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“Used to Love Her” by Guns N Roses
From the album G N’ R Lies (1988)
“Used to Love Her” by Guns N Roses appears on 14 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1988 and 2026. It was first released in 1988 on the album G N’ R Lies. Its best result is #76 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #243 alternative song of 1988.
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"Used to Love Her" is Guns N' Roses in acoustic mode, a folk-rock joke from G N' R Lies in 1988, with Slash and Izzy Stradlin on acoustic guitars, Duff McKagan on bass, Steven Adler on drums and a whole gang on percussion. Mike Clink produced and mixed it.
Plenty of people assumed Axl Rose was singing about a girlfriend. He wasn't. Stradlin got the idea from some guy on the radio moaning about a woman who'd done him wrong; sick of the self-pity, the band redid the tune themselves and gave it a better ending, and Rose later named Great White as the culprit. It doubled as a B-side on some pressings of "Paradise City" and has been a live staple since its CBGB debut in October 1987, still there when the reunited lineup played Coachella in 2016.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 76 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 341 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 2002 | 324 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2013 | 447 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) | 500 |
| 2019 | 447 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ 500 (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 382 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ 500 (2020) | 500 |
| 2021 | 184 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ 500 (2021) | 500 |
| 2022 | 312 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2022 | 228 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2023 | 473 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2024 | 363 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) | 400 |
| 2024 | 460 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) | 500 |
| 2025 | 482 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) | 500 |
| 2026 | 487 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) | 500 |
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