Welcome to the Jungle WikipediaWelcome to the Jungle is a song by American rock band Guns N Roses, featured on their debut album, Appetite for Destruction 1. It was released as the albums second single initially in the UK in September 1. October 1. 98. 8 this time including the US, where it reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 1. UK Singles Chart. On the 1. Maxi Single format was backed with a live version of ACDCs Whole Lotta Rosie, the bands debut single Its So Easy and Bob Dylans Knockin On Heavens Door. In 2. 00. 9 Welcome to the Jungle was named the greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. Background and compositioneditAxl Rose wrote the lyrics while visiting a friend in Seattle. Its a big city, but at the same time, its still a small city compared to L. A. and the things that youre gonna learn. It seemed a lot more rural up there. I just wrote how it looked to me. If someone comes to town and they want to find something, they can find whatever they want. Rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin summarises the song as about Hollywood streets true to life. Slash describes the development of the music of Welcome to the Jungle in his self titled autobiography. As the band was trying to write new material, Axl remembered a riff Slash had played while he was living in the basement of Slashs mothers house. He played it and the band quickly laid down the foundations for the song, as Slash continued coming up with new guitar parts for it. A52KWmuBFI/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Watch Free Welcome To The Jungle ' title='Watch Free Welcome To The Jungle ' />He credits Duff Mc. Kagan as coming up with the breakdown. Duff contradicts this in his autobiography, Its So Easy and other Lies, saying it was from a song called The Fake that he wrote in 1. Vains, a punk band he was in. He also said it was the first song he ever wrote, and that it was later released as a single by the band. According to Slash, the song was written in approximately three hours. Rose claimed inspiration for the lyrics came from an encounter he and a friend had with a homeless man while they were coming out of a bus into New York. Trying to put a scare into the young runaways, the man yelled at them, You know where you are Youre in the jungle baby youre gonna die1. ReceptioneditMartin Popoff included the song at number nineteen in his book The Top 5. Heavy Metal Songs of All Time 1. VH1 1. 3 it appeared at 4. Rolling Stone 5. Greatest Songs of All Time list,1. Qs 1. 00. 1 Best Songs Ever chart 7 and the song was named the greatest song about Los Angeles in a poll in Blender. In 2. 00. 9 it was named the greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. In 2. Rolling Stone. Magazine rated it the greatest sports anthem. Music videoeditGeffen Records was having a hard time selling the video to MTV. David Geffen made a deal with the network, and the video was aired only one time around 5 0. AM on a Sunday morning. As soon as the video was aired, the networks received numerous calls from people wanting to see the video again. In spite of the early morning airtime, the songs music video caught viewers attention and quickly became MTVs most requested video. The video in question begins with a shot of Axl Rose disembarking a bus in Los Angeles and a drug dealer portrayed by Izzy is seen trying to sell his merchandise while Rose rejects it. Tell us where you are Looking for movie tickets Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle. As Rose stops to watch a television through a store window, clips of the band playing live can be seen and Slash can also be seen briefly, sitting against the stores wall and drinking from a clear glass bottle in a brown paper bag. By the end of the video Rose has transformed into a city punk, wearing the appropriate clothing, after going through a process similar to the Ludovico technique. During an interview with Rolling Stone magazine about the music video, Guns N Roses manager at the time, Alan Niven, said that he came up with the idea of stealing from three movies Midnight Cowboy, The Man Who Fell to Earth and A Clockwork Orange. Live performanceseditWelcome to the Jungle is often used as the opener at Guns N Roses concerts, being played at almost every show on the Appetite for Destruction Tour and Use Your Illusion Tour. From 2. 00. 1 2. Chinese Democracy Tour, Welcome to the Jungle was used exclusively as the show opener, until 2. Chinese Democracy. It now occupies the second spot on the setlist. When performed live, the song often begins with the line Do you know where the fuck you are Youre in the jungle baby Wake up Time to Die, in reference to the songs bridge. The song was used as the concert introduction during Shakiras world tour, the Tour of the Mongoose. Australian rock band Mammal frequently cover Welcome to the Jungle live, incorporating the first verse and chorus of the song as part of their own song, Inciting. Pink performed the song at her 2. Try This Tour. citation neededUse in mediaeditTrack listingseditAll songs credited to Guns N Roses except where noted. When Mozart in the Jungle won the Golden Globe last year for best TV comedy, to some, the award seemed unexpected. The first two seasons of the halfhour Amazon. Welcome to the Jungle 4 3. Mr. BrownstoneIzzy Stradlin. Total length 8 1. Welcome to the Jungle4 3. Nightrain4 2. 9Total length 9 0. Welcome to the Jungle4 3. Nightrain4 2. 93. Youre Crazy Acoustic Version4 1. Total length 1. 3 1. Personneledit6 Glam Metal Albums You Need to Own. October 3, 2. 01. Artist Chart History Guns N Roses. Billboard. Retrieved 2. Guns N Roses. Chart Stats. Retrieved 2. 00. 8 1. 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