“Sweet Child O’ Mine” is a song by the hard rock band Guns N’ Roses. It was released on their debut album Appetite for Destruction on August 21, 1987.

“Sweet Child O’ Mine” was Guns N’ Roses’ first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, spending two weeks at the top spot in the summer of 1988.

The song is credited as being written by Guns N’ Roses as a band; more specifically it contains Slash’s riff, Izzy’s chords, Axl’s lyrics, and McKagan’s bass line. The subject of the song is generally thought to be lead singer Axl Rose’s then-girlfriend and eventual wife, Erin Everly.

Former Guns N’ Roses’ lead guitarist, Slash, has been quoted as having a disdain for the song due to its roots as simply a technical exercise and a joke at the time.