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“November Rain” is a power ballad by American rock band Guns N’ Roses, written by lead singer Axl Rose and released as a single in June 1992. It appears on the album Use Your Illusion I. It features a sweeping orchestral backing and is one of Guns N’ Roses’ longest songs.
“November Rain” peaked at number 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the longest song in history to enter the top ten of that chart.
The song is composed in the key of C major aside from the coda, which is in C minor, but since the guitars, basses and piano are tuned a half step down, the song sounds as if it is in B major and B minor.
At 8:57, it is the second-longest song on the album, the longest being the 10:16 “Coma.” It is the third-longest song by Guns N’ Roses, behind the 9:24 “Estranged” from Use Your Illusion II.
Its distinct symphonic overtone owes to a sweeping string arrangement, orchestrated by Rose.[1][2]:318 Most live performances during the Use Your Illusion tour lacked the orchestral backing of the song (the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards being the best-known exception).
It is the longest song to reach the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The song peaked at #3 on the chart, becoming the band’s sixth and last Top 10 hit, and eighth Top 40 hit. On the radio, “November Rain” is sometimes played in a shortened version of approximately six minutes, but many classic rock stations continue to play the full version. At around seven minutes in, the song fades and then builds into a two-minute coda featuring lead guitar by lead guitarist Slash, accompanied by vocal chants. This song is listed at number six in the The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos list by Guitar World.[4] This song is also rated #9 in the Richter Scale best songs of all time. “November Rain” was voted #1 on the Rock 1000 2006, an annual countdown of the top 1,000 rock songs by New Zealand radio listeners. It was voted #2 on the Rock 1000 2007, being beaten out by “Back in Black” by AC/DC. The song was placed at #140 on Pitchfork Media’s Top 200 Tracks of the 90s.[6] In Chile, The song was placed at #73 on Chilean radio Rock & Pop Rock&Pop 20 Años 200 Canciones.
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This is really cool… great guitarist… good job man!!!
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very good Kelly
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You made me cry.
awesome but ensing solo is not so good
absolutely the best I've ever heard!!!!
the best! fantastic
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God of guitar &_&
Hey friend. I've loved your fingers'. Congratulations. God bless your talent
wow 😻😻
impresionante
exelente memoria
absolutely beautiful…
The beauty that most overlook is that EVERY finger has a voice when playing guitar.
ficou lindo esse arranjo!
Without internet being free. We will never meet an acoustic player like Kelley V.
The way play acoustic is out of this world. Its like you are from another planet !!! You are that good. And the quality of ur posts, the arrangement its the complete acoustic package ! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
to be quite honest, I wasn't really expecting much… but wow, I added this magic guitar performance to my playlist. cool bananas mate ☺
congratulations, my soul needs more of this kinda stuff. Australia.