Get in the Ring

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"Get in the Ring"

Song by Guns N' Roses
from the album Use Your Illusion
Released	September 16 & 17, 1991
Recorded	A&M Studios, Record Plant Studios, Studio 56, Image Recording, Conway Studios & Metalworks Recording Studios 1990-1991
Genre	Hard Rock
Length	5:29
Label	Geffen Records
Writer(s)	Axl Rose Slash Duff McKagan
Producer(s)	Mike Clink Guns N' Roses
Use Your Illusion track listing
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (4)	"Get in the Ring" (5)	Shotgun Blues (6)

"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 the 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 (a nine year karate student) actually responded in a letter to Axl Rose, saying that he accepted the challenge. However, no fight ever occurred.

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, 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.

An upcoming Guns N' Roses tribute album called Chinese Hypocrisy will feature a cover of "Get in the Ring" by a band called Dust N' Bones.

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