Sweet Child O' Mine (track)
by Guns N' Roses
Year: 1987
From the album Appetite For Destruction (track #9)
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Sweet Child O' Mine appears on the following album(s) by Guns N' Roses:
- Appetite For Destruction (track #9) (this album) (1987)
- Greatest Hits (track #2) (compilation) (2004)
- Live Era '87-'93 (track #18) (1999)
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| ! | 01/14/2026 04:10 | AbsurdCheesecake | 1,614 | 90/100 |
| ! | 11/04/2025 22:25 | Exist-en-ciel | 77,959 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/06/2025 00:38 | BurndenAce | 4,852 | 78/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2025 15:08 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/09/2025 14:55 | bonnequestion | 16,297 | 75/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.9/100, a mean average of 86.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 17.3.
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AAL2014 12/09/2023 19:35 | #300377
It’s simply a great song. Well structured, pleasant to listen to and sweet melodically, anthemic without trying to be a *stadium jam rocker*.
What’s more, I’ve come back to this song almost 20 years now, and Slash’s guitar solo still leaves me completely baffled. It is as well-built as the song itself.
Goliath 11/25/2020 10:50 | #261365
The tenth most iconic song ever (according to research, see my chart of most iconic songs https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=62924).
VictorVale 12/27/2018 15:30 | #228054
Marcou a história do rock e do Guns!
Amazing song. One of the best songs ever made, and a standout late 80s hit. From the main riff, the heavy, slow solo, Axl's vocals, the accompanying bass-drum rhythm, such a well-constructed song. A classic for sure.
One of their best
Jasonconfused 12/02/2012 07:10 | #56462
I'd love this song so much more if it weren't so overplayed.. incredible song though. Slash is a god on this one.
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