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Guns N Roses “Sweet Child O Mine” Becomes First 1980s Music Video To Surpass a Billion Views on You Tube (2019)

Guns N’ Roses: Sweet Child O’ Mine hits 1bn YouTube views 

GUNS N’ ROSES’ ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ Becomes First Music Video From 1980s To Hit 1 Billion Views On YouTube

‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ Is First 80s Video to Reach A Billion Views

by Lauryn Schaffner, October 15, 2019

Congrats to Guns N’ Roses — “Sweet Child O’ Mine” is the first ’80s music video to reach a billion views on YouTube.

 Guns N’ Roses made their debut on MTV in 1987 with “Welcome to the Jungle,” but it was “Sweet Child O’ Mine” that really made the band explode in popularity.

video, which there are two versions of — a black and white version and a combined black and white-color version — shows the band performing the track in front of their bullet logo, with cutscenes of the members’ girlfriends. It’s also the onscreen debut of Axl Rose’s signature snake dance.

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