Machine Gun (Warrant song)
"Machine Gun" | ||||
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Single by Warrant | ||||
from the album Dog Eat Dog | ||||
Released | September 1992[1] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:45 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jani Lane | |||
Warrant singles chronology | ||||
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Machine Gun is a song by American rock band Warrant. The song was released in 1992 as the first single from Warrant's third album Dog Eat Dog. The song reached No. 36 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[3]
Background
[edit]"Machine Gun" was Warrant‘s heaviest single to this point[4] and features a music video of the band performing in front of a metal corrugated wall. Clips of a woman being tattooed with the band animated on her body.
Critical reception
[edit]Larry Flick, Billboard's reviewer, named this track as "their most aggressive single in some time". He wrote: "Producer Michael Wagener tightly weaves together intricate guitar leads, rumbling rhythm chords, and a well-shaded vocal by Jani Lane. May be too hard for fans at top 40, though album rockers will herald what is clearly the band's strongest entry to date".[5]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Machine Gun" | 3:43 |
2. | "Inside Out" | 3:12 |
Charts
[edit]Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[6] | 124 |
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[7] | 36 |
References
[edit]- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 884. ISBN 9780862415419.
- ^ Rolli, Bryan (July 1, 2021). "Top 30 Glam Metal Albums". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Allmusic (Warrant charts and awards) Billboard singles". Allmusic.
- ^ "Warrant Dog Eat Dog Revisted".
- ^ Flick, Larry (22 August 1992). "Review: Warrant – Machine Gun" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 104, no. 34. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. p. 74. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Warrant ARIA singles chart history, received from ARIA on March 26, 2019". Imgur. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- ^ "Warrant Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2024.