Song · Cruel Sea
“Better Get A Lawyer” by Cruel Sea
From the album Three Legged Dog (1995)
“Better Get A Lawyer” by Cruel Sea appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1994. It was first released in 1995 on the album Three Legged Dog. Its best result is #14 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #114 alternative song of 1994.
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"Better Get a Lawyer" was the Cruel Sea's lead single from their fourth album, Three Legged Dog, arriving in November 1994 with a sly, wised-up strut. James Cruickshank, Jim Elliott, Ken Gormly and Dan Rumour share the music credit, while the words go to Tex Perkins and Jon Wayne, because the song lifts a big chunk of its lyric from Wayne's "Texas Jailcell".
It reached number 29 on the Australian Singles Chart, and the CD single hid a bonus for anyone who let it keep playing: an unlisted track after the last song, a spoken-word bit about the '70s TV show Charlie's Angels.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 14 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994 | 100 |
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