Bon Jovi unveils track listing, date for '2020' album

Bon Jovi's new album "2020" will arrive on Oct. 2 via Island Records. The album can be pre-ordered here. The band also released a new single “Do What You Can” – available everywhere now.

Leader Jon Bon Jovi was inspired by current events, as evidenced by “American Reckoning” and “Do What You Can.”

“I am a witness to history,” he said. “I believe the greatest gift of an artist is the ability to use their voice to speak to issues that move us.”

Known for his philanthropic work, Jon spent the initial quarantine days and weeks helping feed those in need at his JBJ Soul Kitchen Community Restaurant in Red Bank, NJ. Calling himself the “hall-of-fame dishwasher” at the restaurant, Jon was captured by his wife Dorothea in a photo, which was later posted to social media with the caption “If You Can’t Do What You Do… Do What You Can.”

The songwriter finished a song the next day. Instead of releasing the complete song, he asked fans to “write their verse” and tell their story. Jon sang the first verse and chorus and went on to receive thousands of fan-created verses across the band's socials with the #DoWhatYouCan hashtag.

A final version of “Do What You Can,” written by Jon, was performed acoustically for the first time on the Jersey4Jersey benefit special, raising $6 million for the state which was hard hit during the pandemic. In the weeks that followed, the full band was able to record the song in the studio and add it to the forthcoming album.

Track listing:

Limitless (Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon, John Shanks)

Do What You Can (Jon Bon Jovi)
American Reckoning (Jon Bon Jovi)
Beautiful Drug (Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon, John Shanks)
Story of Love (Jon Bon Jovi)
Let It Rain (Jon Bon Jovi)
Lower the Flag (Jon Bon Jovi)
Blood in the Water (Jon Bon Jovi)
Brothers in Arms (Jon Bon Jovi)
Unbroken (Jon Bon Jovi)