Welcome to the Jungle

This article is about the Guns N' Roses song. For other uses, see Welcome to the Jungle (disambiguation).

"Welcome to the Jungle"
U.S. single picture sleeve
Single by Guns N' Roses
from the album Appetite for Destruction
B-side
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1987[1]
Recorded1987
Genre
Length4:31
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)Guns N' Roses
Producer(s)Mike Clink
Guns N' Roses singles chronology
"It's So Easy" / "Mr. Brownstone"
(1987) 		"Welcome to the Jungle"
(1987) 		"Sweet Child o' Mine"
(1988)
Music video
"Welcome to the Jungle" on YouTube
Audio sample

"Welcome to the Jungle" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, featured as the opening track on their debut album, Appetite for Destruction (1987). It was released as the album's second single initially in the UK in September 1987 then again in October 1988 this time including the US, where it reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100[9] and number 24 on the UK Singles Chart.[10]

On the 1987 release, the 7" was backed with a live version of AC/DC's "Whole Lotta Rosie", while the 12" also contained live versions of the band's debut single "It's So Easy" and Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door". In 2009, "Welcome to the Jungle" was named the greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.[7] In 2021, Rolling Stone listed "Welcome to the Jungle" at 491 on their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.[11]

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  11. ^ RS 500 songs