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{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Mr. Brownstone
| Cover =
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| Artist = [[Guns N' Roses]]
| from Album = [[Appetite for Destruction]]
| A-side = "[[It's So Easy]]" (UK, double A-side)<br>"[[Welcome to the Jungle]]" (USA)
| B-side =
| Released = [[July 21]] [[1987]]
| Format =
| Recorded = Rumbo Studios, Canoga Park, California; Take One Studio, Burbank, California; Can Am Studio, Tarzana, California
| Genre = [[Hard rock]]
| Length = 3:48
| Writer = [[Izzy Stradlin]]<br>[[Slash (musician)|Slash]]
| Label = [[Geffen Records]]
| Producer = [[Mike Clink]]
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| Misc = {{Extra track listing
| Album = [[Appetite for Destruction]]
| Type = studio
| prev_track = "[[Out Ta Get Me]]"
| prev_no = 4
| this_track = '''"Mr. Brownstone"'''
| track_no = 5
| next_track = "[[Paradise City]]"
| next_no = 6
}}
{{Extra chronology 2
| Artist = [[Guns N' Roses]] UK singles
| Type = single
| Last single =
| This single = '''"[[It's So Easy]]"/"Mr. Brownstone"'''<br>(1987)
| Next single = "[[Welcome to the Jungle]]"<br>(1987)
}}
}}
"'''Mr. Brownstone'''" is a [[song]] performed by [[Guns N' Roses]]. It appears on their [[1987 in music|1987]] album ''[[Appetite for Destruction]]''. [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] relates that the song was written by him and [[Izzy Stradlin]] while they were at Izzy and his girlfriend Desi's apartment. He states that they were sitting around, complaining about being [[heroin]] addicts, when they started improvising lyrics and music ("Brownstone" is a slang term for heroin). When they had the lyrics all together, they wrote it down on the back of a grocery bag and brought it to Axl. Slash says the lyrics describe a typical day in the life of Slash and Izzy. He also states that it was the first song the band wrote after getting signed by [[Geffen Records]].<ref>Bozza, Anthony, & Slash (2007). Slash. Harper Entertainment: New York. pp. 142</ref>
Mr. Brownstone was the first Guns N' Roses single in the [[United Kingdom]], appearing as a double A-Side, alongside "[[It's So Easy]]".
[[Velvet Revolver]] often performed this song live, along with "It's So Easy". This is because they are both popular Guns N' Roses songs in which [[Axl Rose]]'s contribution to their creation was minimal and which are within Scott Weiland's vocal range.{{Fact|date=January 2008}}
One of two plays by [[mass murder]]er [[Seung-Hui Cho]] released after the [[Virginia Tech massacre]] is named after this song, and includes several references to its lyrics in the dialogue.<ref>[http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid38425.aspx Appetite for destruction - News - The Phoenix<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Live performances==
In the lyrics of the studio version of the song, there is a pause in the fourth line:
''Cause worryin's a waste of my... time''<br>
In live performances of "Mr. Brownstone," Axl would add a word to fill in this gap:
''Cause worryin's a waste of my fuckin' time''
==References==
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