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 =
| 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)
- "Lay Down Your Guns"
- "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 |
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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=
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scope="col"| Chart (1990)
! scope="col"| Position |
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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=
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{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}}}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Jimmy Barnes}}
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Category:Mushroom Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Don Gehman