Sweet Child o' Mine

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"Sweet Child o' Mine"
Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine.png
1988 US vinyl issue
Single by Guns N' Roses
from the album Appetite for Destruction
B-side "It's So Easy" (live)
ReleasedJune 21, 1988 (1988-06-21)
Genre
Length
  • 5:55 (album version)
  • 4:53 (single version)
Label Geffen
Songwriter(s) Guns N' Roses
Producer(s) Mike Clink
Guns N' Roses singles chronology
"Welcome to the Jungle"
(1987)		"Sweet Child o' Mine"
(1988)		"Paradise City"
(1989)
Music videos
"Sweet Child o' Mine" on YouTube
US 7-inch vinyl (27963-7)
No.TitleLength
1."Sweet Child o' Mine" (LP version)5:55
2."It's So Easy" (live at The Marquee Club June 28, 1987) 
UK 1988 7-inch vinyl (GEF 43)
No.TitleLength
1."Sweet Child o' Mine" (remix/edit)3:57 [35]
2."Out Ta Get Me" (LP version)4:20
Total length:8:17
UK 1988 10-inch and 12-inch vinyl (GEF 43TE; GEF 43T)
No.TitleLength
1."Sweet Child o' Mine" (LP version)5:55
2."Out Ta Get Me" (LP version)4:20
3."Rocket Queen" (LP version) 
UK 1989 7-inch vinyl (GEF 55)
No.TitleLength
1."Sweet Child o' Mine" (remix/edit)3:57 [35]
2."Out Ta Get Me" (LP version)4:20
UK 1989 12-inch vinyl and 3-inch CD (GEF 55T; GEF 55CD)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sweet Child o' Mine" (LP version) 5:55
2."Move to the City" (LP version)Guns N' Roses, Del James, Chris Weber 3:47
3."Whole Lotta Rosie" (live AC/DC cover) Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott 4:34
4."It's So Easy" (live)Guns N' Roses, West Arkeen 3:51

Personnel

Guns N' Roses

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Sweet Child o' Mine"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [64] 8× Platinum560,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [65] 2× Platinum180,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [66] Gold250,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [67]
sales since 2009 		3× Platinum150,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [68] 3× Platinum120,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [69] 3× Platinum180,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [70] 4× Platinum2,400,000‡
United States (RIAA) [71] Gold3,126,000 [72]
United States (RIAA) [71]
Mastertone 		Platinum1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Sheryl Crow version

"Sweet Child o' Mine"
Sweet child shreyl crow.jpg
Single by Sheryl Crow
from the album Big Daddy soundtrack
B-side
ReleasedMay 31, 1999 (1999-05-31) [73]
Genre
Length3:49
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Guns N' Roses
Producer(s) Rick Rubin, Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow singles chronology
"Anything but Down"
(1999)		"Sweet Child o' Mine"
(1999)		"Soak Up the Sun"
(2002)

The song was covered by Sheryl Crow on the soundtrack to Big Daddy, and released as a bonus track on her third studio album, The Globe Sessions . The recording was produced by Rick Rubin and Crow. A music video for Crow's version was also released, directed by Stéphane Sednaoui. [76] Crow performed the song live at Woodstock '99. [77]

Ultimate Classic Rock profiled the song as part of a series on "Terrible Classic Rock Covers", [78] and Rolling Stone readers named it the fourth worst cover song of all-time. [79] Despite its negative reception, it became a moderate hit in Australia, Canada, Iceland, Ireland and the United Kingdom, and it earned Crow a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. [80]

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Sweet Child o' Mine" by Sheryl Crow
Chart (1999)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [57] 60
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [81] 9
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [82] 42
Canada Rock/Alternative ( RPM ) [83] 26
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [84] 79
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [85] 11
Ireland (IRMA) [86] 26
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [87] 95
Scotland (OCC) [88] 24
UK Singles (OCC) [89] 30
US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) [90] 29

Taken by Trees version

"Sweet Child o' Mine"
Sweetchildominetakenbytrees.jpg
Single by Taken by Trees
B-side "Above You"
ReleasedNovember 23, 2009
Genre Indie pop
Label Rough Trade
Songwriter(s) Guns N' Roses
Taken by Trees singles chronology
"Lost & Found"
(2007)		"Sweet Child o' Mine"
(2009)		"Dreams"
(2012)
John Lewis & Partners Christmas advert singles chronology
"Sweet Child o' Mine"
(2009)		"Your Song"
(2010)

In 2009, Taken by Trees, the solo project of Swedish singer Victoria Bergsman, former lead singer of the Concretes covered the song for the 2009 John Lewis & Partners Christmas advert, a UK advertising tradition since 2007. It was later announced that the version would be released as their next UK single. [91] It was also used in the promotional trailers for the 2009 remake of The Last House on the Left. The song was also used in the final scene for the 2010 film Life as We Know It . Bergsman's version reached number 23 on the UK Singles Chart on November 28, 2009, and remained at the spot for six weeks. [92]

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