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Formats and track listing

All tracks are written by Guns N' Roses except where noted

Personnel

• W. Axl Rose – vocals
• Slash – lead and rhythm guitars
• Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Duff "Rose" McKagan – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Steven Adler – drums

Charts and certifications

Sheryl Crow version

"Sweet Child o' Mine"
Single by Sheryl Crow
from the album Big Daddy soundtrack
Released	June 22, 1999 (1999-06-22)
Genre	Rock
Length	3:49
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Guns N' Roses
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin, Sheryl Crow
single singles chronology
"Anything but Down" (1999) "Sweet Child o' Mine" (1999) "Soak Up the Sun" (2002)

The song was covered by Sheryl Crow on the soundtrack to Big Daddy, and released as a bonus track on her third studio album, The Globe Sessions. The recording was produced by Rick Rubin and Crow. A music video for Crow's version was also released, directed by Stéphane Sednaoui. Crow performed the song live at Woodstock '99.

Ultimate Classic Rock profiled the song as part of a series on "Terrible Classic Rock Covers", and Rolling Stone readers named it the fourth worst cover song of all-time. Despite its negative reception, it became a moderate hit in Australia, Canada, Iceland, Ireland and the United Kingdom, and it earned Crow a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.

Charts

Ramin Djawadi version

Composer Ramin Djawadi arranged an orchestral piano cover version of the song for the official trailer of Westworld season 3.The song was released as a single by WaterTower Music and was also included in the season 3 soundtrack of Westworld.

See also

• List of best-selling singles in the United States
• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1988 (U.S.)
• List of UK Rock Chart number-one singles of 2010

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