Music video Ĭomposite image of the wedding dress from the "November Rain" music video worn by Stephanie Seymour. A similar situation took place in New Zealand, where the song peaked at number seven but stayed in the top 20 for 24 non-consecutive weeks, ending 1992 as New Zealand's second best-selling single. It was featured on ARIA's year-end charts in two consecutive years (19, when it appeared at 36). In Australia, "November Rain" reached number two on the 1992 end-of-year chart despite only reaching number five on the ARIA Singles Chart. "November Rain" peaked at number nine in Germany and remained on the chart for 51 weeks. In the United States, the song peaked at #3 for two weeks in 1992, its spot in the top-10 for ten weeks, for a total of 30 weeks on the charts. : 318 "We call it 'the Layla song'," joked Slash, referencing a similarly-constructed rock song with a long, instrumental second part. Its distinct symphonic overtone owes to a sweeping string arrangement, orchestrated by Rose. The song's composition was influenced by Elton John's 1973 opus “ Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding”. It was the longest song ever to reach the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 until November 2021, when surpassed by Taylor Swift's extended rerecording of " All Too Well". "November Rain" is the third-longest song by Guns N' Roses, behind " Coma" (10:14) from the same album, and " Estranged"(9:24) from Use Your Illusion II. Slash reported that his guitar solo in the song's album version developed directly from an improvisation. Slash disputed Axl's claims of harsh musical differences in his autobiography released the next year. Eventually, Rose persuaded the others during work at Can-Am Studios (where some of the album was recorded and mixed). Slash and Duff McKagan were opposed to the band's drift to symphonic ballads, feeling their choice of more direct rock songs were being overlooked by Rose.
: 151Īccording to a story Axl Rose reported during the 2006 leg of the Chinese Democracy Tour, no other band members wanted to participate in the production of this song (or the other notable ballad " Estranged"). Trump has previously also played "Sweet Child O' Mine" and, ironically, "Live N' Let Die." In response, GNR started selling charity shirts that said "Live N' Let Die with COVID 45.Slash states in his autobiography that the band recorded in 1986 an 18-minute version of "November Rain" at a session with guitarist Manny Charlton (of rock band Nazareth) the year prior to beginning sessions for Appetite for Destruction.
Trump can play the music through a blanket license loophole but Rose was none too happy about it, tweeting in 2018 "Personally I kinda liked the irony of Trump supporters listening to a bunch of anti Trump music at his rallies but I don’t imagine a lot of ‘em really get that or care," adding “Most of us in America have never experienced anything this obscene at this level in lifetimes if we as a country don’t wake up put an end this nonsense now, it’s something we definitely will all pay hard as time goes on.” Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose has repeatedly stated that he does not give permission to the campaign to play his music. He told us it was the "greatest music video of all time," and made us watch it to prove his point, even though neither of us had disagreed.Īctually, a quick video search shows he's been playing the song at his rallies for a while. In her new book, Speaking for Myself: Faith, Freedom, and the Fight of Our Lives, Sanders wrote that on her first day at her new post, Trump brought her and the person she was replacing, Hope Hicks, into the oval office saying he wanted the track added to his rally playlist and made them sit and watch the music video. Newsweek reports Trump played the legendary song at his rally this week, and has been trying to get the track on his playlist for a long time.