Hard Skool

Hard Skool
EP and single by Guns N' Roses
Released	January 28, 2022
Genre	Hard rock [1] [2] alternative metal [3] punk rock [4] [3] [5] industrial rock [6]
Length	15:52
Label	Geffen UMG
Producer	Axl Rose Caram Costanzo
Guns N' Roses chronology
Appetite for Destruction: Locked N' Loaded (2018) Hard Skool (2022) Use Your Illusion Super Deluxe (2022)
Guns N' Rosessingles chronology
"Absurd" (2021) "Hard Skool" (2021) "Perhaps" (2023)

CD, cassette

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hard Skool"	Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Robin Finck, Josh Freese, Tommy Stinson, Paul Tobias [24]	3:41
2.	"Absurd"	Rose, Dizzy Reed, Slash, McKagan	3:23
3.	"Don't Cry" (live)	Rose, Izzy Stradlin	4:24
4.	"You're Crazy" (live)	Guns N' Roses	4:24
Total length:			15:52

7-inch vinyl

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hard Skool"	Rose, Slash, McKagan, Finck, Freese, Stinson, Tobias	3:41
2.	"Absurd" (live)	Rose, Reed, Slash, McKagan	3:40

Transparent vinyl

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hard Skool"	Rose, Slash, McKagan, Finck, Freese, Stinson, Tobias	3:41
2.	"Absurd" (live)	Rose, Reed, Slash, McKagan	3:40
3.	"Shadow of Your Love" (live)	Rose, Stradlin, Tobias	2:55

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Hard Skool"

Chart (2021–2022)	Peak position
Hungary (Single Top 40) [25]	25
Japan Hot Overseas ( Billboard Japan ) [26]	13
Japan (Oricon) [27]	18
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [28]	9

Personnel

Guns N' Roses

• Axl Rose – lead vocals, piano, production, programming
• Slash – lead guitar
• Duff McKagan – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Dizzy Reed – piano, keyboards, backing vocals, programming
• Richard Fortus – rhythm guitar
• Brain – drums, percussion (studio tracks only) ^[29]
• Frank Ferrer – drums, percussion (live tracks only)
• Melissa Reese – keyboards, sub-bass, percussion, backing vocals

Additional credits

• Caram Costanzo – production, mixing, engineer
• Sean Beavan, Eric Caudieux – additional engineering

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