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"Mr. Brownstone" is a song by the American rock band Guns N' Roses, featured on their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction (1987). Group guitarists Slash and Izzy Stradlin wrote the tune while they were sitting around Stradlin's apartment complaining about their addictions to heroin, for which "Brownstone" is a slang term.

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"Mr. Brownstone"
Single by Guns N' Roses
from the album Appetite for Destruction
Released	June 15, 1987 (1987-06-15) (UK)
Recorded	1987
Genre	Hard rock heavy metal
Length	3:46
Label	Geffen
Songwriter(s)	Izzy Stradlin, Slash
Producer(s)	Mike Clink

Composition

The lyrics make a clear reference to the tolerance that the drug causes: "I used to do a little, but a little wouldn't do it, so the little got more and more." They wrote the lyrics on the back of a grocery bag and brought it to Axl Rose. Slash said the lyrics describe a typical day in the life of Slash and Stradlin. He also states that it was the first song the band wrote after being signed by Geffen Records.[1]

Single release

"Mr. Brownstone" was the first Guns N' Roses single released outside of the United States and appeared as the A-side of "It's So Easy" in the United Kingdom. In the US, it was used as the B-side of "Welcome to the Jungle".

References

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«Mr. Brownstone» es una canción perteneciente a la banda de hard rock estadounidense Guns N' Roses que fue incluida en su álbum debut Appetite for Destruction, de 1987.[1] Fue escrita por Izzy Stradlin en el apartamento de su novia "Desi". Fue el primer Sencillo del álbum. La canción hace referencia a la adicción a la heroína que sufría la banda en ese entonces, brownstone (piedra marrón) en inglés, es una jerga callejera para referirse a un tipo de heroína. En su autobiografía, Slash, menciona que Izzy compuso la canción, una noche mientras se inyectaban heroína en el departamento de la novia de este, Slash, dice que Izzy se lamentaba de no poder controlar su adicción, por lo que escribió la canción. La parte donde se menciona "We been dancin' with Mr. Brownstone", Izzy hacia directa referencia al momento de inyectarse y en la parte "He's been knockin', he won't leave alone" hace referencia a que la adicción lo perseguía y que no la podía dejar.

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