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This is a list of songs about crime and criminals. This can include selling drugs but drug-taking is in another category.
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[edit]- "18 and Life" by Skid Row
A
[edit]- "A Criminal Mind" by Lawrence Gowan
- "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" by Sufjan Stevens
- "A New Hope" by Five Iron Frenzy about the Columbine High School Massacre
- "A Pirate's Prayer" by Zao
- "Alabamba Motel Room" by Matthew Good Band
- "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan
- "All These Things That I've Done" by The Killers
- "American Psycho" by Treble Charger
- "Andy's Doin' Time" by Bleach
- "Another Hit and Run" by Def Leppard
- "Arnold Layne" by Pink Floyd
- "Ass Like That" by Eminem
B
[edit]- "Bad Boys For Life" by P.Diddy
- "Bad Influence" by Eminem
- "Bad To the Bone" by George Thorogood
- "Bad, Bad Man" by John Cena
- "Bad Place Alone" by Alice Cooper
- "Bad Reputation" by Luke Haines, about child abuser Gary Glitter
- "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" by Georgie Fame and His Blue Flames
- "Bankrobber/Robber Dub" by The Clash
- "Been Caught Stealing" by Jane's Addiction
- "Bein' Bad" by BoomKat
- "Beheaded" by The Offspring
- "Billy's Got a Gun" by Def Leppard
- "Bonnie and Clyde '03" by Jay-Z and Beyoncé
C
[edit]- "Chain Gang" by Sam Cooke
- "Cop Killer" by Body Count
- "Copperhead Road" by Steve Earle
- "Criminal" by Eminem
F
[edit]G
[edit]- "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" by The Adverts
H
[edit]- "Hardin Wouldn't Run" by Johnny Cash
- "Highway 29" by Bruce Springsteen
- "Highwayman" by The Highwaymen
I
[edit]- "I Don't Like Mondays" by the Boomtown Rats
- "I Fought the Law" by Bobby Fuller Four and The Clash
- "I Like Robbin' Banks" by David Allan Coe
- "I Shot the Sheriff" by Bob Marley and the Wailers
- "Indiana Wants Me" by R. Dean Taylor
- "I've Got to Get a Message to You" by the Bee Gees
J
[edit]- "Jailbreak" by AC/DC
- "Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy
- "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley
- "Janie's Got a Gun" by Aerosmith
- "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" by The Killers
- "John Wayne Gacy, Jr." by Sufjan Stevens
- "John Wesley Harding" by Bob Dylan
K
[edit]- "Killer" by Alice Cooper
L
[edit]- "Little Criminals" by Randy Newman
M
[edit]- "Mack the Knife", composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for The Threepenny Opera, popularized by Bobby Darin
- "Midnight" by The Monkees
- "Midnight Rambler" by The Rolling Stones
- "Mister Manson" by Klaatu
- "My Own Prison" by Creed
N
[edit]- "New Jack Swing" by Living Colour
- "No Thugs in Our House" by XTC
O
[edit]- "Over the Hills and Far Away" by Gary Moore
P
[edit]- "Pancho and Lefty", written by Townes Van Zandt
- "Police On My Back" by Eddy Grant, covered by the Clash
- "Potter's Field" by Tom Waits
- "Pretty Boy Floyd" by Woody Guthrie
S
[edit]- "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson
- "Stagger Lee" (traditional)
T
[edit]- "The Fields of Athenry" by Pete St. John
- "The Green, Green Grass of Home" by Tom Jones
- "The Illinois Enema Bandit" by Frank Zappa
- "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" by Morrissey
- "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" by Gene Pitney
- "The Night Chicago Died" by Paper Lace
- "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence
- "Long Black Veil" by Lefty Frizzell
- "There Goes a Tenner" by Kate Bush
- "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando and Dawn
- "Tom Dooley", American folk song, popularized by The Kingston Trio
- "Take the Money and Run" by The Steve Miller Band
W
[edit]- "Waltzing Matilda", Australian traditional folk song
- "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." by Simon and Garfunkel
- "Whiskey in the Jar", Irish traditional folk song
Y
[edit]- "You Know what they do to Guys Like us in Prison" by My Chemical Romance
- "Youth Nabbed as Sniper" by Blondie