Guns N’ Roses’ 20 best songs, from wicked to freakin’ awesome

By Steve Newton

Guns N’ Roses debut album Appetite for Destruction was undoubtedly chock full of killer songs, but I still think “You Could Be Mine” is #1.

20. “Live and Let Die” (Use Your Illusion I, 1991)

19. “Get in the Ring” (Use Your Illusion II, 1991)

18 “Mr. Brownstone” (Appetite for Destruction, 1987)

16. “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (Use Your Illusion II, 1991)

17. “Used to Love Her” (G N’ R Lies, 1988)

15. “Breakdown” (Use Your Illusion II, 1991)

14. “Patience” (G N’ R Lies, 1988)

13. “Dead Horse” (Use Your Illusion I, 1991)

12. “Civil War” (Use Your Illusion II, 1991)

11. “Out Ta Get Me” (Appetite for Destruction, 1987)

10. “It’s So Easy” (Appetite for Destruction, 1987)

9. “Bad Obsession” (Use Your Illusion I, 1991)

8. “Night Train” (Appetite for Destruction, 1987)

7. “Paradise City” (Appetite for Destruction, 1987)

6. “Hair of the Dog” (“The Spaghetti Incident?”, 1993)

5. “November Rain” (Use Your Illusion I, 1991)

4. “Don’t Cry” (Use Your Illusion I, 1991)

3. “Welcome to the Jungle” (Appetite for Destruction, 1987)

2. “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (Appetite for Destruction, 1987)

1. “You Could Be Mine” (Use Your Illusion II, 1991)

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