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

[1968Hoya46]

House Of The Rising Sun:  Animals  (I'm goin' back to New Orleans/To wear that ball and chain)

[BeatleloverKT]

Let him dangle, Elvis Costello

[EricC28201]

Thela Hun Ginjeet - King Crimson

About a guy getting mugged in the street.  Written shortly after the murder of John Lennon it expressed the paranoia many artists were feeling.

[foxfire1965]

Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi

[1968Hoya46]

Take The Money And Run:  Steve Miller Band

[vjklander]

TIn Pan Alley 

-Stevie Ray Vaughan

[vjklander]

Hey, Hey, What Can I Do

 - Led Zeppelin

[vjklander]

Turn The Page

 - Metallica version.

[1968Hoya46]

Nebraska:  Bruce Springsteen   (10 dead victims)

[BeatleloverKT]

Bankrobber, The Clash

[MaVolta]

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

[1968Hoya46]

Great catch!!

[MaVolta]

😂Yeah, even I was like, what took so long? 

Thanks!

[1968Hoya46]

Matilda:  Harry Belafonte    (Matilda stole Harry's money, cat and horse and then ran off to Venezuela)

[BeatleloverKT]

I want a new drug, Huey Lewis&the News

[EricC28201]

I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats

[1968Hoya46]

Mary Lou:  Ronnie Hawkins  (She stole his watch and chain, his diamond ring and the keys to his Cadillac car...and the car).

[BeatleloverKT]

Psycho killer, Talking Heads

[1968Hoya46]

Pretty Boy Floyd:  Byrds

[BeatleloverKT]

3 Warning Shots, Rick Springfield

[Raynyky]

Oh Woman, Oh Why-Paul McCartney

[MaVolta]

Kill The King - Rainbow

[BeatleloverKT]

Positively 4th Street, Dylan

[EricC28201]

Janie's Got a Gun & Nobody's Fault - Aerosmith

[DED46]

Taxman - The Beatles  😄😄😄

[KellytheBelly]

The Clash - Police & Thieves 

[BeatleloverKT]

Shotgun, Jr Walker&the Allstars

[1968Hoya46]

Riders On The Storm:  Doors

[MaVolta]

Over The Hills And Far Away - Gary Moore

It’s a similar tale as Long Black Veil, only this time it was a robbery. His pistol was found, but he couldn’t defend himself because he had been with a married woman. Meanwhile, his love prays he will return when he gets out of prison.

[1968Hoya46]

Wolverton Mountain:  Claude King  (A likely future crime. Young man sets off to climb the mountain to claim his love, though he might die at the hands of a gun and knife wielding, angry, protective father. Good luck with that).