New Guns N' Roses single hits radio Wednesday

By Jonathan Cohen

NEW YORK (Billboard) - The title track from the upcoming Guns N' Roses' album "Chinese Democracy" will be available to download by U.S. radio outlets on Wednesday. Although some album tracks leaked this summer, this is the first authorized new music from the rock band in nine years.

"Chinese Democracy" the album is due November 23 exclusively via Best Buy. The 14-track set includes only three songs that have not either been performed live or leaked online in recent years.

Guns N' Roses was last on Billboard's airplay-based Mainstream Rock chart in 1999 with "Oh My God," its contribution to the soundtrack for the Arnold Schwarzenegger film "End of Days." The song peaked at No. 26. Prior to that, Guns hadn't appeared on the tally since 1994, when its cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" from the "Interview With a Vampire" soundtrack reached No. 10.

"Chinese Democracy" marks the Guns N' Roses first album since the 1993 covers set "The Spaghetti Incident?"

Reuters/Billboard