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  "textContent": "“Richie and I knew what we had, and at another writing session we got on our hands and knees, literally, and begged Jon to at least try it”",
  "title": "“The ‘We've gotta hold on’ was the first chorus. Jon was happy with that. I said, ‘No, no, no, that's just the B section. Let's write the chorus now’”: Songwriter Desmond Child had to fight for Livin' On A Prayer's killer chorus – and for the song itself",
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