Top 100 Pop Songs About Crime and Criminals |
| 1. Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley |
| 2. Folsom Prison Blues- Johnny Cash |
| 3. Mack the Knife – Bobby Darrin (writen by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht) |
| 4. Bad Boys – Inner Circle (Theme from COPS) |
| 5. I Shot the Sheriff – Eric Clapton |
| 6. Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson |
| 7. Hurricane – Bob Dylan (Rubin “Hurricane” Carter) |
| 8. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen |
| 9. Jenny Was A Friend of Mine – The Killers |
| 10. Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix |
| 11. Take the Money and Run – Steve Miller Band |
| 12. Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price |
| 13. Breakin’ The Law – Judas Priest |
| 14. Strange Fruit – Billy Holliday |
| 15. I Don’t Like Mondays – Boomtown Rats (Brenda Ann Spencer) |
| 16. Midnight Rambler – The Rolling Stones |
| 17. Chain Gang – Sam Cooke |
| 18. One Piece at a Time – Johnny Cash |
| 19. Bang Bang – Cher |
| 20. Sunny Came Home – Shawn Colvin |
| 21. Criminal – Fiona Apple |
| 22. Dead Or Alive – Bon Jovi |
| 23. Deep Red Bells – Neko Case |
| 24. Informer – Snow |
| 25. Pumped Up Kicks – Foster The People |
| 26. Renegade – Styx |
| 27. No Rest For The Wicked – Cage The Elephant |
| 28. Tom Dooley – The Kingston Trio |
| 29. Helter Skelter – The Beatles |
| 30. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – The Beatles |
| 31. Goodbye Earl – The Dixie Chicks |
| 32. I Fought The Law – The Bobby Fuller Four |
| 33. Delilah – Tom Jones |
| 34. Don’t Take Me Alive – Steely Dan |
| 35. Watching the Detectives – Elvis Costello |
| 36. Twilight Zone – Golden Earring |
| 37. House of the Rising Sun – The Animals |
| 38. Been Caught Stealing – Jane’s Addiction |
| 39. Criminal – Britney Spears |
| 40. Who Stole the Cookie From the Cookie Jar? – various |
| 41. Runaway Train – Soul Asylum |
| 42. Psycho Killer – The Talking Heads |
| 43. The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia – Vikki Lawrence |
| 44. Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon |
| 45. Smuggler’s Blues – Glenn Frey |
| 46. Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio |
| 47. Desperado – The Eagles |
| 48. Gypsies Tramps and Thieves – Cher |
| 49. Straight Outta Compton – N.W.A. |
| 50. Stan – Eminem featuring Dido |
| 51. Big Iron – Marty Robbins |
| 52. The Night Chicago Died – Paper Lace |
| 53. Little Black Backpack – Stroke 9 |
| 54. Paper Planes – M.I.A. |
| 55. Billy the Kid – Billy Joel |
| 56. The Killing Of Georgie (Part I And II) – Rod Stewart |
| 57. Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair – Bessie Smith |
| 58. Used To Love Her – Guns N’ Roses |
| 59. Ma Baker – Money M. |
| 60. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – AC/DC |
| 61. Knockin On Heavens Door – Bob Dylan |
| 62. Janie’s Got A Gun – Aerosmith |
| 63. The Old Apartment – Barenaked Ladies |
| 64. Annie Christian – Prince |
| 65. Ride Like The Wind – Christopher Cross |
| 66. Jailbreak – Thin Lizzie |
| 67. Nebraska – Bruce Springsteen |
| 68. Lay Me Down – Dirty Heads |
| 69. no body, no crime – Taylor Swift featuring HAIM |
| 70. Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young |
| 71. Bullets In The Gun – Toby Keith |
| 72. Kid Charlemagne – Steely Dan |
| 73. Georgia Lee – Tom Waits |
| 74. The Hanging Tree – James Newton Howard and Jennifer Lawrence |
| 75. Killer’s Eyes – The Kinks |
| 76. Bankrobber – The Clash |
| 77. Murder Was The Case – Snoop Dog |
| 78. Pretty Boy Floyd – Woody Guthrie |
| 79. Break The Rules – Charlie XCX |
| 80. Dream Police – Cheap Trick |
| 81. Authority Song – John Mellencamp |
| 82. Lawyers, Guns and Money – Warren Zevon |
| 83. Go-Go Boots – Drive-By Truckers |
| 84. Polly – Nirvana |
| 85. Run Joey Run – David Geddes |
| 86. I’m Your Pusher – Ice-T |
| 87. 1913 Massacre – Woody Guthrie |
| 88. Wrong ‘Em Boyo – The Clash |
| 89. Suffer Little Children – The Smiths |
| 90. Firestarter – The Prodigy |
| 91. Let Him Dangle – Elvis Costello |
| 92. Cocaine Blues – Johnny Cash |
| 93. Car Radio – Twenty One Pilots |
| 94. Darkness – Eminem |
| 95. Son of Sam – Deadboys (David Berkowitz) |
| 96. Ballad of Lizzie Borden – Chad Mitchell |
| 97. Mr. Garfield – Johnny Cash |
| 98. The Last Of The Famous International Playboys – Morrissey |
| 99. Tommy Gun – The Clash |
| 100. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? – R.E.M. |
