Prostitute (song)
"Prostitute" | |
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Song by Guns N' Roses | |
from the album Chinese Democracy | |
Released | November 23, 2008 |
Recorded | 1999–February 2007 |
Length | 6:15 |
Label | Geffen |
Songwriter(s) | |
Producer(s) |
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"Prostitute" is the fourteenth and final track from Chinese Democracy, Guns N' Roses' sixth studio album, released in 2008. The song is written by Axl Rose and Paul Tobias with additional work by Robin Finck.
Background & style
The song was first mentioned in a July 1999 issue of
The song had originally only been played four times, one time in Osaka, another in Tokyo, during Guns N' Roses' 2009–2011 World Tour and in 2014 at two shows in Las Vegas.[2] It was occasionally performed in 2017 during Not In This Lifetime… Tour as well.
This track is available as a downloadable song for the Rock Band series.[3]
The lyrics feature Rose singing "Ask yourself / Why I would choose / To prostitute myself / To live with fortune and shame.”[4] The song was described by Loudwire as "blending classical orchestrations and electro-beats with blistering guitar solos and some of [Rose's] highest pitched shrieking."[5]
Reception
Actor Nicolas Cage declared he is a fan of the band and described "Prostitute" as an "incredible" song.[11]
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[12]
- Guns N' Roses
- lead vocals, piano, arrangement
- Buckethead – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
- Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
- Robin Finck – rhythm guitar
- Paul Tobias – rhythm guitar
- Richard Fortus – rhythm guitar
- Tommy Stinson – bass
- drums
- synthesizers
- sub bass, synthesizers
- Additional credits
- Orchestra – Marco Beltrami, Paul Buckmaster
- Orchestral arrangement – Marco Beltrami, Paul Buckmaster, Dizzy Reed
- Synth orchestra – Dizzy Reed, Chris Pitman
- Guitar solos – Buckethead
- Drum arrangement – Brain, Caram Costanzo, Josh Freese
- Digital editing – Eric Caudieux, Caram Costanzo, Axl Rose, Sean Beavan
- Recording – Sean Beavan
- Mixing – Andy Wallace
- Mastering – Bob Ludwig
References
- ^ "Chinese Whispers – The Secret History of the New Studio Album: 1998". gnrevolution.com; (Spin). August 1999. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ^ "Guns N' Roses Tour Statistics - setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm.
- ^ Sinclair, Brendan (April 10, 2009). "Rock Band reloads Guns N' Roses".
- ^ a b Fricke, David (November 27, 2008). "Chinese Democracy". Rolling Stone.
- ^ "Every Guns N' Roses Song Ranked, Worst to Best". Loudwire. June 27, 2018. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ^ "Album Review: Guns N' Roses – Chinese Democracy". Consequence of Sound. November 19, 2008.
- ^ "Guns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy Album Review - Pitchfork". pitchfork.com.
- ^ "Five Guns N' Roses 'Chinese Democracy' Songs You Need to Hear Again". Ultimate Classic Rock.
- ^ "Every Guns N' Roses Song, Ranked". Spin. February 19, 2016.
- ^ "Guns N' Roses Songs Ranked". Loudwire.
- ^ "Korn, Slipknot, Stone Sour, Nicolas Cage, Efren Ramirez, Derek Mears, Tyler Mane, Alter Bridge, Anthrax, Megadeth, James Durbin, Kevin Rudolf, Asking Alexandria, DJ Jesse Marco of "Project X" and More Celebrate Guns N' Roses". Artist Direct. June 6, 2012. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012.
- ^ Chinese Democracy (Media notes). Guns N' Roses. Geffen Records. 2008.
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