<P> Duff McKagan, 1988 </P> <P> Slash has been quoted as having an initial disdain for the song due to its roots as simply a "string skipping" exercise and a joke at the time . During a jam session at the band's house in the Sunset Strip, drummer Steven Adler and Slash were warming up and Slash began to play a "circus" melody while making faces at Adler . Rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin asked Slash to play it again . Stradlin came up with some chords, Duff McKagan created a bassline and Adler planned a beat . In his autobiography, Slash said "within an hour my guitar exercise had become something else". Lead singer Axl Rose was listening to the musicians upstairs in his room and was inspired to write lyrics, which he completed by the following afternoon . He based it on his girlfriend Erin Everly, and declared that Lynyrd Skynyrd served as an inspiration "to make sure that we'd got that heartfelt feeling". On the next composing session in Burbank, the band added a bridge and a guitar solo . </P> <P> When the band recorded demos with producer Spencer Proffer, he suggested adding a breakdown at the song's end . The musicians agreed, but were not sure what to do . Listening to the demo in a loop, Rose started saying to himself, "Where do we go? Where do we go now?" and Proffer suggested that he sing that . </P> <P> The "Sweet Child o' Mine" video depicts the band rehearsing in the Huntington Ballroom at Huntington Beach, surrounded by crew members . All of the band members' girlfriends at the time were shown in the clip: Rose's girlfriend Erin Everly, whose father is Don Everly of The Everly Brothers; McKagan's girlfriend Mandy Brix, from the all - female rock band the Lame Flames; Stradlin's girlfriend Angela Nicoletti; Adler's girlfriend Cheryl Swiderski; and Slash's girlfriend Sally McLaughlin . Stradlin's dog was also featured . The video was successful on MTV, and helped launch the song to success on mainstream radio . </P>

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