1988Released
5:54

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Interesting facts and trivia about Patience. By Songfacts®.

Following the manic aural onslaught of their debut album Appetite for Destruction, Guns N' Roses gave us "Patience," a tender song where Axl Rose sings about waiting it out in a relationship. It was the only single issued from the second album, G N' R Lies.

This song was a trendsetter in its use of all-acoustic instrumentation, making it safe for hard rockers to display their sensitive, vulnerable sides in a more understated way rather than utilizing the power ballad format so popular among hair bands in the late '80s.

Axl Rose did the whistling on this track. He's also the one who blows the whistle on "Paradise City."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Patience.
F♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
120BPM

Album

The album Patience is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Patience.
Guns N Roses P&D
© 1988 The David Geffen Company
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.

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