You Could Be Mine

"You Could Be Mine"
U.S. commercial CD single
Single by Guns N' Roses
from the album Use Your Illusion II
B-side"Civil War" (LP version)
ReleasedJune 21, 1991 (1991-06-21)
Studio
GenreHard rock[1]
Length5:44
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Guns N' Roses singles chronology
"Nightrain"
(1989)
"You Could Be Mine"
(1991)
"Don't Cry"
(1991)
Music videos
"You Could Be Mine" on YouTube
"You Could Be Mine" (Live) on YouTube

"You Could Be Mine" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses from their fourth studio album, Use Your Illusion II. The song was released on June 21, 1991, as the first single from the Use Your Illusion albums. The song was originally released as a song in director James Cameron's 1991 film, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Backed with "Civil War" from Use Your Illusion II, the single reached number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number three on the UK Singles Chart, and number one in Finland and Spain. It became a top-five hit in more than 10 additional countries.

  1. ^ Law, Sam (June 24, 2021). "The 50 best albums from 1991". Kerrang!. Retrieved August 17, 2021.