Patience (Guns N' Roses song)

"Patience"
Standard artwork (U.S. vinyl pictured)
Single by Guns N' Roses
from the album G N' R Lies
B-side"Rocket Queen"
ReleasedMarch 31, 1989[1]
Recorded1988
Genre
Length5:56
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Guns N' Roses singles chronology
"Paradise City"
(1989) 		"Patience"
(1989) 		"Nightrain"
(1989)
Music video
Patience on YouTube

"Patience" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses from their second studio album, G N' R Lies (1988), released as a single in March 1989. The song peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100.[4] The song is a ballad,[5] played using three acoustic guitars and was recorded in a single session by producer Mike Clink. A music video of the song was shot and appears on the band's music video DVD, Welcome to the Videos.

The motivation for the track is generally accepted to be the troublesome relationship between Axl Rose and his now ex-wife Erin Everly, though this was never stated in the album or interviews. According to bass guitarist Duff McKagan, "Axl came up with a great lyric, seemingly out of nowhere, that of course became the story and melody of that song."[6]

Drummer Steven Adler did not record on the track, although in some live performances prior to release of the album, such as their performance at the Orange County Fair in New York in the summer of 1988, percussion (and electric instruments) were used.

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  2. ^ August 2019, Joe Bosso 23 (August 23, 2019). "The 25 best acoustic rock songs". guitarworld. Retrieved July 2, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Review: Guns N' Roses knocks it out of the park at Dodger Stadium". Orange County Register. August 19, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "Allmusic (Guns N' Roses charts and awards) Billboard singles".
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ballad was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ London, Axl, and Continued "Patience" Archived October 31, 2010, at the Wayback Machine