RockLists.com
Cover of Use Your Illusion II by Guns N Roses
Cover: Use Your Illusion II

Song · Guns N Roses

“You Could Be Mine” by Guns N Roses

From the album Use Your Illusion II (1991)

“You Could Be Mine” by Guns N Roses appears on 36 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1991 and 2026. It was first released in 1991 on the album Use Your Illusion II. Its best result is #78 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1991. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #245 alternative song of 1991 and #5,659 alternative song of all time.

36countdowns
13stations
#78best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1991–2026years charted

"You Could Be Mine" was the first single Guns N' Roses sent out from Use Your Illusion II, their fourth album, in 1991, and it came with a blockbuster attached: James Cameron picked it for Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and Arnold Schwarzenegger had the band over to his house for dinner to strike the deal. The song was older than it looked: Slash traced its beginnings to the very first preproduction session for Appetite for Destruction.

Axl Rose sings it, Slash and Izzy Stradlin play electric guitar, Duff McKagan plays bass and joins Stradlin on backing vocals, and Matt Sorum drums, with Mike Clink producing alongside the band and engineering, and Bill Price mixing. Kerrang!'s Sam Law called it "unchained hard rock". Backed with "Civil War", it went to number three in Britain, number 29 on the Hot 100 and number one in Finland and Spain.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 78 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1991 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 496 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 849 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 964 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1998 972 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 966 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 134 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2010 450 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2013 938 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 747 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 292 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2015 414 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 947 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 436 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 426 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2019 467 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 81 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2020 385 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 391 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 249 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 155 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2021 139 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 478 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2022 88 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 445 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 983 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 715 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 100 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 411 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2024 223 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2024 188 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 409 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2025 428 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500
2025 198 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2025 198 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 206 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

Charting alongside it in 1991

Best songs of 1991 →
  1. 1Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana
  2. 2Losing My ReligionR.E.M.
  3. 3UnbelievableEMF
  4. 4Kiss Them for MeSiouxsie and the Banshees
  5. 5RushBig Audio Dynamite
  6. 6Give It AwayRed Hot Chili Peppers

Comments

Log in or create a free account to join the conversation about "You Could Be Mine" by Guns N Roses.

Be kind and stay on topic. Guidelines

No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.