Chinese Democracy (song) Chinese Democracy (song) "Chinese Democracy" is a song by the American rock band Guns N' Roses, and the title track from their sixth studio album of the same name. The song was released as the band's twenty-first radio single on October 22, 2008 and was released on the iTunes Store on November 9, 2008. It was primarily written by Axl Rose and Josh Freese. It was the band's first single of original material since "Estranged" was released in 1994 as the final single off the 1991 album "Use Your Illusion II". Commercially, "Chinese Democracy" charted well in most territories. It
Chinese Democracy late November 1999, Rose played several tracks for "Rolling Stone", who likened the new sound to "Led Zeppelin's "Physical Graffiti" remixed by Beck and Trent Reznor". Rose said in 1999 that the band had recorded enough material for two albums. He also said the recording sessions had produced enough material for several albums, including an album that is "more industrial and electronica-influenced than "Chinese Democracy"". According to former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach, Rose told him "Chinese Democracy" was to be the first in a trilogy of albums. Sources said the band's initial plans were to record two albums, release