guns n' roses "sweet child o' mine hit the charts in 1988.
guns n' roses "sweet child o' mine hit the charts in 1988.
when did guns n' roses "sweet child o' mine hit the charts?
1988
"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.
guns n' roses
the discography of guns n' roses, an american hard rock band, consists of six studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, three extended plays (eps), 19 singles, nine video albums and 21 music videos. guns n' roses was formed in los angeles, california with an original recording lineup of lead vocalist axl rose, lead guitarist slash, rhythm guitarist izzy stradlin, bassist duff mckagan and drummer steven adler. after self-releasing the ep "live ?!*@ like a suicide" in december 1986, the band signed with geffen records and released its debut studio album "appetite for destruction" the following july. it topped the us "billboard" 200 and went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time, with reported sales over 30 million units worldwide, 18 million of which are in the us. three singles – "welcome to the jungle", "sweet child o' mine" and "paradise city" – reached the us "billboard" hot 100 top ten, with "sweet child o' mine" topping the chart.
guns n' roses discography