1987Released
4:32

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Interesting facts and trivia about Welcome To The Jungle. By Songfacts®.

This song is about Los Angeles. It exposes the dark side of the city many people encounter when they go there to pursue fame. Guns N' Roses knew this side of the city well: in 1985, they lived in a place on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles that they called "Hell House." The house was often filled with drugs, alcohol and groupies.

Axl Rose wrote the lyrics when he was in Seattle, which gave him some perspective on the size of Los Angeles.

Slash (from the notes to Guns N' Roses: The Hits): "I was at my house and I had that riff happening and Axl came over and he got those lyrics together, and then the band sort of arranged it. We got an arrangement for the whole band, 'cause that's how we work. Someone comes in with an idea and someone else has input and in that way everyone's happy. That came together really quickly too, that was arranged in one day."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Welcome To The Jungle.
G♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
123BPM

Album

The album Welcome To The Jungle is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Welcome To The Jungle.
Guns N Roses P&D
© 1987 The David Geffen Company
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.

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