Bad Obsession

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"Bad Obsession"

Song by Guns N' Roses
from the album Use Your Illusion I
Released	September 16, 1991
Recorded	A&M Studios, Record Plant Studios, Studio 56, Image Recording, Conway Studios & Metalworks Recording Studios - 1991
Genre	Hard Rock
Length	5:28
Label	Geffen Records
Writer(s)	West Arkeen Izzy Stradlin
Producer(s)	Mike Clink
Use Your Illusion track listing
"You Ain't the First" (6)	"Bad Obsession" (7)	"Back Off Bitch" (8)

"Bad Obsession" is a song by Guns N' Roses. It was written by Izzy Stradlin (the band's then-rhythm guitarist) and West Arkeen. The song is about tackling drug abuse and addiction, which had haunted the band since they had become famous.^{[citation needed]} The song appears on the album Use Your Illusion I as track 7, and also appears in the Use Your Illusion 1 DVD Live From The Tokyo Dome as song number five. Michael Monroe, lead singer of Hanoi Rocks and a big influence on Guns N' Roses,^{[citation needed]} plays the harmonica and tenor saxophone on the studio version, which is 5:28 long.

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