"Estranged" is a song and music video by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, from their fourth album Use Your Illusion II. "Estranged" is one of Guns N' Roses' longest running songs (and the longest on Use Your Illusion II), as well as one of the longest and most expensive music videos ever made. It has many verses, and no set chorus, as well as distinguished guitar and piano solos.Use Your Illusion IIs liner notes thank Slash for "the killer guitar melodies," which captured Axl Rose's vision. Slash has specifically stated that recording the guitar parts for this song was very intensive for him; he recorded it using a Les Paul Gold Top, using the rhythm pickup with the tone turned all the way down.Bozza, Anthony, & Slash (2007). Slash. Harper Entertainment: New York. p. 316 According to Slash, the song was written while the band was rehearsing for an extended period of time in Chicago.