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Guns N’ Roses ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ Is First ’80s Video to Reach A Billion Views

Congrats to Guns N' Roses — "Sweet Child O' Mine" is the first '80s music video to reach a billion views on YouTube. Guns N' Roses made their debut on MTV in 1987 with "Welcome to the Jungle," but it ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

When Guns N’ Roses Hit the Top With ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine’

Guns N' Roses were slowly on their way to superstardom after the release of their debut album, Appetite for Destruction, in July 1987. Almost a year after the LP arrived in stores, a third single was ...
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2,305 Words On “Sweet Child O’ Mine”

This article is about the song “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses. It’s also about nihilism, fury, lost innocence and living at the spear tip of a history that’s fraying and dissipating into ...
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The Number Ones: Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine”

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Almost exactly ...