This 1987 Classic Rock Song Was Ranked the Best Rock Song of the 1980s

Some songs announce themselves quietly before taking over the world. That's exactly what happened with Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses — the song that Ranker users have voted the best rock song of the 1980s.

Duff McKagan Said The Song Was 'Like a Joke'

The story of how Sweet Child O' Mine came to exist is almost as famous as the song itself. Slash was warming up at a rehearsal in 1986, playing what he later described as a silly circular riff he fully intended to throw away. Izzy...