<P> The song was placed at number 140 on Pitchfork's "Top 200 Tracks of the 90s". In Chile, the song was placed at number 73 on Chilean radio Rock & Pop . </P> <P> The song is written in key of B major and B minor . </P> <P> The music video, directed by Andy Morahan, portrays Rose marrying his then - girlfriend Stephanie Seymour, intercut with a live performance in a theater . Particularly, it can be noted for its large budget (about $1 million, including Seymour's dress) and cinematography by Mike Southon, which won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography . It is one of the most expensive music videos ever . Slash is prominently featured, including a sequence of helicopter shots swooping around him as he plays the first guitar solo and a later scene where he plays the third solo while standing on Rose's piano onstage . Casting coordinator Mark Roberton observed; "the camera - man had a lot of responsibility, as the crane - cam was so close to Slash, precariously stood atop a piano that was near the stage edge . One wrong twitch and the guitarist would've had a long drop!" The video for "November Rain" uses the full version of the song as opposed to an abridged version . The Orpheum Theater, a theater in downtown Los Angeles, was acquired for an evening shoot that went several hours into the night . </P> <P> For the outside shots of Slash while he is playing the first solo, Rose had originally envisioned it taking place in a "cool field" of sorts . However, since the video was shot in winter, there were no good - looking fields around, and eventually the band decided to use a church in New Mexico . Coincidentally, this was the same church used in the movie Silverado . </P>

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