"Wanted Dead or Alive" is a song from Bon Jovi's 1986 album Slippery When Wet. The song was written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora and was released in 1987 as the album's third single. The song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the third single from the album to reach the Top 10 of the Hot 100. Slippery When Wet was the first Hard Rock / Heavy Metal album ever to have 3 top 10 hits on it. It is now also notable for being the theme song for Discovery Channel's Alaskan crab fishing reality series, Deadliest Catch, though the theme song version contains few lyrics, the music is mostly the same. The song is featured as a playable track in the video game Rock Band.

"Wanted Dead or Alive" was a single released by Tupac Shakur from the Gridlock'd (Original Soundtrack). It featured Snoop Dogg. It was made into a video. The video showed the cops trying to catch Snoop Dogg and clips of the deceased rapper Tupac Shakur. The storyline is similar to "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted". The video is directed by Scott Kalvert.