climax frontman Sonny Geraci recorded his own version under the pseudonym "Peter Emmett" (backed by the Donnie Iris and the Cruisers band, including Avsec).

It was directed by Martin Kahan and produced by Lenny Grodin, and features the band – primarily Jon Bon Jovi[6] – in live action vignette scenes centered around a local bar, inter-cut with staged performance shots.

Jon is troubled by thoughts of an unattainable woman, portrayed as a split character by Beth Toussaint; several classic vintage automobiles are used as set pieces.

The current version's end scene has been edited to remove a part where the woman's alter ego levels a gun at two thugs that are about to assault her.