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Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine (1991)

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" You Could Be Mine " is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, featured on their 1991 fourth studio album Use Your Illusion II . It was released as the band's seventh single, and the first from the Use Your Illusion albums, in June 1991. Backed with " Civil War " from Use Your Illusion II , the single reached number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number three on the UK Singles Chart. The song was originally released as the theme song for director James Cameron's 1991 film, Terminator 2: Judgment Day . Read more about the song

Guns N' Roses - Patience (1989)

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" Patience " is a song by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, which appears on the album G N' R Lies and was released as a single in 1989. The song peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is played using three acoustic guitars and was recorded in a single session by producer Mike Clink. A music video of the song was shot and appears on the band's music video DVD, Welcome to the Videos . The music and lyrics were both written by Izzy Stradlin. Read more about the song

Guns N' Roses - Knocking on Heaven's Door (1992)

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In 1987, Guns N' Roses started including the song in their live sets. A live version of the track was initially released on the maxi-single of Welcome to the Jungle the same year. They recorded a studio version in 1990 for the Days of Thunder Soundtrack , which was later slightly modified for the 1991 album Use Your Illusion II (basically discarding the responses in the second verse). Read more about the song

Guns N' Roses - Paradise City (1988)

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" Paradise City " is a song written by American hard rock/heavy metal band Guns N' Roses. It was released in 1987 on their debut studio album Appetite for Destruction and was released as a single in 1988. It is also the only song on the album to feature a synthesizer. It is most known for its iconic lyrics, " Take me down to the Paradise City, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty ." It is also frequently played at sports stadiums during games along with " Welcome to the Jungle ", also from Appetite for Destruction. The song peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, the band's third single to reach the Top 10 in the U.S, and number six on the UK Singles Chart. Read more about the song

Guns n' Roses - Sympathy for the devil (1994)

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Guns N' Roses recorded a cover in 1994 which reached No.55 on the Billboard Hot 100; it was featured in the closing credits of Neil Jordan's film adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire and was included on their Greatest Hits album. This cover is notable for causing an incident involving incoming guitarist, Paul Huge, that was partially responsible for guitarist Slash departing from the band in 1996. Slash has described the Guns N' Roses version of the song as " the sound of the band breaking up ". Read more about the song

Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (1988)

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" Sweet Child O' Mine " is a song by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, and the third single from their 1987 debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction. Released on August 17, 1988, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's first and only number-one single in the U.S. It reached number six on the UK Singles Chart, when re-released in 1989. Read more about the song

Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry (1991)

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" Don't Cry " is a power ballad by the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, two versions of which were released simultaneously on different albums. The version with the original lyrics is the fourth track on Use Your Illusion I , while the version with the alternate lyrics is the 13th track on Use Your Illusion II . Only the vocal tracks differ, and even then only in the verses; however, in those verses, not only are the words entirely different, but the meter and melody are also slightly different. There is also a third version, officially released only on the single for the song, which was recorded during Appetite for Destruction sessions in 1986. The song reached the top 10 in many countries, including number 8 in the UK Singles Chart and number 10 in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100. Read more about the song

Guns N' Roses - November Rain (1992)

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"November Rain" is a power ballad by American rock band Guns N' Roses, written by lead singer Axl Rose and released as a single in June 1992. It appears on the album Use Your Illusion I . It features a sweeping orchestral backing and is one of Guns N' Roses' longest songs. " November Rain " peaked at number 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the longest song in history to enter the top ten of that chart. Read more about the song