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"November Rain" is a song in the style of a power ballad by the American rock band Guns N' Roses. Written by the band's lead singer Axl Rose, the song was released as a single in 1992 from their third studio album, ''Use Your Illusion I'' (1991). It features a sweeping orchestral backing and is one of Guns N' Roses' longest songs. "November Rain" peaked at number 3 on the United States ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, making it the longest song in history to enter the top ten of that chart. ==History== According to Tracii Guns, former L.A. Guns guitarist and founding member, Rose had been working on the song since at least 1983. In an interview, he said the following about "November Rain": In 1985, Waggle Records (Pty.) Ltd. released in Australia a two-LP set titled "November Rain"/"In Concert and Beyond" of an unidentified concert featuring a rough, acoustic version of the song.〔(Guns 'n Roses- ''November Rain'' @Discogs.com ) Retrieved 10-26-2014.〕 This early version of the song features finger-picked acoustic guitar, Rose on lead vocals, and a chorus of vocals in the background, as in the ''Use Your Illusion'' album version, but does not feature the extended guitar solos or the breakdown outro. As such, this live version clocks in at a running time of approximately 4:43. Slash states in his autobiography that an 18-minute version of "November Rain" was recorded at a session with guitarist Manny Charlton (of rock band Nazareth) in 1986, before the recording sessions for ''Appetite for Destruction'' began.〔 According to a story told to the audience during the 2006 leg of the Chinese Democracy Tour, none of the other band members had wanted to partake in the production of this song (or the other notable ballad "Estranged"). Slash and McKagan were particularly opposed to the drift to symphonic ballads, and felt their choice of more direct rock songs were being overlooked by Rose. However, Rose talked them into it over discussions at Can-Am studios (where some of the album was recorded and mixed). It should be noted that claims of such harsh musical differences were specifically disputed by Slash in his autobiography.〔 Slash has said that the solo he played in the album version of the song (it is unclear which) was the same solo he played to the song when he heard it for the first time.〔 Amanda Rootes of Fluffy recounted a story from Bill Price, who produced her band's ''Black Eye'' after working on ''Use Your Illusion'': "Apparently, when Axl was doing the vocals for 'November Rain', he insisted on being left by himself with a bucket to shit in until he completed it. They came back to the studio eight days later and found Axl asleep with the studio covered in shit and empty pizza boxes."〔''Select'', November 1996〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「November Rain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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