In July 1987, Guns N' Roses released their debut album, "Appetite for Destruction", which to date has sold over 28 million copies worldwide, including 18 million in the United States alone. Stradlin wrote or cowrote most of its songs, including the hits "Sweet Child o' Mine" and "Paradise City". He also wrote the hit "Patience" on the follow-up "G N' R Lies", released in November 1988 to US sales of five million copies, despite containing only eight tracks, four of which were included on the previously released EP "Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide".