Get in the Ring
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| “Get in the Ring” | |||||
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| Song by Guns N' Roses | |||||
| Album | Use Your Illusion II | ||||
| Released | September 17, 1991 | ||||
| Recorded | A&, Record Plant Studios, Studio 56, Image Recording, Conway Studios & Metalworks Recording Studios 1990-1991 |
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| Genre | Hard Rock | ||||
| Length | 5:29 | ||||
| Label | Geffen Records | ||||
| Writer | Axl Rose Slash Duff McKagan |
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| Producer | Mike Clink Guns N' Roses |
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| Use Your Illusion II track listing | |||||
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"Get in the Ring" is the fifth song on the Guns N' Roses album Use Your Illusion II. It was written by Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, and Slash and is directed at music critics who gave the band negative reviews because of their actions on stage. Critics from Hit Parader (Andy Secher), Circus, Kerrang! (Mick Wall) and Spin (Bob Guccione, Jr.) are all mentioned by name.
Guccione actually responded in a letter to Axl Rose, saying that he accepted the challenge. However, no fight ever occurred.[1][2]
The song is notorious for its amount of swearing. The song was originally written by Duff McKagan and was titled 'Why Do You Look At Me When You Hate Me?'. However, the title was shortened, and the original title became the first line in the final version.
Despite popular belief, the song heard on the album was actually not performed live, but was rather recorded in the studio and crowd noises were added to it (similar to all the songs on Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide), recorded from a concert in Saratoga Springs on the 10th of June, 1991. Such noises included the "Guns N' Roses" chant in the beginning and the "Get in the Ring" chant at the very end.
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