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* OldShame: What David Coverdale thought of the earlier bluesy recordings of "Fool For Your Loving", "Here I Go Again" and "Crying In The Rain", in interviews during the band's hair metal days, although he nowadays claims to prefer the earlier versions to their better-known remakes.

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* OldShame: CreatorBacklash: What David Coverdale thought of the earlier bluesy recordings of "Fool For Your Loving", "Here I Go Again" and "Crying In The Rain", in interviews during the band's hair metal days, although he nowadays claims to prefer the earlier versions to their better-known remakes.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before Tawny Kitaen was cast, the role of video vixen very nearly went to a pre-supermodeldom Claudia Schiffer.

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Before Tawny Kitaen was cast, the role of video vixen very nearly went to a pre-supermodeldom Claudia Schiffer.
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** David Coverdale wanted "Judgment Day" to be ''Slip of the Tounge'''s first radio single (it never was released, and remains obscure to everyone except hardcore fans), but the label chose the re-recorded version of "Fool For Your Loving", which stalled at #37 in the Hot 100---though it outperformed the 1980 original, which only made it to #53.
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* NamesTheSame: The first five of these appear in the same album (1987)!
** The song "Still of the Night" shares its name with a 1982 horror film starring Meryl Streep and Roy Scheider.
** Their second most famous song is the soft love ballad (often called a {{silly love song|s}}) "Is This Love". That is also a title of a Music/SurvivorBand song, as well as a Music/BobMarley song.
** They did a song (twice) called "Crying In The Rain"- which is the name of a completely different song by the Everly Brothers, the latter covered by A-Ha.
** They did a song called "Children Of The Night"- one of the more overused song titles (including those by Music/RichardMarx and Music/SurvivorBand).
** Also overused was this title, "Bad Boys"- one of the bands that used the title for a different song was reggae band Inner Circle- and is also the name of a [[Film/BadBoys1995 cop movie starring]] Creator/WillSmith.
** Not from 1987, but from ''Slide It In''- "Standing in the Shadows"- glam/hair metal band Music/{{Dokken}} did one.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before Tawny Kitaen was cast, the role of video vixen very nearly went to a pre-supermodeldom Claudia Schiffer.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before Tawny Kitaen was cast, the role of video vixen very nearly went to a pre-supermodeldom Claudia Schiffer.Schiffer.
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** Also overused was this title, "Bad Boys"- one of the bands that used the title for a different song was reggae band Inner Circle- and is also the name of a [[Film/BadBoys cop movie starring]] Creator/WillSmith.

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** Also overused was this title, "Bad Boys"- one of the bands that used the title for a different song was reggae band Inner Circle- and is also the name of a [[Film/BadBoys [[Film/BadBoys1995 cop movie starring]] Creator/WillSmith.
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** They did a song called "Children Of The Night"- one of the more overused song titles (including those by Music/RichardMarx and Music/{{Survivor|Band}}).

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** They did a song called "Children Of The Night"- one of the more overused song titles (including those by Music/RichardMarx and Music/{{Survivor|Band}}).Music/SurvivorBand).
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** Their second most famous song is the soft love ballad (often called a {{silly love song|s}}) "Is This Love". That is also a title of a Music/{{Survivor|Band}} song, as well as a Music/BobMarley song.

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** Their second most famous song is the soft love ballad (often called a {{silly love song|s}}) "Is This Love". That is also a title of a Music/{{Survivor|Band}} Music/SurvivorBand song, as well as a Music/BobMarley song.
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** Their second most famous song is the soft love ballad (often called a [[SillyLoveSongs silly love song]]) "Is This Love". That is also a title of a Music/{{Survivor}} song, as well as a Music/BobMarley song.

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** Their second most famous song is the soft love ballad (often called a [[SillyLoveSongs silly {{silly love song]]) song|s}}) "Is This Love". That is also a title of a Music/{{Survivor}} Music/{{Survivor|Band}} song, as well as a Music/BobMarley song.



** They did a song called "Children Of The Night"- one of the more overused song titles (including those by Music/RichardMarx and Music/{{Survivor}}).

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** They did a song called "Children Of The Night"- one of the more overused song titles (including those by Music/RichardMarx and Music/{{Survivor}}).Music/{{Survivor|Band}}).
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* ReferencedBy: The base form of the [[FightingSpirit Stand]] of Enrico Pucci, the BigBad of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'', is named Whitesnake.
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** Their most famous song is the soft love ballad (often called a [[SillyLoveSongs silly love song]]), "Is This Love". That is also a title of a Music/{{Survivor}} song, as well as a Music/BobMarley song.

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** Their second most famous song is the soft love ballad (often called a [[SillyLoveSongs silly love song]]), song]]) "Is This Love". That is also a title of a Music/{{Survivor}} song, as well as a Music/BobMarley song.
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** Their most famous song is the soft love ballad (often called a [[SillyLoveSongs silly love song]], "Is this love". That is also a title of a Music/{{Survivor}} song.

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** Their most famous song is the soft love ballad (often called a [[SillyLoveSongs silly love song]], song]]), "Is this love". This Love". That is also a title of a Music/{{Survivor}} song, as well as a Music/BobMarley song.
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* ChartDisplacement: "Fool for Your Lovin'" is the band's best performing song on the Mainstream Rock charts and one of their three Top 40 songs in the Hot 100 - the others are the way better known "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love". Also, "Love Ain't No Stranger" barely cracked the US and UK charts.

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* ChartDisplacement: "Fool for Your Lovin'" is the band's best performing song on the Mainstream Rock charts and one of their three four Top 40 songs in the Hot 100 - the others are the way better known "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love". Also, "Love Ain't No Stranger" barely cracked the US and UK charts.
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* OldShame: What David Coverdale thought of the earlier bluesy recordings of "Fool For Your Loving", "Here I Go Again" and "Crying In The Rain", in interviews during the band's hair metal days, although he nowadays claims to prefer the earlier versions to their better-known remakes.

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* OldShame: What David Coverdale thought of the earlier bluesy recordings of "Fool For Your Loving", "Here I Go Again" and "Crying In The Rain", in interviews during the band's hair metal days, although he nowadays claims to prefer the earlier versions to their better-known remakes.remakes.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before Tawny Kitaen was cast, the role of video vixen very nearly went to a pre-supermodeldom Claudia Schiffer.
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* OldShame: What David Coverdale thought of the earlier bluesy recordings of "Fool For Your Loving", "Here I Go Again" and "Crying In The Rain", in interviews during the band's hair metal days.

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* OldShame: What David Coverdale thought of the earlier bluesy recordings of "Fool For Your Loving", "Here I Go Again" and "Crying In The Rain", in interviews during the band's hair metal days.days, although he nowadays claims to prefer the earlier versions to their better-known remakes.

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* ChartDisplacement: "Fool for Your Lovin'" is the band's best performing song on the Mainstream Rock charts and one of their three Top 40 songs in the Hot 100 - the others are the way better known "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love". Also, "Love Ain't No Stranger" barely cracked the US and UK charts.



** The song ''Still of the Night'' shares its name with a 1982 horror film starring Meryl Streep and Roy Scheider.

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** The song ''Still "Still of the Night'' Night" shares its name with a 1982 horror film starring Meryl Streep and Roy Scheider.



** Not from 1987, but from ''Slide It In''- ''Standing in the Shadows''- glam/hair metal band Music/{{Dokken}} did one.
* OldShame: What David Coverdale thought of the earlier bluesy recordings of "Fool For Your Loving", "Here I Go Again" and "Crying In The Rain", in interviews during the band's hair metal days.

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** Not from 1987, but from ''Slide It In''- ''Standing "Standing in the Shadows''- Shadows"- glam/hair metal band Music/{{Dokken}} did one.
* OldShame: What David Coverdale thought of the earlier bluesy recordings of "Fool For Your Loving", "Here I Go Again" and "Crying In The Rain", in interviews during the band's hair metal days.

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* NamesTheSame: The first four of these appear in the same album (1987)!

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* NamesTheSame: The first four five of these appear in the same album (1987)!(1987)!
** The song ''Still of the Night'' shares its name with a 1982 horror film starring Meryl Streep and Roy Scheider.



** Not from 1987, but from ''Slide It In''- "Standing in the Shadows"- glam/hair metal band Music/{{Dokken}} did one.

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** Not from 1987, but from ''Slide It In''- "Standing ''Standing in the Shadows"- Shadows''- glam/hair metal band Music/{{Dokken}} did one.
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* NamesTheSame: The first four of these appear in the same album (1987)!
** Their most famous song is the soft love ballad (often called a [[SillyLoveSongs silly love song]], "Is this love". That is also a title of a Music/{{Survivor}} song.
** They did a song (twice) called "Crying In The Rain"- which is the name of a completely different song by the Everly Brothers, the latter covered by A-Ha.
** They did a song called "Children Of The Night"- one of the more overused song titles (including those by Music/RichardMarx and Music/{{Survivor}}).
** Also overused was this title, "Bad Boys"- one of the bands that used the title for a different song was reggae band Inner Circle- and is also the name of a [[Film/BadBoys cop movie starring]] Creator/WillSmith.
** Not from 1987, but from ''Slide It In''- "Standing in the Shadows"- glam/hair metal band Music/{{Dokken}} did one.
* OldShame: What David Coverdale thought of the earlier bluesy recordings of "Fool For Your Loving", "Here I Go Again" and "Crying In The Rain", in interviews during the band's hair metal days.

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