Chinese Democracy (song)

"Chinese Democracy"
artwork of the UK vinyl single release
Single by Guns N' Roses
from the album Chinese Democracy
B-side	"Shackler's Revenge"
Released	November 17, 2008
Recorded	1998–2007
Genre	Hard rock industrial rock heavy metal
Length	4:43
Label	Geffen
Songwriter(s)	Axl Rose Josh Freese Eric Caudieux Caram Castanzo Robin Finck Dizzy Reed Tommy Stinson Paul Tobias
Producer(s)	Axl Rose Caram Costanzo
Guns N' Roses singles chronology
"Sympathy for the Devil" (1994) "Chinese Democracy" (2008) "Shadow of Your Love" (2018)
Audio sample
"Chinese Democracy" file help
Alternative cover
Geffen version

"Chinese Democracy" is a song by the American rock band Guns N' Roses, and the title track from their sixth studio album. It was released as a radio single on October 22, 2008^[1] and was released on the iTunes Store on November 9, 2008. It was primarily written by Axl Rose and Josh Freese.^[2] It was the band's first single of original material since "Estranged" was released in 1994 as the final single off the 1991 album Use Your Illusion II.

Commercially, "Chinese Democracy" charted well in most territories. It was particularly successful in Scandinavian countries, topping the Norwegian Singles Chart and reaching number three in Sweden and Finland. The song reached the top 20 in Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland, as well as number 27 on the UK Singles Chart and in Flemish Belgium and New Zealand. In North America, the song reached number 10 in Canada and number 34 in the United States. The song reached number five on the US Mainstream Rock chart.