14 Years

"14 Years"
"14 Years"
Promotional single by Guns N' Roses
from the album Use Your Illusion II
Released	1991
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal
Length	4:16
Label	Geffen
Songwriter(s)	Izzy Stradlin; Axl Rose;
Producer(s)	Mike Clink; Guns N' Roses;

"14 Years" is the second track on the Guns N' Roses album Use Your Illusion II.

Background

The song is one of the few Guns N' Roses tunes sung almost entirely by Izzy Stradlin with Axl Rose singing the chorus.^[1]

"14 Years" was only performed live when Stradlin was still in the band.^[1] It has been speculated to be about Rose's and Stradlin's friendship, with people pointing out that they'd known each other for 14 years by the time the song was supposedly written. But this has never been confirmed by the band.^[1]

An earlier demo had different lyrics with the first verse and the chorus slightly modified, while the second and third verses were given a complete makeover. Parts of the demo's second verse would be used in the third verse of the final version, while the third verse is a slightly modified version of the demo's first verse. ^{[citation needed]}

The song was part of the set list at a few live concerts in 2012 featuring Izzy Stradlin.^[2]

Personnel

W. Axl Rose – co-lead vocals, piano
Slash – lead guitar
Izzy Stradlin – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals
Matt Sorum – drums
Dizzy Reed – organ

References

External links

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[gnrsource.com-1] 14 Years

[2] ttps://www.setlist.fm/setlist/guns-n-roses/2012/the-o2-arena-london-england-53dfebbd.html

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