Welcome to the Videos

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Welcome to the Videos
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ReleasedOctober 27, 1998 (1998-10-27)
Recorded1987–1994
Genre
Length75 min
Label Geffen Home Video
Guns N' Roses chronology
Use Your Illusion
(1998)
Welcome to the Videos
(1998)
Live Era '87–'93
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Welcome to the Videos is a video compilation originally released on VHS and VCD in 1998. It features music videos by the American rock group Guns N' Roses. All the videos featured were made between 1987 and 1994. In many ways, it is a video forerunner to their Greatest Hits compilation album of 2004. It was released on DVD in October 2003.

Contents

Licensing issues prevented the inclusion of the "You Could Be Mine" video, as it featured clips from Terminator 2: Judgment Day .

The release was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA, shipping over 200,000 copies. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Welcome to the Jungle"4:40
2."Sweet Child o' Mine"5:03
3."Paradise City"6:49
4."Patience"5:57
5."Don't Cry (Original version)"5:14
6."Live and Let Die"3:15
7."November Rain"9:17
8."Yesterdays"3:20
9."The Garden"5:26
10."Dead Horse"4:33
11."Garden of Eden"2:55
12."Estranged"9:48
13."Since I Don't Have You"4:29

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
US Music Videos Chart [3] 5
Chart (2004)Peak
position
Australian Music DVDs Chart [4] 37
Finnish Music DVDs Chart [5] 2
Irish Music DVDs Chart [6] 4
New Zealand Music DVDs Chart [7] 4
Chart (2005)Peak
position
Greek Music DVDs Chart [8] 14

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [9] 7× Platinum105,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [10] Gold25,000*
Mexico (AMPROFON) [11] Gold10,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [12] Platinum5,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [13] 3× Platinum150,000^
United States (RIAA) [14] 2× Platinum200,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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