Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on March 23, 2004. The album reached number one on the UK Albums Chart[1] and number three on the Billboard 200 chart.[2] Despite some criticisms towards the track listing by fans, and by Axl Rose and ex-Guns N' Roses members, who filed a joint lawsuit to try to prevent the release of the album,[3] the album has proven a popular seller, selling 4 million copies in the United States to date. Greatest Hits became Guns N' Roses' second-longest charting album in their homeland (after Appetite for Destruction), finally dropping out of the chart in November 2006 following a 138-week stay.[4] Universal Records' response to Rose's opposition to the record was that he had been given adequate time to supply them with a record but had failed to do so, and so they had produced their own Guns N' Roses record instead.
Critics of the compilation were somewhat disappointed, as many other popular songs from Appetite for Destruction were neglected from this release, namely "Mr. Brownstone", "It's So Easy" and "Nightrain", as well as the G N' R Lies track "Used to Love Her". Also notable is the exclusion of the Use Your Illusion II single "Estranged".
Track listing
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Welcome to the Jungle" | Axl Rose, Slash | Appetite for Destruction | 4:32 |
| 2. | "Sweet Child o' Mine" | Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin | Appetite for Destruction | 5:55 |
| 3. | "Patience" | Stradlin | G N' R Lies | 5:56 |
| 4. | "Paradise City" | Rose, Duff McKagan, Slash, Stradlin | Appetite for Destruction | 6:47 |
| 5. | "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan cover) | Bob Dylan | Use Your Illusion II | 5:36 |
| 6. | "Civil War" | Rose, Slash, McKagan | Use Your Illusion II | 7:42 |
| 7. | "You Could Be Mine" | Rose, Stradlin | Use Your Illusion II | 5:44 |
| 8. | "Don't Cry" (original version) | Rose, Stradlin | Use Your Illusion I | 4:51 |
| 9. | "November Rain" | Rose | Use Your Illusion I | 8:57 |
| 10. | "Live and Let Die" (Wings cover) | Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney | Use Your Illusion I | 3:02 |
| 11. | "Yesterdays" | Rose, West Arkeen, Del James, Billy McCloud | Use Your Illusion II | 3:18 |
| 12. | "Ain't It Fun" (The Dead Boys cover) | Cheetah Chrome, Peter Laughner | "The Spaghetti Incident?" | 5:10 |
| 13. | "Since I Don't Have You" (The Skyliners cover) | Joseph Rock, James Beaumont | "The Spaghetti Incident?" | 4:18 |
| 14. | "Sympathy for the Devil" (The Rolling Stones cover) | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | Interview with the Vampire | 7:36 |
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