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"Welcome to the Jungle" is een nummer van de Amerikaanse hardrock band Guns N' Roses, verschenen op hun studio debuutalbum "Appetite for Destruction" (1987). Het is de tweede single van de band.

Het nummer komt van het album "Appetite for Destruction". "Welcome to the Jungle" behaalde een nummer 7-notering in de Billboard Hot 100 en in de Single Top 100 piekte het op positie 84.

"Welcome to the Jungle" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, featured as the opening track on their debut album, Appetite for Destruction (1987). It was released as the album's second single initially in the UK in September 1987 then again in October 1988 this time including the US, where it reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 24 on the UK Singles Chart.

On the 1987 release, the 7" was backed with a live version of AC/DC's "Whole Lotta Rosie", while the 12" also contained live versions of the band's debut single "It's So Easy" and Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door". In 2009, "Welcome to the Jungle" was named the greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. In 2021, Rolling Stone listed "Welcome to the Jungle" at 491 on their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.