<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "Sweet Child o' Mine" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, appearing on their debut album, Appetite for Destruction . Released in August 1988 as the album's third single, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's only number 1 US single . Billboard ranked it the number 5 song of 1988 . Re-released in 1989, it reached number 6 on the UK Singles Chart . Guitarist Slash said in 1990, "(The song) turned into a huge hit and now it makes me sick . I mean, I like it, but I hate what it represents ." </P> <P> Duff McKagan, 1988 </P>

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