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Limited picture disc of one of Guns N Roses biggest hits and longest songs. It originally appears on the album Use Your Illusion I. Its distinct symphonic overtone owes to a sweeping string arrangement, orchestrated by Axl Rose. 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 and last top 40 hit to date. 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. This song is listed at number 6 in the The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos list by Guitar World. According to Tracii Guns, former Guns N' Roses guitarist and founding member, Axl Rose had been working on the song since at least 1983. In an interview, he said the following about ‘November Rain’: When we were doing that EP for L.A. Guns, like '83? He was playing "November Rain" — and it was called "November Rain" — you know, on piano. The guitar solo is amazing. Way back then. It was the only thing he knew how to play, but it was his. He'd go, "Someday this song is gonna be really cool." And I'd go, "It's cool now." "But it's not done", you know, he used to say. And, like, anytime we'd be at a hotel or anywhere, there'd be a piano; he'd just kinda play that music. And I'd go, "When are you gonna finish that already", you know? And he'd go, "I don't know what to do with it." Track listing: 1. November Rain 2. Sweet Child O Mine 3. Patience