The original November Rain, based on a short story by Del James called Without You was 25 minutes long. The song was edited down to 8:59 for the album and subsequent single and amazingly, It’s still the longest ever Top 10 hit.
The video won best cinematography at the ‘92 MTV Music Awards, which is a bloody good thing to, as it cost US$1.5m! (a sore point for guitarist Slash, who said “it was all getting out of hand.”)
Following the dangerous joint release of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II, both albums occupied the top 2 spots on the album charts for only the second time in history. If Britney Spears and Cold Play released back to back albums with long songs, they’d be sharing a bunk bed in the Poor House. This is the extent of the Guns 'N’ Roses effect.
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