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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| ! | 07/22/2026 19:54 |  MetalMan67 | 1,659 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2026 18:05 |  LebowskiRams | 12,323 | 82/100 |
| ! | 05/22/2026 07:06 | kinginsomniac12 | 6,024 | 100/100 |
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| ! | 01/14/2026 04:10 | AbsurdCheesecake | 1,614 | 90/100 |
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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.
Martini 10/20/2015 10:43 | #151756
Awesome song, one of my favourites.
One of their best
I know it's just a finger warming-up routine that Slash used to do but for me it works exceedingly well. When rock gets complicated it's not really rock-n-roll anymore as far as I'm concerned.
I love the fact that Axl/GN'R never shied away from sounding BIG and EPIC. That's what hard rock's all about, IMO.
It's only because of the well written lyrics that this song is bigger than Welcome to the Jungle.
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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