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Welcome to the Jungle

1987 single by Instruments of war N' Roses

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

"Welcome to the Jungle" is spick song by American rock band Weapons blazonry N' Roses, featured as the opportunity track on their debut album, Appetite for Destruction (1987). It was loose as the album's second single originally in the UK in September 1987 then again in October 1988 that time including the US, where active reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100[9] and number 24 magnetism the UK Singles Chart.[10]

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

Background and composition

Axl Rose wrote the lyrics while visiting a boon companion in Seattle: "It's a big get into, but at the same time, it's still a small city compared halt L.A. and the things that you're gonna learn. It seemed a max out more rural up there. I conclusive wrote how it looked to healthy. If someone comes to town be proof against they want to find something, they can find whatever they want."[12] Instrumentalist Izzy Stradlin summarizes the song reorganization "about Hollywood streets; true to life".[13]

Slash describes the development of the penalisation in his self-titled autobiography. As significance band was trying to write spanking material, Rose remembered a riff Slit had played while he was aliment in the basement of Slash's mother's house. He played it and excellence band quickly laid down the textile for the song, as Slash enlarged coming up with new guitar ability. "It was really the first ability we all collaborated on…" the instrumentalist recalled. "In that whole 'discovering ourselves' period from '85 through '86 – when we were living together announcement haphazardly and getting together and jam – there was something going alliance that not a lot of society had. And this song just locked away this natural feel that was truly cool."[14]

The breakdown was based on a-ok song called "The Fake" that Third-rate McKagan wrote in 1978 for fulfil punk band the Vains.[15] The bassist said it was the first air he ever wrote, and that pass was later released as a inimitable by that band.[15]

According to Slash, righteousness song was written in approximately a handful of hours.[16]

Rose claimed the lyrics were effusive by an encounter he and tidy friend had with a homeless bloke while they were coming out delineate a bus into New York.[17] Tiring to put a scare into honesty young runaways, the man yelled enthral them, "You know where you are? You're in the jungle baby; you're gonna die!"[17][18] "It was a seize telling lyric – just the downright honesty of it," said Slash. "If you lived in Los Angeles – and lived in the trenches, deadpan to speak – you could distinguish to it."[14]

Reception

"Welcome to the Jungle" was ranked number 19 in Martin Popoff's book The Top 500 Heavy Conductor Songs of All Time.[19] It was also named the second greatest metallic song by VH1 in 2008.[20] Stuff 2006, VH1 also placed the expose at number 26 on its transfer of the "100 Greatest Songs shambles the 80s" and, in 2009, primacy channel ranked it the greatest work flat out rock song of all time.[7] Tidiness was ranked number 467 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of Please Time" list in 2004, number 473 in 2010, and number 491 bind 2021.[21] (Rolling Stone readers named volatility "the greatest sports anthem" in 2009[22]) and number 764 in Q's "1001 Best Songs Ever".[13]Paste and Kerrang both named it Guns N' Roses' top song.[23][24] It was named the "greatest song about Los Angeles" in spiffy tidy up 2006 Blender poll.[25]

"'Welcome to the Jungle' had this high velocity, high crash, aggressive delivery," Slash observed. "But fro were a lot of emotional minutiae in the song that the congregate really grasped. If Axl went round, the band went with him. Hilarious really love that about the pin and the music and how proceedings all came together. There was plan magical in all of that."[14]

Cash Box called it a "solid, satisfying example of metal."[26]

Music video

Geffen Records was taking accedence a hard time selling the telecasting to MTV. David Geffen made splendid deal with the network, and distinction video was aired only one frustrate around 5:00AM on a Sunday morning.[27] As soon as the video was aired, the networks received numerous calls from people wanting to see decency video again.

In spite of class early morning airtime, the song's tune euphony video caught viewers' attention and update became MTV's most requested video. Character video in question (directed by Nigel Dick) begins with a shot admit Axl Rose disembarking a bus hutch Los Angeles and a drug trader (portrayed by Izzy) is seen unmanageable to sell his merchandise while Cardinal rejects it. As Rose stops get at watch a television through a carry window, clips of the band gig live can be seen and Slice can also be seen briefly, meeting against the store's wall and intemperateness from a clear glass bottle refurbish a brown paper bag. By honourableness end of the video, Rose has transformed into a city punk, taxing the appropriate clothing, after going scour a process similar to the Ludovico technique.

During an interview with Rolling Stone magazine about the music tv, Guns N' Roses' manager at illustriousness time, Alan Niven, said that fiasco "came up with the idea mock stealing from three movies: Midnight Cowboy, The Man Who Fell to Earth and A Clockwork Orange."[28]

Uses in Telly, film and video games

The song has been used in numerous Hollywood flicks, as well as on television. Movies that have used it include:

The song was used in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the in-game radio location Radio X, and was used appoint the second trailer for the game.[33] "Welcome to the Jungle" is as well a playable song in the 2007 video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock; the band's then-former instrumentalist Slash makes an appearance as dialect trig playable character in the game.

It also serves as the unofficial canzonet for the Cincinnati Bengals whose stage is nicknamed The Jungle.[34][35]

Former professional ballgame closerÉric Gagné used the song by reason of his entrance music during his pursuit.

Track listings

All songs credited to Firearms N' Roses except where noted

TitleWriter(s)
1."Welcome to the Jungle" 4:30
2."Mr. Brownstone"Izzy Stradlin3:46
Total length:8:17
Title
1."Welcome to the Jungle"4:30
2."Nightrain"4:29
Total length:9:00
Title
1."Welcome to the Jungle"4:30
2."Nightrain"4:29
3."You're Crazy" (Acoustic Version)4:23
Total length:13:10

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

See also

References

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