"It's My Life" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi (@BonJovi). It was released as the lead single from their seventh studio album, 'Crush' (2000). peaking at number 33 on the US Billboard (@Billboard) Hot 100. "It's My Life" is Bon Jovi's most well-known post-1980s hit single. A line in the second verse that says "For Tommy and Gina, who never backed down" refers to Tommy and Gina, a fictional working class couple that Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora first wrote about in their 1986 hit "Livin'