Think About You Lyrics

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“Think About You” is the eighth track on Guns N' Roses' debut album Appetite for Destruction. It was mostly composed by Izzy Stradlin, then the rhythm guitarist, who even played the song’s solo. Izzy summed up the track as “a quick love song about drugs, sex, Hollywood and money.”

The song was played very frequently in GNR’s early days, but it was played less and less as time went on—only to see a revival in the early 2000s as Axl decided to finally put the long-dormant band on stage.

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What did Guns N' Roses say about "Think About You"?
Genius Answer

[“Think About You”] is a fast love song about drugs, sex, Hollywood and money.

Izzy Stradlin, Hit Parader

I was never a big fan of [the song] because it was just too lightweight. But at the same time, it was one of those songs where Izzy had written the lyrics, so it was sort of like that Aerosmith song ‘Combination’ [on Rocks], which Joe Perry wrote. It was Izzy’s babbling ‘Combination’ song. I enjoyed recording it, though. I managed to get some ideas down and could walk away feeling satisfied with the way the song sounded.

Slash, Guitar Edge

[It] doesn’t have so much to do with me. Izzy wrote that one. There’s a few parts of the lyrics that I put in there, and maybe gave it a little more flow, and worded it my way since I was the one singing it. I think it’s kinda one of the ones that’s a bit hidden. That’s also with the way it was recorded. The production on “Think About You” and the way it’s done is kinda like a tribute to all those old Hanoi Rocks records. It’s something that Izzy was really into, and then he got me into it. It’s kinda like a Hanoi Rocks song the way we looked at that.

Axl Rose, 1988

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Produced By
Background Vocals
Percussion
Lead guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Vocals
Recorded At
Rumbo, Take One, Record Plant, Can Am
Release Date
July 21, 1987
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