14 Years

"14 Years"
"14 Years" cover
Song by Guns N' Roses from the album Use Your Illusion II
Released	1991
Genre	Hard rock
Length	4:17
Label	Geffen
Writer	Izzy Stradlin, Axl Rose
Producer	Mike Clink Guns N' Roses
Use Your Illusion II track listing
"Civil War" (1) "14 Years" (2) "Yesterdays" (3)

"14 Years" is the second track on the Guns N' Roses album Use Your Illusion II. This song is one of the few Guns N' Roses songs sung fully by Izzy Stradlin, with the exception of the chorus sung along with Rose.^[1] The song was only performed live when Stradlin was still in the band.^[1] It is about Rose's and Stradlin's friendship as they knew each other for 14 years.^[1] An earlier demo used different lyrics, though the first verse and the chorus were only slightly modified, while the second and third verses were given a complete makeover. Parts of the demo's second verse, would be used in the third verse of the final version, while the demo's third verse is a slightly modified version of the demo's first verse.

Personnel

• Axl Rose - lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, production
• Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals, production
• Slash - lead guitar, production
• Duff McKagan - bass, backing vocals, production
• Dizzy Reed – organ, production
• Matt Sorum - drums, production

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