"Sweet Child o' Mine" placed No. 37 on Guitar World's list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Solos."
The song came in at number three on Blender's 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born.
The track was placed at No. 198 on Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Became the first music video of the 1980's to reach one billion views on YouTube.
The music video was filmed at the former Mendiola's Ballroom in Huntington Park (near Los Angeles), which had been a short-lived punk club in the early 80s. The band is shown rehearsing, and the then-girlfriend of each band member was present and seen in the video, including Erin Everly, the girl who was Axl's inspiration for the song's lyrics.