Hard Skool

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Hard Skool
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ReleasedJanuary 28, 2022
Genre
Length15:52
Label
Producer
Guns N' Roses chronology
Appetite for Destruction: Locked N' Loaded
(2018)
Hard Skool
(2022)
Use Your Illusion Super Deluxe
(2022)
Audio
"Hard Skool" on YouTube
CD, cassette
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hard Skool" Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Robin Finck, Josh Freese, Tommy Stinson, Paul Tobias [33] 3:41
2."Absurd"Rose, Dizzy Reed, Slash, McKagan3:23
3."Don't Cry" (live)Rose, Izzy Stradlin 4:24
4."You're Crazy" (live)Guns N' Roses4:24
Total length:15:52
7-inch vinyl
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hard Skool"Rose, Slash, McKagan, Finck, Freese, Stinson, Tobias3:41
2."Absurd" (live)Rose, Reed, Slash, McKagan3:40
Transparent vinyl
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hard Skool"Rose, Slash, McKagan, Finck, Freese, Stinson, Tobias3:41
2."Absurd" (live)Rose, Reed, Slash, McKagan3:40
3."Shadow of Your Love" (live)Rose, Stradlin, Tobias2:55

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Hard Skool"
Chart (2021–2022)Peak
position
Hungary (Single Top 40) [34] 25
Japan Hot Overseas ( Billboard Japan ) [35] 13
Japan (Oricon) [36] 18
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [37] 9

Personnel

Guns N' Roses

Additional credits

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