# The best Guns N' Roses songs

From Appetite for Destruction to the Use Your Illusion albums: the Guns N' Roses songs critics and readers rank highest.

- 604 votes · 16 items
- Sep 25, 2022 · Mateo Ospina
- https://even.best/en/l/3293/the-best-guns-n-roses-songs

## Top 16

1. **Welcome to the Jungle** (60 · ▲63 ▼3) — 1987. The band's calling card.
2. **Sweet Child O' Mine** (47 · ▲51 ▼4) — 1987. Slash's riff and their only US number one.
3. **November Rain** (45 · ▲48 ▼3) — 1991. Nine minutes of piano, orchestra and a wedding.
4. **Paradise City** (32 · ▲37 ▼5) — 1987. The band's poppiest chorus.
5. **Estranged** (30 · ▲36 ▼6) — 1991. The most epic of all.
6. **Nightrain** (30 · ▲34 ▼4) — 1987. An ode to cheap wine; third for Paste.
7. **Civil War** (27 · ▲32 ▼5) — 1991. An anti-war song.
8. **Mr. Brownstone** (25 · ▲30 ▼5) — 1987. Raw rock about addiction.
9. **Knockin' on Heaven's Door** (25 · ▲29 ▼4) — 1991. Their Bob Dylan cover.
10. **Patience** (23 · ▲28 ▼5) — 1988. Whistling and acoustic guitars.
11. **Rocket Queen** (21 · ▲26 ▼5) — 1987. The closer of Appetite for Destruction.
12. **Don't Cry** (20 · ▲30 ▼10) — 1991. The ballad from the Use Your Illusion albums.
13. **You Could Be Mine** (16 · ▲23 ▼7) — 1991. The Terminator 2 song.
14. **It's So Easy** (15 · ▲20 ▼5) — 1987. Punk with swagger.
15. **Live and Let Die** (10 · ▲15 ▼5) — 1991. The Paul McCartney cover.
16. **Coma** (8 · ▲17 ▼9) — 1991. Ten minutes about an overdose.

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