Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine

“Sweet Child O’ Mine” is a song by Guns N’ Roses from the album Appetite For Destruction. Charted: #6 in UK and #1 in US.

Appetite For Destruction was Guns N’ Roses’ first album, released in July 1987. It took a long time to catch on, and three cracks at a hit single before it did.

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Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

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“It’s So Easy” was the first single, followed by “Welcome To The Jungle.” Both flopped, but when “Sweet Child O’ Mine” was released as the third single in June 1988, it made a steady climb to the top, bringing the album with it. The song hit #1 in September; the album reached the top spot in August. In the wake of the “Sweet Child” success, “Welcome To The Jungle” was re-released and this time became a hit.

Slash came up with the riff when he was playing around on his guitar. He thought it was silly and wanted nothing to do with it, but Axl loved it and had him keep playing it. Izzy Stradlin added some chords, and the song came together. According to Duff McKagan’s 2012 autobiography, Slash always considered it the worst Guns N’ Roses song.

The video was directed by Nigel Dick, who did the first five Guns N’ Roses videos. Unlike their later epics for “November Rain” and “Don’t Cry,” the Sweet Child O’ Mine video is just grainy, black-and-white footage of the band performing the song. It was good enough to win them the MTV Video Music Award for Best Heavy Metal Video.

The song hit #1 in America on September 10, 1988, and stayed there for two weeks. While it was climbing to the top spot, Guns N’ Roses was touring as the opening act for Aerosmith. By the end of the tour on September 15, G N’ R had eclipsed their headliners in popularity and were chosen for the cover of Rolling Stone for their November 17 issue.

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