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Sweet Child o' Mine

original song written, composed, and performed by Guns N' Roses; originally released in 1987
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Summary

Sweet Child o' Mine is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.92% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,676 views/month, #179 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Slash[3], Duff McKagan[4], Izzy Stradlin[5], Steven Adler[6], Axl Rose[7]
  • Genre: hard rock[8]
  • Performer: Guns N' Roses[9], Larz-Kristerz[10]
  • Language of work or name: English[11]
  • Publication date: 1987[12]
  • Lyricist: Slash[13], Duff McKagan[14], Izzy Stradlin[15], Steven Adler[16], Axl Rose[17]
  • Title: Sweet Child o' Mine[18]
  • Form of creative work: song[19]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a6325c9a-0789-3aac-a85b-ef7ecf3faf73[21]

Why It Matters

Sweet Child o' Mine has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Axl Rose Duff McKagan Guns N' Roses Izzy Stradlin Slash Steven Adler

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Guns N' Roses, Larz-Kristerz
    Form of creative work → song
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Iswc: T9032679417, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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