A meeting with a radio DJ in 1982 changed everything for Jon Bon Jovi. After getting turned down left and right, he took his song, "Runaway," to a New York station. The DJ," said Jon Bon Jovi, according to Newsbreak. "I banged on the glass...I said, 'I've got a song you should hear,'" Bon Jovi shared. By 1983, Bon Jovi had the deal he'd been chasing.