It’s Criminal!

[Raynyky]

Many people love reality or fictional crime shows. What songs are about crime? Either committed or thought about. I was surprised when I thought of this just how many there are. 

Hey Joe-Jimi Hendrix

 Hey Joe I heard you shot your woman down You shot her down, now

[MaVolta]

Jailhouse Rock - Elvis

[1968Hoya46]

Casey Jones:  Grateful Dead  (Driving that train, high on cocaine)

[BeatleloverKT]

Last kiss, Cavaliers

[MaVolta]

Maxwell’s Silver Hammer - The Beatles

[1968Hoya46]

Great post! Violent tune from the four mop tops. Kind of like something Warren Zevon would have written....

[MaVolta]

Long Black Veil - Joan Baez, Mick Jagger w/ The Chieftans, and many others

[MaVolta]

Gimme Shelter - The Stones

[1968Hoya46]

Along Came Jones:  The Coasters  (Sweet Sue escaped murder by buzzsaw, dynamite and an oncoming train... all thanks to Jones)

[1968Hoya46]

Stayin' In:  Bobby Vee   (I punched my buddy in the nose after lunch/Now I'm in trouble 'cause the Dean saw the punch)  Admittedly not a murder but, depending on the severity of the injury, maybe a misdemeanor assault............

[BeatleloverKT]

Dang me, Roger Miller

[BeatleloverKT]

Live and let die, Sir Paul

[EricC28201]

Jailbreak & Killer on the Loose - Thin Lizzy

[EricC28201]

A little surprised they're not already here:

Gallows Pole - Led Zeppelin

Renegade - Styx

[1968Hoya46]

Tweeter And The Monkey Man: Traveling Wilbury’s

[BobH07]

The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde:  Georgie Fame

[BobH07]

Ode To Billie Joe:  Bobbie Gentry

[BobH07]

For What It's Worth:  Buffalo Springfield

[BobH07]

Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down):  Sonny & Cher

[BobH07]

Sniper:  Harry Chapin

[BobH07]

Tom Dooley:  Kingston Trio

[BobH07]

Ohio:  CSN&Y

[BobH07]

41 Shots:  Bruce

[1968Hoya46]

Leroy:  Jack Scott

[BeatleloverKT]

Down by the river, Neil Young

[1968Hoya46]

I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You:  BeeGees (I did it to him now it’s my turn to die).

[1968Hoya46]

Sloop John B.   Beach Boys (The first mate he got drunk/Broke in the Captain’s trunk/The constable had to come and take him away)

[1968Hoya46]

Indiana Wants Me:  R. Dean Taylor

[1968Hoya46]

007 (Shanty Town):  Desmond Dekker & The Aces

[1968Hoya46]

Folsom Prison Blues: Johnny Cash (shot a man in Reno just to watch him die)

[1968Hoya46]

Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts: Dylan