"Sweet Child o' Mine" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, released on their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction (1987).

In the United States, the song was released in June 1988, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and becoming the band's only US number-one single.

In the United Kingdom, the song was released on August 8, 1988,[7] reaching number 24 on the UK Singles Chart the same month.

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.

[10] When the band recorded demos with producer Spencer Proffer, he suggested adding a breakdown at the song's end.

The music video depicts the band rehearsing in Mendiola's Ballroom at Huntington Park, California, surrounded by crew members.

This drew the ire of the band, including Rose, who commented on it in a 1989 interview with Rolling Stone: "I hate the edit of 'Sweet Child o' Mine.'

The B-side to the single is a non-album, live version of "It's So Easy.” On an interview on Eddie Trunk's New York radio show in May 2006, Rose stated that his original concept for the video focused on the theme of drug trafficking.

According to Rose, the video was to depict an Asian woman carrying a baby into a foreign land, only to discover at the end that the child was dead and filled with heroin.

This song was used for a teaser trailer premiere of Thor: Love and Thunder, which released on April 18, 2022, and the film itself,[13] including the end credits.

"[21] Cash Box called it a "medium tempo rocker by the new hero's [sic] of metal, featuring a nice breakdown" and "standout guitar playing.

The song was covered by Sheryl Crow on the soundtrack to Big Daddy, and released as a bonus track on her third studio album, The Globe Sessions.

[83] Despite its negative reception, it became a moderate hit in Australia, Canada, Iceland, Ireland and the United Kingdom, and it earned Crow a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.