"Hey God" is a single from Bon Jovis 1995 album These Days. As with most of the songs on These Days, "Hey God" is one of Bon Jovis darker songs. It brings together different stories of people living on the edge of breakdown and despair, such as a father who claims his family are "two paychecks away from living out on the street", a single mother with a wayward son who has been convicted of killing a police officer, and a young man growing up in the ghetto. Throughout the course of the song, each of these characters cries out for spiritual help. Richie Sambora claimed that inspiration for the song came when he was sat in his limo when he made eye contact with a derelict huddling in a cardboard box on the pavement. Samboras sense of guilt at this was immense and when discussing the incident with Jon Bon Jovi, then "Hey God" was written.