Is there a peppier, uptempo, better number one pop hit that ends in double homicide?

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Dark Lady sort of has a Gypsys Tramps And Thieves vibe to it. I have a reissue 45 RPM record from MCA records that has Half Breed on one side and Dark Lady on the flip side.

Dark Lady sort of has a Gypsys Tramps And Thieves vibe to it. I have a reissue 45 RPM record from MCA records that has Half Breed on one side and Dark Lady on the flip side.

Can you give me another pop number one hit that ends in murder?

Can you give me another pop number one hit that ends in murder?

Well...how about The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace?

Can you give me another pop number one hit that ends in murder?The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia by Vicki Lawrence

Can you give me another pop number one hit that ends in murder?

How about "Angie Baby" by Helen Reddy?

I shot the Sheriff by Bob Marley

Indiana Wants Me by R. Dean Taylor

Well...how about The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace?

Very close. Lots of violence and about 100 dead cops, but that one has a happy ending

:music: Then the door burst open wide
And my daddy stepped inside
And he kissed my mama's face
And he brushed her tears away :music:

The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia by Vicki Lawrence

Yes! Good murdering in that one :thumbsup:

How about "Angie Baby" by Helen Reddy?

I think it’s too ambiguous about what happens in that one.

I shot the Sheriff by Bob Marley

I’ll give it to you if you accept the Eric Clapton version. Marley’s never even hit the top ten.

Indiana Wants Me by R. Dean Taylor

Sorry, never went to number one.

How about Ode to Billie Joe? if one is willing to consider suicide to be self-murder?

Sorry, never went to number one.


Sez who?

https://i.imgur.com/Gvinbfq.png

From here:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Wants_Me

Sez who?

https://i.imgur.com/Gvinbfq.png

From here:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Wants_Me

Sez Billboard. I’m just going by them. Too confusing if I start trying to check every single chart out there.

How about Ode to Billie Joe? if one is willing to consider suicide to be self-murder?

Self murder? Possibly. But I’m trying to stick with the generally accepted definition.


mur·der
/ˈmərdər/

noun
the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

Sez Billboard. I’m just going by them. Too confusing if I start trying to check every single chart out there.

Indiana Wants Me still a good song though.

Can you give me another pop number one hit that ends in murder?

"Tom Dooley" - The Kingston Trio

How about "Killing Me Softly" by Roberta Flack? :clap

"Stagger Lee" - Lloyd Price

"Mack The Knife" - Bobby Darin
"El Paso" - Marty Robbins

All Zoneboy songs fit.

Zoneboy, you know a lot of murder songs. Everything okay at home?

How about "Killing Me Softly" by Roberta Flack? :clap

I’d say he’s not literally killing/murdering her. Just figuratively.

Zoneboy, you know a lot of murder songs. Everything okay at home?

:lol: All good here.

Nothing new to add , but right away I thought of "The night the lights went out in Georgia" ! I always loved that song by Mama/ Vickie Lawrence !:) And yeah, "El Paso" and "Tom Dooley" , good ones !!;)

"Another One Bites The Dust" - Queen

" Down by the river " - Neil Young ;)

" Down by the river, I shot my baby , down by the river , dead, oh oh , shot her dead, oh " ! :eek:

" Hey Joe" - Jimi Hendrix ;)

" Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun on your hand? I'm goin to shoot my old lady, you know I saw her messin , messin around town, so I gave her the gun, I shot her " !:eek:

"Gangsta's Paradise" - Coolio

A few country hits:

"A Country Boy Can Survive" - Hank Williams Jr.
"The Cold Hard Facts of Life" - Porter Wagoner
"Folsom Prison Blues" - Johnny Cash

"Gangsta's Paradise" - Coolio

A few country hits:

"A Country Boy Can Survive" - Hank Williams Jr.
"The Cold Hard Facts of Life" - Porter Wagoner
"Folsom Prison Blues" - Johnny Cash



Johnny Cash :):wave:

" I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die, when I hear the whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry "! ;)

I’d say he’s not literally killing/murdering her. Just figuratively.

Next you'll be trying to disqualify "I shot the Sheriff" because of the happy ending? :banana::banana::banana:

Can you give me another pop number one hit that ends in murder?

Kill Bill by SZA went to number one and ends in double homicide.