It's about Hollywood streets; true to life.
Izzy - Hit Parader March 1988

#764 on Q Magazine's 1001 Best Songs Ever, December, 2003

Lyrics:

Welcome to the jungle
We got fun 'n' games
We got evrything you want
Honey we know the names
We are the people that can find
Whatever you may need
If you got the money honey
We got your disease

Chorus:

In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your knees, knees
I wanna watch you bleed

Welcome to the jungle
We take it day by day
If you want it you're gonna bleed
But it's the price you pay
And you're a very sexy girl
That's very hard to please
You can taste the bright lights
But you won't get them for free
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my serpentine
I, I wanna hear yous-creem

Welcome to the jungle
It gets worse here evryday
Ya learn ta live like an animal
In the jungle where we play
If you got a hunger for what you see
You'll take it eventually
You can have anything you want
But you better not take it from me

Chorus

And when you're high you never
Ever want to come down, YEAH!

You know where you are
You're in the jungle baby
You're gonna die
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your knees, knees
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my serpentine
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your knees, knees
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your
It's gonna bring you down!
Ha!

Video info:

Welcome To The Jungle 1987
Director: Nigel Dick

Shot on August 1st and 2nd, 1987
at Park Plaza & 450 S. La Brea, Hollywood.

Won Best New Artist at the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards.

Release info:

Released: October 3, 1987 (UK)

UK Chart peak: 67

GEF 30 7" (UK)
Welcome To The Jungle /
Whole Lotta Rosie (live)

GEF 30T 12"
Welcome To The Jungle / Whole Lotta Rosie (live) /
It's So Easy (live) / Knockin' On Heaven's Door (live)

GEF 30TW 12" poster sleeve
Welcome To The Jungle / Whole Lotta Rosie (live) / It's So Easy (live) / Knockin' On Heaven's Door (live)

GEF 30P 12" picture disc
Welcome To The Jungle / Whole Lotta Rosie (live) /
It's So Easy (live) / Knockin' On Heaven's Door (live)

"Welcome To The Jungle" from "Appetite For Destruction".
Live tracks recorded at the Marquee in London, England
on the 28th of June, 1987

Second UK Issue

Released: October 29, 1988 (UK)

UK Chart peak: 24
US Chart peak: 7 (The Billboard Hot 100)

GEF 47 7"
Welcome To The Jungle / Nightrain

GEF 47T 12"
Welcome To The Jungle / Nightrain /
You're Crazy (acoustic version)

GEF 47TW 12" poster sleeve
Welcome To The Jungle / Nightrain /
You're Crazy (acoustic version)

GEF 47TV 12" with free patch
Welcome To The Jungle / Nightrain /
You're Crazy (acoustic version)

GEF 47TP 12" picture disc
Welcome To The Jungle / Nightrain /
You're Crazy (acoustic version)

GEF 47CD CD
Welcome To The Jungle / Nightrain /
You're Crazy (acoustic version)

"Welcome To The Jungle" and "Nightrain"
from "Appetite For Destruction".
"You're Crazy (acoustic version)" is not the
same version as the one on "GN'R Lies".

9 27759-7 7" (US)
Welcome To The Jungle /
Mr. Brownstone