sweet child of mine was written for erin everly.
sweet child of mine was written for erin everly.
who was sweet child of mine written for?
erin everly
"sweet child o' mine" was the album's second u.s. single, a love song co-written by rose as a poem for his then-girlfriend erin everly, daughter of don everly of the everly brothers. due to the growing grassroots success of the band and the cross-gender appeal of the song, "sweet child o' mine" and its accompanying music video received heavy airplay on both radio and mtv, becoming a huge hit during the summer of 1988 and reaching the top of the charts in the u.s. slash later commented, "i hated that song with a huge passion for the longest time, and it turned out to be our hugest hit, so it goes to show what i know." the song was released in japan as part of the ep "live from the jungle", which also featured a selection of live recordings from the band's june 1987 dates at london's the marquee, the group's first shows outside the united states. the song is the highest charting guns n' roses song, and is the band's only song to reach number one on the "billboard" hot 100.
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in 2015, the web page of the australian music tv channel max published an article by music writer nathan jolly that noted similarities between "sweet child o' mine" and the song "unpublished critics" by the australian band australian crawl, from 1981. the article included both songs, inviting readers to compare the two. it also cited a reader's comment on an earlier article 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 the story went viral quickly, encouraging several comments on both the max article and the suggestion that "unpublished critics" had influenced "sweet child o' mine", including one from duff mckagan, bass player with guns n' roses when "sweet child o' mine" was written and recorded. mckagan found the similarities between the songs "stunning," but said he had not previously heard "unpublished critics."
sweet child o' mine