The 17 Best Guns N' Roses Songs of All Time

From sleaze-rock anthems that built a legend to sprawling power ballads that stopped stadiums cold, this lineup runs the full range of the band's chaos and grandeur. Where do you stand?

1. 1
   Sweet Child o' Mine

   The band's only U.S. number-one single, built on Slash's iconic opening guitar riff, from 1987's Appetite for Destruction.
   1000pts
2. 2
   November Rain

   An epic nine-minute power ballad with orchestral sweep and a lavish guitar solo, from Use Your Illusion I.
   642pts
3. 3
   Civil War

   A politically charged epic featured on Use Your Illusion II, opening with a spoken film sample.
   551pts
4. 4
   Welcome to the Jungle

   The snarling opening track of Appetite for Destruction that announced the band's arrival in 1987.
   550pts
5. 5
   Mr. Brownstone

   A gritty Appetite for Destruction track built on a distinctive syncopated riff about heroin.
   494pts
6. 6
   Don't Cry

   A soaring ballad released as the lead single from the Use Your Illusion albums in 1991.
   428pts
7. 7
   Paradise City

   An anthemic Appetite for Destruction closer whose sing-along chorus became a stadium staple.
   350pts
8. 8
   Estranged

   A sprawling, cinematic ballad from Use Your Illusion II known for its lavish dolphin-diving music video.
   350pts
9. 9
   Rocket Queen

   The genre-bending closing track of Appetite for Destruction that shifts from sleaze to uplift.
   350pts
10. 10
    Nightrain

    A hard-charging Appetite for Destruction anthem named after a cheap fortified wine.
    350pts
11. 11
    You Could Be Mine

    A hard-driving Use Your Illusion II track that soundtracked Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
    257pts
12. 12
    Chinese Democracy

    The industrial-tinged title track and lead single of the long-delayed 2008 album.
    257pts
13. 13
    Since I Don't Have You

    A doo-wop ballad cover from The Spaghetti Incident? released as a single in 1994.
    257pts
14. 14
    Yesterdays

    A reflective mid-tempo rocker released as a single from Use Your Illusion II.
    257pts
15. 15
    Patience

    A tender acoustic ballad from the G N' R Lies EP driven by whistling and layered guitars.
    0pts
16. 16
    Knockin' on Heaven's Door

    The band's roaring cover of the Bob Dylan classic, a highlight of Use Your Illusion II.
    0pts
17. 17
    Live and Let Die

    The band's explosive cover of the Wings James Bond theme, a Use Your Illusion I single.
    0pts

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