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{{short description|1988 single by Guns N' Roses}} |
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{{short description|1988 single by Guns N' Roses}} |
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{{Infobox song |
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| name = Sweet Child o' Mine |
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| cover = Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine.png |
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| caption = 1988 US vinyl issue |
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| type = single |
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| artist = ] |
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| album = ] |
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| B-side = {{unbulleted list|"] (Live)" (US)|"Out ta Get Me" (UK)}} |
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| released = {{unbulleted list|{{Start date|1988|06}} (US)|{{start date|1989|05|29}} (UK)}} |
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| recorded = 1987 |
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| genre = *]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/sweet-child-o-mine-mt0012262032|title=Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses {{!}} Song Info|last=Huey|first=Steve|website=]|access-date=October 27, 2019}}</ref> |
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*]<ref>{{cite web|title= Readers' Poll: The Best Hair Metal Songs of All Time |publisher= Rolling Stone |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-best-hair-metal-songs-of-all-time-12979/10-guns-n-roses-sweet-child-o-mine-256358/ |accessdate= 9 March 2020}}</ref> |
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| length = {{ubl|{{duration|m=5|s=55}} (album version)}} 4:54 (video version) |
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| label = ] |
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| writer = Guns N' Roses |
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| producer = ] |
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| prev_title = ] |
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| prev_year = 1987 |
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| next_title = ] |
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| next_year = 1989 |
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{{External music video|1={{YouTube|1w7OgIMMRc4|"Sweet Child o' Mine"}}}} |
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{{Audio sample |
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| file = Sweet Child O' Mine.ogg |
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| description = "Sweet Child o' Mine" |
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"'''Sweet Child o' Mine'''" is a song by American ] band ]. It appeared on their debut album '']''. The song was released in August 1988 as the album's third single, and topped the ] chart,<ref name="US-S">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=guns n' roses|chart=all}} |title=Artist Chart History - Guns N' Roses |work=] |accessdate=December 18, 2008 }}</ref> becoming the band's only number 1 US single. ''Billboard'' ranked it the number 5 song of 1988.<ref>]</ref> Re-released in 1989, it reached number 6 on the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Sweet%20Child%20O%27%20Mine%20%7B1989%7D|title=Guns N' Roses|publisher=]|accessdate=December 18, 2008|df=mdy-all}}</ref> |
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==Background and composition== |
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|quote = The thing about 'Sweet Child o' Mine,' it was written in five minutes. It was one of those songs, only three chords. You know that guitar lick Slash does at the beginning? It was kinda like a joke because we thought, 'What is this song? It's gonna be nothing, it'll be filler on the record.' And except that vocal-wise, it's very sweet and sincere, Slash was just fuckin' around when he first wrote that lick. |
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|source = ], 1988<ref name="Meaning Behind Songs - N.I"/> |
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] has been quoted as having an initial disdain for the song due to its roots as simply a "]" exercise and a joke at the time.<ref name="Meaning Behind Songs - N.I"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231214130/http://hem.passagen.se/snoqalf/m-meaning.html |date=December 31, 2007 }}</ref> During a ] at the band's house in the ],<ref name=qmag>{{cite web|url=http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=149|title=The Story Behind The Song - Guns N' Roses 'Sweet Child O' Mine'|publisher=Here Today... Gone To Hell!}}</ref> drummer ] and Slash were warming up and Slash began to play a "circus" melody while making faces at Adler. Rhythm guitarist ] asked Slash to play it again. Stradlin came up with some chords, ] created a ] and Adler planned a beat. In ], Slash said "within an hour my guitar exercise had become something else". Lead singer ] was listening to the musicians upstairs in his room and was inspired to write lyrics, which he completed by the following afternoon.<ref name=slash/> He based it on his girlfriend Erin Everly, and declared that ] served as an inspiration "to make sure that we'd got that heartfelt feeling".<ref name=qmag/> On the next composing session in Burbank, the band added a ] and a guitar solo.<ref name=slash>{{cite book | last=Slash |author2=Bozza, Anthony | title=] | publisher=Harper Entertainment | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-00-725775-1 | pages=154–5}}</ref> |
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When the band recorded demos with producer ], he suggested adding a ] at the song's end. The musicians agreed, but were not sure what to do. Listening to the demo in a loop, Rose started saying to himself, "Where do we go? Where do we go now?" and Proffer suggested that he sing that.<ref name=slash/> |
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An alternate version featuring half a live version, half a newly recorded 1999 version plays during the credits of the movie "Big Daddy".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1429782/new-guns-n-roses-makes-mystery-debut-live-album-sessions-underway/ |title=New Guns N' Roses Makes Mystery Debut; Live Album Sessions Underway |work=] |date=July 9, 1999 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128140836/http://www.mtv.com/news/1429782/new-guns-n-roses-makes-mystery-debut-live-album-sessions-underway/ |archivedate=January 28, 2020 |accessdate=January 28, 2020 }}</ref> |
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==Music video== |
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The "Sweet Child o' Mine" video depicts the band rehearsing in the Mendiola's Ballroom at ], surrounded by crew members. All of the band members' girlfriends at the time were shown in the clip: Rose's girlfriend Erin Everly, whose father is ] of ]; McKagan's girlfriend Mandy Brix, from the all-female rock band the Lame Flames; Stradlin's girlfriend Angela Nicoletti; Adler's girlfriend Cheryl Swiderski; and Slash's girlfriend Sally McLaughlin. Stradlin's dog was also featured. The video was successful on ], and helped launch the song to success on mainstream radio. |
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To make "Sweet Child o' Mine" more marketable to MTV and radio stations, the song was edited down from 5:56 to 4:13, for the radio edit/remix, with much of Slash's guitar solo removed. This drew the ire of the band, including Rose, who commented on it in a 1989 interview with '']'': "I hate the edit of 'Sweet Child O' Mine.' Radio stations said, 'Well, your vocals aren't cut.' My favorite part of the song is Slash's slow solo; it's the heaviest part for me. There's no reason for it to be missing except to create more space for commercials, so the radio-station owners can get more advertising dollars. When you get the chopped version of ']' or half of 'Sweet Child' and ']' cut, you're getting screwed."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/axl-rose-the-rolling-stone-interview-3-184068/ |title=Axl Rose: The Rolling Stone Interview |author=Del James |date=August 10, 1989 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> |
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A 7-inch vinyl format and cassette single were released. The album version of the song was included on the US single release, while the UK single was the "edit/remix" version. The 12" vinyl format also contained the longer LP version. The b-side to the single is a non-album, live version of "It's So Easy". |
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On an interview on ]'s New York radio show in May 2006, Rose stated that his original concept for the video focused on the theme of ]. According to Rose, the video was to depict an Asian woman carrying a baby into a foreign land, only to discover at the end that the child was dead and filled with ]. This concept was rejected by ]. |
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There is also an alternative video for "Sweet Child o' Mine" in the same place, but with different shots and filmed in black and white.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4 |title=Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine |publisher=YouTube |date=December 24, 2009 |accessdate=April 12, 2013}}</ref> As of July 2020, the song's music video has over 1.1 billion views on ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kworb.net/youtube/video/1w7OgIMMRc4.html|title=YouTube Stats of Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine|website=kworb.net|access-date=October 17, 2019}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
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"Sweet Child o' Mine" placed number 37 on '']''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Solos." It also came in at number 3 on '']''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born, and at number 198 on ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/guns-n-roses-sweet-child-omine-20110526 |title=News |work=Rolling Stone |accessdate=February 10, 2015}}</ref> In March 2005, ] placed it at number 6 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. On a 2004 '']'' magazine poll, the introduction's famous ] was voted number 1 riff of all-time by the readers of the magazine.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3677965.stm | work=BBC News | title=Guns N' Roses top rock riff poll | date=May 2, 2004 | accessdate=May 24, 2010}}</ref> It was also in ''Rolling Stone'''s 40 Greatest Songs that Changed the World. It places number 7 in VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the '80s", and placed number 210 on the ] ] list. |
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{{As of|June 2019}}, the song is ranked as the 76th greatest song of all time, as well as the best song of 1987, by ].<ref name="Acclaimed Music">{{cite web|url=http://www.acclaimedmusic.net|title=Acclaimed Music Top 3000 songs|publisher=]|accessdate=June 30, 2019}}</ref> The song has sold 2,609,000 digital copies in the United States as of March 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-march-18-2012-songs-80s-party-004336988.html |title=Week Ending March 18, 2012. Songs: Your '80s Party Mix-Tape |publisher=Yahoo! Music |date=March 21, 2012 |accessdate=March 29, 2012}}</ref> |
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Guitarist ] said in 1990, " turned into a huge hit and now it makes me sick. I mean, I like it, but I hate what it represents."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Rowland|title=LA Law and Disorder|magazine=], reprinted from ]|date=February 1991|page=45}}</ref> |
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] ranked the song the 8th best Guns N' Roses song.<ref>https://www.kerrang.com/features/the-20-greatest-guns-n-roses-songs-ranked/</ref> |
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==Australian Crawl controversy== |
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In 2015, the web page of the Australian music TV channel ] published an article by music writer Nathan Jolly that noted similarities between "Sweet Child o' Mine" and the song "Unpublished Critics" by the Australian band ], from 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maxtv.com.au/news/how-similar-is-sweet-child-o-mine-to-a-1981-australian-crawl-song.aspx|title=How similar is 'Sweet Child O Mine' to a 1981 Australian Crawl song?|publisher=maxtv.com.au|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619224146/http://www.maxtv.com.au/news/how-similar-is-sweet-child-o-mine-to-a-1981-australian-crawl-song.aspx|archive-date=June 19, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The article included both songs, inviting readers to compare the two. It also cited a reader's comment on an earlier article<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maxtv.com.au/news/slash-is-open-to-a-gunners-reunion-never-say-never.aspx|title=Slash is open to a Gunners reunion: 'Never say never'|publisher=maxtv.com.au|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419011218/http://www.maxtv.com.au/news/slash-is-open-to-a-gunners-reunion-never-say-never.aspx|archive-date=April 19, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> that had originally drawn attention to the similarities between the songs. As of May 2015, this comment no longer appeared on the earlier article. The story went viral<ref>{{cite web|url=http://app.viralnewschart.com/News/News.aspx?linkId=108853839|title=Guns N Roses Sweet Child O Mine comes under plagiarism charges - ViralNewsChart via Consequence of Sound|date=May 10, 2015|work=ViralNewsChart|access-date=May 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100731/http://app.viralnewschart.com/News/News.aspx?linkId=108853839|archive-date=May 18, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> quickly, encouraging several comments on both the MAX article and the suggestion that "Unpublished Critics" had influenced "Sweet Child o' Mine",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/australian-crawl-fans-spark-online-debate-after-pointing-out-similarities-with-guns-n-roses-hit/story-e6frfmq9-1227350742310|title=Australian Crawl fans spark online debate after pointing out similarities with Guns N' Roses hit|work=NewsComAu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6568203/guns-n-roses-sweet-child-o-mine-australian-crawl|title=Did Guns N' Roses' 'Sweet Child O' Mine' Copy Australian Crawl's 'Unpublished Critics'? |work=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/guns-n-roses-plagiarism/|title=Guns N' Roses 'Sweet Child O' Mine' Plagiarism Claims Laughed Off by Australian Crawl Singer|work=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/may/14/australian-crawl-singer-james-reyne-similarities-between-sweet-child-o-mine|title=James Reyne responds to Guns N' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine plagiarism rumours|first=Monica|last=Tan|work=The Guardian}}</ref> including one from Duff McKagan, bass player with Guns N' Roses when "Sweet Child o' Mine" was written and recorded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://radio.com/2015/05/13/guns-n-roses-sweet-child-o-mine-plagiarism-duff-mckagan/|title=Duff McKagan: Guns N' Roses Didn't Plagiarize on 'Sweet Child O' Mine'|publisher=Radio.com|access-date=May 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518090403/http://radio.com/2015/05/13/guns-n-roses-sweet-child-o-mine-plagiarism-duff-mckagan/|archive-date=May 18, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> McKagan found the similarities between the songs "stunning," but said he had not previously heard "Unpublished Critics."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maxtv.com.au/news/guns-roses-duff-mckagan-on-aussie-crawl-song-it-is-pretty-stunning-but-we-didnt-steal-it-from-them.aspx|title=Duff McKagan on the Aussie Crawl song: 'It is pretty stunning... but we didn't steal it from them'|publisher=maxtv.com.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092122/http://www.maxtv.com.au/news/guns-roses-duff-mckagan-on-aussie-crawl-song-it-is-pretty-stunning-but-we-didnt-steal-it-from-them.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 18, 2015|access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref> |
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==Formats and track listing== |
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