Sweet Child o' Mine

"Sweet Child o' Mine"
"Sweet Child o' Mine"
Single by Guns N' Roses
from the album Appetite for Destruction
B-side	"It's So Easy" (live) (US); "Out ta Get Me" (UK);
Released	June 21, 1988
Recorded	1987
Genre	Hard rock; glam metal;
Length	5:55 (album version); 4:58 (video version)
Label	Geffen
Songwriter(s)	Guns N' Roses
Producer(s)	Mike Clink
Guns N' Roses singles chronology
Music videos
	"Sweet Child o' Mine" at YouTube
	"Sweet Child o' Mine" (Alt.) at YouTube

"Sweet Child o' Mine" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses. It appears on their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction. In the United States, the song was released in June 1988 as the album's third single, topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart and becoming the band's only US number-one single and also went to number 6 in the United Kingdom, number 5 in New Zealand, number 4 in Ireland, number 11 in Austria and Australia, number 20 in the Netherlands, number 23 in Finland and number 7 in Canada. It was covered by Sheryl Crow in 1999 and won a Grammy Award in 2000.

Formats and track listings change

All songs written and composed by Guns N' Roses except where noted.

US 7-inch vinyl (27963-7)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sweet Child o' Mine" (LP version)	5:55
2.	"It's So Easy" (live at The Marquee Club June 28, 1987)

UK 1988 7-inch vinyl (GEF 43)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sweet Child o' Mine" (remix/edit)	3:57^[6]
2.	"Out Ta Get Me" (LP version)	4:20
Total length:		8:17

UK 1988 10-inch and 12-inch vinyl (GEF 43TE; GEF 43T)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sweet Child o' Mine" (LP version)	5:55
2.	"Out Ta Get Me" (LP version)	4:20
3.	"Rocket Queen" (LP version)

UK 1989 7-inch vinyl (GEF 55)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sweet Child o' Mine" (remix/edit)	3:57^[6]
2.	"Out Ta Get Me" (LP version)	4:20

UK 1989 12-inch vinyl and 3-inch CD (GEF 55T; GEF 55CD)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sweet Child o' Mine" (LP version)	5:55
2.	"Move to the City" (LP version)	3:47
3.	"Whole Lotta Rosie" (live AC/DC cover)	4:34
4.	"It's So Easy" (live)	3:51

References change

↑ Clarke, Donald; Cackett, Alan; Balmer, Paul (1998). The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Penguin Books. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-14-051370-7.
↑ Huey, Steve. "Sweet Child O' Mine – Guns N' Roses | Song Info". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
↑ Wake, Matt (April 8, 2021). "A piece of Guns N' Roses history sells for $80,000". AL.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
↑ "Readers' Poll: The Best Hair Metal Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. June 20, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
↑ Begrand, Adrien (April 5, 2017). "36 Essential '80s Pop Metal Tracks". Stereogum. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Actual length is 4:19

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[1] Clarke, Donald; Cackett, Alan; Balmer, Paul (1998). The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Penguin Books. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-14-051370-7.

[2] Huey, Steve. "Sweet Child O' Mine – Guns N' Roses | Song Info". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2019.

[3] Wake, Matt (April 8, 2021). "A piece of Guns N' Roses history sells for $80,000". AL.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2021.

[4] "Readers' Poll: The Best Hair Metal Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. June 20, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2020.

[5] Begrand, Adrien (April 5, 2017). "36 Essential '80s Pop Metal Tracks". Stereogum. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2021.

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