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We want to compile a playlist of rock'n'roll songs that have a crime theme in them.

There are probably hundreds of songs out there, so give us your favorites. We'll update the list (in alphabetical order by artist first name) from time to time. 

For instance, a great song is Jimmy Buffett's The Great Filling Station Holdup. Or Eric Clapton's I Shot The Sheriff (I know, I know, Marley did it first, but Clapton's version is more famous). Or Bobby Fuller's I Fought The Law (And The Law Won). So give us your picks by filling in the comment section below. A basic rule will be that we want songs people have heard of. It doesn't have to have made the charts, but at least a song or group that people know.

By the way, Eric Clapton's Cocaine is a drug song, not a crime song. While Cocaine is illegal, nothing in the song or title connotes a crime aspect to the song. This is not a drug playlist, it is a crime playlist. A song should have some crime reference in it.

 

10,000 Maniacs - I'm Not The Man
10,000 Maniacs - What's The Matter Here?
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Aerosmith - Janie's Got A Gun
Aerosmith - Same Old Song and Dance
Alice Cooper - Under My Wheels
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Beatles - The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Beatles - Run For Your Life
Bob Dylan - Hurricane
Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law
Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway
Buddy Holly - Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Cher - Bang Bang
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln
Dixie Chicks - Goodbye Earl
Eagles - Duelin' Dalton
Eagles - Outlaw Man
Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff
Fiona Apple - Criminal
Glenn Frey - Smugglers Blues
Grateful Dead - Truckin'
Guns & Roses - I Used To Love Her
Honey Cone - Stick Up
Inner Circle - Bad Boys
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Jim Croce - Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Jim Croce - You Don't Miss Around With Jim
Jimmy Buffet - Great Filling Station Holdup
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
Jupiter Coyote - Crazy Women
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special
Maroon 5 - Wake Up Call
Oingo Boingo - Just A Lad
Oingo Boingo - I Like Little Girls
Pat Benatar - Hell Is For Children
Paul Simon - Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
Rehab - Sittin' At A Bar
Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55
Skid Row - 18 And Life
Steely Dan - Don't Take Me Alive
Steve Miller - Take The Money And Run
Styx - Renegade
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
Suzanne Vega - Luka
Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
The Cure - Doubt
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Three Dog Night - Murder In My Heart For The Judge
Van Morrison - Dead or Alive
Vicki Lawrence - The Nights The Lights Went Out In Georgia
Warren Zevon - Send Lawyers, Guns and Money



Users' Comments (17)
Posted by Ramone, on 23-04-2008 17:54,
1. The Dan
Steely Dan's "Don't Take Me Alive"
 
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Posted by Greg Bell, on 28-03-2008 03:55,
2. Another candidate...
Here are two by 80s odballs Oingo Boingo... 
 
1. Just a Lad 
 
"He was an outlaw by the time that he was Ten years old...He didnt wanna do what he was told...Just a prankster, juvenile gangster...You really cant blame him...Only a lad...Society made himHey there johnny you really dont fool me...You get away with murder...And you think its funny...You dont give a damn if we live or if we die 
Hey there johnny boy...I hope you fry!" 
 
2. I like Little Girls.  
 
Er, use your imagination.
 
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Posted by dawn byram, on 26-03-2008 13:07,
3. ends-everlast
you can find this song on their album WHITEY FORD SINGS THE BLUES....this song has alot of references to crimes in it including robbing your mother, murdering kids, writing bad checks, sticking up folks...it describes what happens when your life is controlled by drugs and the things people do to get drugs. its a very powerful song describing a sad reality.
 
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Posted by Webmaster, on 02-03-2008 02:54,
4. Everlast - Ends
I can't find that song...
 
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Posted by Dawn Byram, on 28-02-2008 01:40,
5. Rock Playlist
Skid Row - 18 & Life 
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 
Guns & Roses - I use to Love Her 
Rehab - Sitting at the Bar 
Everlast - Ends
 
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Posted by Dawn Byram, on 28-02-2008 00:48,
6. Rock Playlist
Maroon 5 - Wake Up Call
 
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Posted by Lane, on 20-02-2008 20:04,
7. How about this one
What about "Crazy Women" by Jupiter Coyote? Do you consider that Rock & Roll?
 
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Posted by Webmaster, on 13-02-2008 16:08,
8. No Rap Songs
This is intended to be list of rock'n'roll songs about crime, we are therefore not listing rap songs. That would be another list for another time. Nothing against rap, but we're trying to stay focused on rock'n'roll on this list.
 
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Posted by Steve, on 12-02-2008 22:32,
9. word to my n-words
N.W.A. - Cop Killer
 
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Posted by Kelly, on 24-01-2008 19:06,
10. In The Air Tonight
From Wikipedia, the source of wisdom for current events: Collins wrote the song in the wake of a failing relationship with his then-wife. Collins has described obtaining the drum machine specifically to deal with these personal issues through songwriting, telling Mix magazine: "I had to start writing some of this music that was inside me." [2]
 
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Posted by OMG, on 23-01-2008 12:57,
11. ...
Smooth Criminal...Michael Jackson 
 
In the air tonight...Phil Collins
 
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Posted by OMG, on 23-01-2008 12:55,
12. ...
Framed...by Richie Valens
 
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Posted by Greg Bell, on 22-01-2008 10:23,
13. STYX!!
Styx Renegade. Hell, it starts off... 
 
Oh mama I'm in fear for my life  
From the long arm of the law  
Lawman has put an end to my running  
And I'm so far from my home  
Oh mama I can hear you a crying  
You're so scared and all alone  
Hangman is coming down from the gallows  
And I don't have very long  
 
Greg
 
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Posted by Ed, on 16-01-2008 08:58,
14. "Bad Boys"
Performed by Inner Circle
 
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Posted by Herb, on 15-01-2008 19:46,
15. Here's one for the list
Cocaine - Eric Clapton
 
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Posted by Eric Clapton, on 15-01-2008 19:45,
16. Cocaine
what about this one?
 
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Posted by Joey, on 10-01-2008 08:56,
17. One More List
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak 
Warren Zevon - Send Lawyers, Guns & Money 
Aerosmith - Janie's Got A Gun 
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
 
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New! Help Create Crime Rock Playlist
Wednesday, 09 January 2008
Last Updated ( Saturday, 26 April 2008 )
 

We want to compile a playlist of rock'n'roll songs that have a crime theme in them.

There are probably hundreds of songs out there, so give us your favorites. We'll update the list (in alphabetical order by artist first name) from time to time. 

For instance, a great song is Jimmy Buffett's The Great Filling Station Holdup. Or Eric Clapton's I Shot The Sheriff (I know, I know, Marley did it first, but Clapton's version is more famous). Or Bobby Fuller's I Fought The Law (And The Law Won). So give us your picks by filling in the comment section below. A basic rule will be that we want songs people have heard of. It doesn't have to have made the charts, but at least a song or group that people know.

By the way, Eric Clapton's Cocaine is a drug song, not a crime song. While Cocaine is illegal, nothing in the song or title connotes a crime aspect to the song. This is not a drug playlist, it is a crime playlist. A song should have some crime reference in it.

 

10,000 Maniacs - I'm Not The Man
10,000 Maniacs - What's The Matter Here?
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Aerosmith - Janie's Got A Gun
Aerosmith - Same Old Song and Dance
Alice Cooper - Under My Wheels
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Beatles - The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Beatles - Run For Your Life
Bob Dylan - Hurricane
Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law
Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway
Buddy Holly - Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Cher - Bang Bang
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln
Dixie Chicks - Goodbye Earl
Eagles - Duelin' Dalton
Eagles - Outlaw Man
Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff
Fiona Apple - Criminal
Glenn Frey - Smugglers Blues
Grateful Dead - Truckin'
Guns & Roses - I Used To Love Her
Honey Cone - Stick Up
Inner Circle - Bad Boys
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Jim Croce - Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Jim Croce - You Don't Miss Around With Jim
Jimmy Buffet - Great Filling Station Holdup
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
Jupiter Coyote - Crazy Women
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special
Maroon 5 - Wake Up Call
Oingo Boingo - Just A Lad
Oingo Boingo - I Like Little Girls
Pat Benatar - Hell Is For Children
Paul Simon - Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
Rehab - Sittin' At A Bar
Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55
Skid Row - 18 And Life
Steely Dan - Don't Take Me Alive
Steve Miller - Take The Money And Run
Styx - Renegade
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
Suzanne Vega - Luka
Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
The Cure - Doubt
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Three Dog Night - Murder In My Heart For The Judge
Van Morrison - Dead or Alive
Vicki Lawrence - The Nights The Lights Went Out In Georgia
Warren Zevon - Send Lawyers, Guns and Money



Users' Comments (17)
Posted by Ramone, on 23-04-2008 17:54,
1. The Dan
Steely Dan's "Don't Take Me Alive"
 
» Report this comment to administrator

Posted by Greg Bell, on 28-03-2008 03:55,
2. Another candidate...
Here are two by 80s odballs Oingo Boingo... 
 
1. Just a Lad 
 
"He was an outlaw by the time that he was Ten years old...He didnt wanna do what he was told...Just a prankster, juvenile gangster...You really cant blame him...Only a lad...Society made himHey there johnny you really dont fool me...You get away with murder...And you think its funny...You dont give a damn if we live or if we die 
Hey there johnny boy...I hope you fry!" 
 
2. I like Little Girls.  
 
Er, use your imagination.
 
» Report this comment to administrator

Posted by dawn byram, on 26-03-2008 13:07,
3. ends-everlast
you can find this song on their album WHITEY FORD SINGS THE BLUES....this song has alot of references to crimes in it including robbing your mother, murdering kids, writing bad checks, sticking up folks...it describes what happens when your life is controlled by drugs and the things people do to get drugs. its a very powerful song describing a sad reality.
 
» Report this comment to administrator

Posted by Webmaster, on 02-03-2008 02:54,
4. Everlast - Ends
I can't find that song...
 
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Posted by Dawn Byram, on 28-02-2008 01:40,
5. Rock Playlist
Skid Row - 18 & Life 
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 
Guns & Roses - I use to Love Her 
Rehab - Sitting at the Bar 
Everlast - Ends
 
» Report this comment to administrator
» 

Posted by Dawn Byram, on 28-02-2008 00:48,
6. Rock Playlist
Maroon 5 - Wake Up Call
 
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Posted by Lane, on 20-02-2008 20:04,
7. How about this one
What about "Crazy Women" by Jupiter Coyote? Do you consider that Rock & Roll?
 
» Report this comment to administrator

Posted by Webmaster, on 13-02-2008 16:08,
8. No Rap Songs
This is intended to be list of rock'n'roll songs about crime, we are therefore not listing rap songs. That would be another list for another time. Nothing against rap, but we're trying to stay focused on rock'n'roll on this list.
 
» Report this comment to administrator

Posted by Steve, on 12-02-2008 22:32,
9. word to my n-words
N.W.A. - Cop Killer
 
» Report this comment to administrator

Posted by Kelly, on 24-01-2008 19:06,
10. In The Air Tonight
From Wikipedia, the source of wisdom for current events: Collins wrote the song in the wake of a failing relationship with his then-wife. Collins has described obtaining the drum machine specifically to deal with these personal issues through songwriting, telling Mix magazine: "I had to start writing some of this music that was inside me." [2]
 
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Posted by OMG, on 23-01-2008 12:57,
11. ...
Smooth Criminal...Michael Jackson 
 
In the air tonight...Phil Collins
 
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Posted by OMG, on 23-01-2008 12:55,
12. ...
Framed...by Richie Valens
 
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Posted by Greg Bell, on 22-01-2008 10:23,
13. STYX!!
Styx Renegade. Hell, it starts off... 
 
Oh mama I'm in fear for my life  
From the long arm of the law  
Lawman has put an end to my running  
And I'm so far from my home  
Oh mama I can hear you a crying  
You're so scared and all alone  
Hangman is coming down from the gallows  
And I don't have very long  
 
Greg
 
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Posted by Ed, on 16-01-2008 08:58,
14. "Bad Boys"
Performed by Inner Circle
 
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Posted by Herb, on 15-01-2008 19:46,
15. Here's one for the list
Cocaine - Eric Clapton
 
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Posted by Eric Clapton, on 15-01-2008 19:45,
16. Cocaine
what about this one?
 
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Posted by Joey, on 10-01-2008 08:56,
17. One More List
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak 
Warren Zevon - Send Lawyers, Guns & Money 
Aerosmith - Janie's Got A Gun 
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
 
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