Lay Down Your Guns

{{Infobox song

| name = Lay Down Your Guns

| cover = Lay_Down_Your_Guns_-_Jimmy_Barnes.jpeg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Jimmy Barnes

| album = Two Fires

| B-side = "Broken Hearts"

| released = July 1990

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop, rock

| length = 4:00

| label = Mushroom Records

| writer = Jimmy Barnes, Rick Nowels

| producer = Don Gehman

| prev_title = Last Frontier (live)

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Let's Make it Last All Night

| next_year = 1990

}}

"Lay Down Your Guns" is a song by Australian rock musician, Jimmy Barnes. It was released in July 1990 as the lead single from Barnes' fourth studio album, Two Fires. It reached #4 on the Australian ARIA charts.

Track listing

CD Single (D10133)/ 7" single (K 10133)

{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Jimmy-Barnes-Lay-Down-Your-Guns/release/630234|title=Jimmy Barnes "Lay Down Your Guns"|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=25 October 2014}}

  1. "Lay Down Your Guns"
  2. "Broken Hearts"

Charts

"Lay Down Your Guns" debuted at #9 in Australia, before peaking at number 4.{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Barnes&titel=Lay+Down+Your+Guns&cat=s|title=Jimmy Barnes – Lay Down Your Guns|publisher=Australian-Charts.com|accessdate=25 October 2014}}

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (1990)

!scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"{{singlechart|Australia|4|artist=Jimmy Barnes|song=Lay Down Your Guns|accessdate=24 October 2014|refname="ARIA"}}
scope="row"{{singlechart|New Zealand|12|artist=Jimmy Barnes|song=Lay Down Your Guns|accessdate=23 October 2014|refname="NZ"}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1990)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| ARIA Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1990.htm|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles 1990|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=24 October 2014}}

| 23

scope="row"| Australian Artist Singles Chart

| 4

scope="row"| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ){{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/index.php/chart/?chart=3879|title=End of Year Charts 1990|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|accessdate=3 December 2017}}

|align="center"|44

=Sales and certifications=

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|title=Lay Down Your Guns|artist=Jimmy Barnes|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1990|certref={{cite web|url=http://australianfuncountdowns.blogspot.com/2010/01/accreditation-awards.html|title=ARIA Accreditations (1987-2010)|publisher=Australian Fun Countdowns|accessdate=2015-08-04}}}}

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References