Sweet Child o' Mine

"Sweet Child o' Mine"
1988 US vinyl issue
Single by Guns N' Roses
from the album Appetite for Destruction
B-side"It's So Easy" (live)
ReleasedJune 3, 1988 (1988-06-03)
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Length
  • 5:55 (album version)
  • 4:53 (single version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Mike Clink
Guns N' Roses singles chronology
"Welcome to the Jungle"
(1987)
"Sweet Child o' Mine"
(1988)
"Paradise City"
(1989)
Music videos
"Sweet Child o' Mine" on YouTube
"Sweet Child o' Mine" (Alternate version) on YouTube
"Sweet Child o' Mine" (Album version, music only) on YouTube
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"Sweet Child o' Mine"
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"Sweet Child o' Mine" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, released on their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction (1987). In the United States, the song was released in June 1988, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and becoming the band's only US number-one single. In the United Kingdom, the song was released in August 1988, reaching number 24 on the UK Singles Chart the same month. In May 1989, it was re-released there in a slightly remixed form and peaked at number six.