On which album does the song 'November Rain' appear?

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The Guns N' Roses song “November Rain” appears on the album Use Your Illusion I.

Use Your Illusion I was released on September 17, 1991, simultaneously with its companion album, Use Your Illusion II. “November Rain” is one of the first album’s defining tracks: an epic power ballad written by Axl Rose, with piano, sweeping orchestration, and Slash’s celebrated guitar solos.

At nearly nine minutes, the song was unusually long for a major rock single. It was released as the third single from Use Your Illusion I in 1992 and reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Its orchestral scale marked a broader musical direction for the band, which was expanding beyond the raw hard-rock attack of Appetite for Destruction.

A frequent mix-up is placing “November Rain” on Use Your Illusion II because the two albums were released together and are often discussed as a pair. The companion album contains “Estranged,” another long, dramatic song. “November Rain,” “Don’t Cry,” and “Estranged” are also commonly described as an unofficial music-video trilogy.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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