Dead Horse (song)

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"Dead Horse"

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 1990-1991
Genre	Hard Rock
Length	4:17
Label	Geffen Records
Writer(s)	Axl Rose
Producer(s)	Mike Clink
Use Your Illusion Track Listing track listing
Bad Apples (14)	"Dead Horse" (15)	Coma (16)

"Dead Horse" is a song by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It appears on their 1991 release, Use Your Illusion I. The composition starts out with an acoustic section, which features a guitar riff written by singer Axl Rose that is strikingly similar to that of One in a Million (from G N' R Lies). The electric guitars soon come in for the heavier section which dominates the song. After the final climactic chorus, the opening section is reprised for another bar. The song ends with an audio effect featuring a cassette tape being rewound.

Although the song was never released as a single, a music video was made in 1993 directed by Louis Marciano. This appears on the Welcome to the Videos compilation.

[edit] Trivia

This is one of two tracks in which Rose plays guitar. The other being Shotgun Blues, from Use Your Illusion II, on which he plays rhythm guitar.
The nutcracker sound heard at the end of the first acoustic section was provided by the producer, Mike Clink.

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