That's a true story about my girlfriend at this time [Erin Everly].
Axl - Hit Parader March 1988

#1 on MTV2 "Top 69 Mightiest Riffs" February 2004
#1 on U.K.'s Total Guitar magazine "100 Greatest Riffs Ever", as voted by the readers. May 2004
#3 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years." June, 2003
#3 on Virgin Radio's "The All Time Top 500" December, 2004
#6 on Q magazine's "100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever" March 2005

Lyrics:

She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where evrything
Was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that special place
And if I stared too long
I'd probably break down and cry

Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love of mine

She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by

Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love of mine

Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Sweet child o' mine

Video info:

Sweet Child O' Mine 1988
Director: Nigel Dick

Shot on April 11th, 1988 at the
Ballroom, Huntington Park, CA

Won Best Metal/Hard Rock Video at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards.

Release info:

Released: August 20, 1988 (UK)

UK Chart peak: 24
US Chart peak: 1 (The Billboard Hot 100)

GEF 43 7" with wraparound sticker
Sweet Child O' Mine / Out Ta Get Me

GEF 43TE 10"
Sweet Child O' Mine / Out Ta Get Me /
Rocket Queen

GEF 43T 12"
Sweet Child O' Mine / Out Ta Get Me /
Rocket Queen

GEF 43TV 12" with metallic sleeve
Sweet Child O' Mine / Out Ta Get Me /
Rocket Queen

921011-0 12" single (Germany)
Sweet Child O' Mine / Out Ta Get Me /
Rocket Queen

All tracks from "Appetite For Destruction".

Second Issue

Released: June 3, 1989 (UK)

UK Chart peak: 6

GEF 55 7"
Sweet Child O' Mine (remix) / Out Ta Get Me

GEF ??? 7" (Japan)
Sweet Child O' Mine / Welcome To The Jungle

GEF 55C cassette
Sweet Child O' Mine (remix) / Out Ta Get Me

GEF 55W 7" with tattoo and
stickered poster sleeve
Sweet Child O' Mine (remix) / Out Ta Get Me

GEF 55T 12"
Sweet Child O' Mine / Move To The City /
Whole Lotta Rosie (live) / It's So Easy (live)

GEF 55P Cross-shaped
picture disc with sticker
Sweet Child O' Mine (remix) / Out Ta Get Me /
Rocket Queen

GEF 55CD CD
Sweet Child O' Mine (remix) / Move To The City /
Whole Lotta Rosie / It's So Easy (live)

Live tracks recorded in London England June 28, 1987.
"Move To The City" from "Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide".
Remix version unavailable elsewhere.

November 1988 (USA):
7" Sweet Child O' Mine / It's So Easy (live)