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“Live And Let Die” by Guns N Roses

From the album Use Your Illusion I (1991)

“Live And Let Die” by Guns N Roses appears on 47 radio countdowns from 22 stations between 1994 and 2026. It was first released in 1991 on the album Use Your Illusion I. Its best result is #14 on the KISW 25 Greatest Rock Covers. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,706 alternative song of all time.

47countdowns
22stations
#14best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1994–2026years charted

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Guns N' Roses - Live And Let Die (Live)

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Paul and Linda McCartney wrote "Live and Let Die" as the theme for the 1973 James Bond film, and in 1991 Guns N' Roses took it on for Use Your Illusion I and blew it up to arena size. Axl Rose sings lead and plays keyboards, with Shannon Hoon joining him on backing vocals, while Slash and Izzy Stradlin handle the guitars, Duff McKagan plays bass, Matt Sorum drums and Dizzy Reed adds piano. A four-piece horn section fills out the bombast. Mike Clink produced it with the band and Bill Price mixed it.

It became one of the best-known covers of the song, and it earned the band a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1993.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 970 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
2002 77 K-Rock K-Rock Top 92 Party Songs of All-Time (2002) 92
2002 153 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2004 419 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2010 271 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 335 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2015 413 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2016 202 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2017 355 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2018 439 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 382 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 319 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 125 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 432 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 90 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 428 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 472 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 44 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 137 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2021 157 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 267 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 58 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 363 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 14 KISW KISW 25 Greatest Rock Covers 25
2022 271 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 649 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 166 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 419 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 233 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 106 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 134 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 57 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2023 366 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 69 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 493 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 452 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 134 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2024 281 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 329 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2024 57 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 270 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 365 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2025 121 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2025 101 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 97 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 140 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 86 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Live and Let Die; Live & Let Die.

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