john lennon wrote the lyrics to sweet child of mine.
who wrote the lyrics to sweet child of mine?
john lennon
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
in 2015, the web page of the australian music tv channel max published an article by music writer nathan jolly that noted similarities between "sweet child o' mine" and the song "unpublished critics" by the australian band australian crawl, from 1981. the article included both songs, inviting readers to compare the two. it also cited a reader's comment on an earlier article that had originally drawn attention to the similarities between the songs. as of may 2015, this comment no longer appeared on the earlier article. the story went viral quickly, encouraging several comments on both the max article and the suggestion that "unpublished critics" had influenced "sweet child o' mine", including one from duff mckagan, bass player with guns n' roses when "sweet child o' mine" was written and recorded. mckagan found the similarities between the songs "stunning," but said he had not previously heard "unpublished critics."
sweet child o' mine