Sweet Child o’ Mine

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#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
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1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction (CD Plant pressing)	Guns N’ Roses	Album	DE1987-07-21	Geffen Records	GED 24148, GEFD 24148
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	US1987-07-21	Geffen Records	9 24148-2
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction (RSA pressing)	Guns N’ Roses	Album	GB1987-07-21 XE1987	Geffen Records, Uzi Suicide	924 148-2
1.9	Sweet Child O’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction (Sonopress pressing)	Guns N’ Roses	Album	XE1987-07-21	Geffen Records	GED 24148, GEFD 24148
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	GB1987-07-21	Geffen Records	GFLD 19286
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	JP1987-09-25	Geffen Records	32XD-821
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:54	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	JP1987-09-25	Geffen Records	P-13556
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	US1987-10-27	Geffen Records	9 24148-2
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	DE1987	Geffen Records	924 148-2
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	US1987	Geffen Records	9 24211-2
1.9	Sweet Child O' Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	DE1987 CH1987	Geffen Records	9242111
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	AU1987	Geffen Records	9 24148-2
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction (club edition)	Guns N’ Roses	Album	US1987	Geffen Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)	9 24148-2, D 170348
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	CA1987	Geffen Records	CGEFD 24148
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	MX1987	Geffen Records	G22-4148
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	MX1987	Geffen Records	22-4148
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	US1987	Geffen Records	GHS 24148
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	XE1987	Geffen Records	924 148-1, WX 125
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction (2 catalogue number edition)	Guns N’ Roses	Album	XE1987	Geffen Records	GED 24148, GEFD 24148
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction (cover w/o cat.nr)	Guns N’ Roses	Album	DE1987	Geffen Records	924 148-2
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	?:??	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	XE1987 GB1987	Geffen Records	924 148‐4, WX 125 C
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	US1987	Geffen Records	9 24148-2
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	US1987	Geffen Records	9 24211-2
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	CA1987	Geffen Records	GEFD 24148
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite For Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	ZA1987	Geffen Records	CDGFC 1014
1.9	Sweet Child o' Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite For Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	DE1987	Geffen Records	9 24148-1
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite For Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	US1987	Columbia House (direct‐mailing distributor of club editions of releases), Geffen Records, Uzi Suicide	M2G 24148
1.6	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:57	Guns N’ Roses	EP (Live From the Jungle)	Guns N’ Roses	EP + Live	JP1987	Warner-Pioneer Corporation (Japanese holding company, 1972–1991)	P-6270
1.6	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	EP (Live From the Jungle)	Guns N’ Roses	EP + Live	JP1987	Warner-Pioneer Corporation (Japanese holding company, 1972–1991)	P-6270
1.6	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:57	Guns N’ Roses	EP (Live From the Jungle)	Guns N’ Roses	EP + Live	JP1988-05-11	Geffen Records	25XD-977
1.1	Sweet Child O' Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Sweet Child o’ Mine	Guns N’ Roses	Single	GB1988-08-08	Geffen Records	GEF 43T, GEF 43T 921 011-0-
1.11	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Summer ’89	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1988-12-05	RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)	STCD 1005
1.1	Sweet Child o' Mine (LP version)	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Sweet Child o' Mine	Guns N’ Roses	Single	US1988	Geffen Records	27963-7, 7-27963, 9 27963-7
1.1	Sweet Child O' Mine (LP version)	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Sweet Child O' Mine	Guns N’ Roses	Single	US1988	Geffen Records	9 27963-4
1.1	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Sweet Child o’ Mine	Guns N’ Roses	Single	GB1988	Geffen Records	921 243-2, GEF 55CD
1.1	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Sweet Child o’ Mine	Guns N’ Roses	Single	US1988
1.1	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Sweet Child o’ Mine	Guns N’ Roses	Single	-1988
1.1	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Sweet Child o’ Mine / Welcome to the Jungle	Guns N’ Roses	Single	US1988	Geffen Records	7-21901
1.4	Sweet Child O' Mine	5:52	Guns N’ Roses	Paradise City	Guns N’ Roses	Single	US1989
1.4	Sweet Child o' Mine	5:52	Guns N’ Roses	Paradise City	Guns N’ Roses	Single	DE1989	Geffen Records	921 181-2, GEF 50(CD), GEF 50CD
1.1	Sweet Child O’ Mine (LP version)	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Sweet Child o’ Mine	Guns N’ Roses	Single	GB1989	Geffen Records	GEF 55T
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	JP1990-09-25	Geffen Records	WPCP-3690
1.9	Sweet Child O’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction (Reversed Cover)	Guns N’ Roses	Album	US1990	Geffen Records, Uzi Suicide	M2G 24148
1.9	Sweet Child o' Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	JP1991-03-21	MCA Victor, Inc. (Japanese holding company, active 1991–1997; do not use as release label!)	MVCG-12
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	IL1991	Helicon Records (Israeli label), Geffen Records	424 148-2, GED 24148
1.2	Sweet Child O' Mine	5:55	Guns N' Roses	November Rain	Guns N' Roses	Single	DE1992	Geffen Records	GET 24434
1.2	Sweet Child O' Mine	5:55	Guns N' Roses	November Rain	Guns N' Roses	Single	GB1992	Geffen Records, Uzi Suicide	GFS 18
1.2	Sweet Child o' Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	November Rain	Guns N’ Roses	Single	US1992	Geffen Records	GED21710
1.2	Sweet Child o' Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	November Rain	Guns N’ Roses	Single	GB1992	Geffen Records	GFSTD 18
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite For Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	CA1994	Geffen Records	GEFD 24148
1.2	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:57	Guns N’ Roses	Since I Don’t Have You	Guns N’ Roses	Single	GB1994	Geffen Records	GFSXD 70
1.4	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Power Rock: 35 Rock Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1996	EMI Music France (1994–2013)	855 845 2
2.1	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:54	Guns N’ Roses	Drive On: 36 Classics for the Open Road	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1997-04-14	Global Television, Warner.ESP	RADCD55
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction (original master recording)	Guns N’ Roses	Album	US1997-05-13	Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab	UDCD 699
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:54	Guns N’ Roses	The Best Rock Ballads in the World… Ever! Volume 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1997-11-17	Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)	7243 8 44780 2 5, VTDCD 159
1.5	Sweet Child o' Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Most Wanted Rock 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1997	PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Nederland B.V.)	553 388-2
1.4	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Power Rock: 36 classiques du rock (sticker cover jewel case)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR1997	EMI Music France (1994–2013)	855 845 2
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	JP1998-02-21	MCA Victor, Inc. (Japanese holding company, active 1991–1997; do not use as release label!)	GEFD-24148, MVCG-19304
1.2	Sweet Child o' Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	The All Time Greatest Rock Songs of the 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s, Vol 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1998-11-02	Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music TV, Warner.ESP	MOODCD63
1.3	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:53	Guns N’ Roses	The Best Rock Anthems… Ever!	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1998-11-15	Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)	VTDCD 215
2.1	Sweet Child o' Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	The All Time Greatest Rock Songs, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1998-11-16	Sony Music Media	SMM 492510 2
1.3	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:57	Guns’N’Roses	Fetenhits: Rock Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1998-11-23	Polystar (Germany)	565 255-2
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	ZA1999	Geffen Records	MMTCD 2112
1.4	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:54	Guns N’ Roses	The Best Pub Jukebox in the World… Ever!	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2000-06-12	Virgin TV	VTDCD 308
1.18	Sweet Child O’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Knuffelrock 12	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE2000	Sony Music Media	SMM 500582 2
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	3 Original CDs	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	XE2001-09-03	Geffen Records, Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)	424936-2
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	XE2001	Geffen Records	424 148-1
1.9	Sweet Child o' Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	JP2002-07-24	USM JAPAN (read the annotation before using!)	UICY-2101
1.2	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:58	Guns N’ Roses	Greatest Hits	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	MX2004-02-13 CA2004-03-23 US2004-03-23	Geffen Records
1.2	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:58	Guns N’ Roses	Greatest Hits	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	GB2004-03-15	Geffen Records	B0001714-02
1.2	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Greatest Hits	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	XE2004-03-16	Geffen Records	0602498621080
1.2	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Greatest Hits	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	US2004-03-23	Geffen Records	B0001714-02
1.2	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:58	Guns N’ Roses	Greatest Hits	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	ZA2004-03	Geffen Records	STARCD 6851
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	JP2004-10-21	USM JAPAN (read the annotation before using!)	UICY-9716
1.2	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Greatest Hits (Cinram press)	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	CA2004	Geffen Records	B000171402
1.2	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Greatest Hits	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	US2004	Geffen Records	B0015529-02
1.2	Sweet Child o' Mine	5:58	Guns N’ Roses	Greatest Hits	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	US2004	Geffen Records	986 211-6
1.2	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Greatest Hits	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	NZ2004	Geffen Records	0602498621165
1.2	Sweet Child o' Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Greatest Hits	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	AU2004	Geffen Records	9862116
1.2	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Greatest Hits (Made in Germany by EDC)	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	XE2004	Geffen Records	0602498621080
1.2	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Greatest Hits	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	AR2004	Geffen Records	9861369
1.9	Sweet Child o' Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	JP2006-09-27	USM JAPAN (read the annotation before using!)	UICY-6430
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction (3 catalogue number edition)	Guns N’ Roses	Album	FR2006 DE2006	Uzi Suicide, Geffen Records	424 148-2, GED 24148, GEFD 24148
4.19	Sweet Child O’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Top 100 Hits 80s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BR2006	Coqueiro Verde
1.5	Sweet Child O' Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Clássicos Do Rock - As Cinco Melhores	Various Artists	EP	BR2007-01-01	Universal Music Ltda. (Brasil)
1.6	Sweet Child O' Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Mastermix Professional Engineered for DJs 06: Rock	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2007-09-24	Music Factory (UK promotional remix service)	CD664
1.2	Sweet Child o’ Mine	?:??	Guns N’ Roses	Greatest Hits	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	JP2008-06-25	Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)	UICY-90894
1.9	Sweet Child o' Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	JP2008-11-22	USM JAPAN (read the annotation before using!)	UICY-91203
1.9	Sweet Child O' Mine	5:55	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	US2008	Geffen Records	GHS 24148
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	JP2009-06-24	USM JAPAN (read the annotation before using!)	UICY-91460
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	JP2009-11-11	USM JAPAN (read the annotation before using!)	UICY-94334
1.9	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	2 for 1: Appetite for Destruction + G N’R Lies	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	ZA2009	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)	MMTDCD012
Promotion
1.4	Sweet Child o’ Mine (LP version)	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Aerosmith / Guns N’ Roses	Aerosmith / Guns N’ Roses	EP + Compilation	US1988	Geffen Records	PRO-CD-3132
2.13	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:57	Guns N’ Roses	Mastermix Classic Cuts Presents: The Rock Box	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2007	Music Factory (UK promotional remix service)	BX050
Bootleg
1.4	Sweet Child O' Mine	5:49	Guns N’ Roses	California X-Mas	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Live	IT1992	American Concert Series	ACS 005
1.6	Sweet Child o' Mine	5:57	Guns N’ Roses	Best Ballads	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	-1996
1.3	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:56	Guns N’ Roses	Platinum Collection 2000	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	RU2000	Platinum Collection (Russian bootleg label)
1.1	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:58	Guns N’ Roses	Destruction, Suicide, Lies and Other Incidents	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	US2001
31.11	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:57	Guns N’ Roses	80’s Giga Hits Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2008
(unknown)
1.2	Sweet Child o’ Mine	5:58	Guns N’ Roses	Greatest Hits	Guns N’ Roses	Album + Compilation	US2004-07-11	Geffen Records

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engineer and producer:	Mike Clink
mixer:	Michael Barbiero (producer, mixer, engineer, songwriter, collaborator with Steve Thompson) Steve Thompson (producer)
drums (drum set):	Steven Adler
electric bass guitar:	Duff McKagan
electric guitar:	Slash (Guns N’ Roses guitarist) Izzy Stradlin (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
background vocals:	Duff McKagan Izzy Stradlin (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
lead vocals:	Axl Rose

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Geffen Records (in 1987) The David Geffen Company (legal rights relating to Geffen Records) (in 1987)

has remixes:	Sweet Child o’ Mine by Melonia (A Swedish pop dance duo by producers Jarly and Svidden.)
sampled by:	Punk Rock Classic by Red Hot Chili Peppers
mash-ups:	Everything by Kids & Explosions Sweet Chii o' Mine by nakinyko Sweet Child of Mako (Mega Ran vs Guns n Roses) by DJ Nerd42 & Random (a.k.a. Mega Ran, US nerdcore rapper Rahim Jarbo) Sweet Child of Y (Guns ’n’ Roses vs. The Village People) by markwahlbird
edits:	Sweet Child o’ Mine

part of:	VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's (compiled in 2006) (number: 7) (order: 7) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 88) (order: 88) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 196) (order: 196) Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 212) (order: 212)

stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/track/7snQQk1zcKl8gZ92AnueZW [info]

recording of:	Sweet Child o’ Mine

Sweet Child o’ Mine

writer:	Steven Adler Izzy Stradlin (US guitarist, singer & songwriter) Duff McKagan Axl Rose Slash (Guns N’ Roses guitarist)

publisher:

Black Frog Music
Guns N’ Roses Music
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.)
ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30)
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)

later parody versions:	Weep Jeremiah
later translated versions:	Mein süßes Kind
orchestrations:	Sweet Child o’ Mine

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