Song · Riot
“Swords and Tequila” by Riot
From the album Fire Down Under (1981)
“Swords and Tequila” by Riot appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1981 on the album Fire Down Under. Its best result is #73 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,094 hard rock song of all time.
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"Swords and Tequila" rides out on Fire Down Under, Riot's third album, from 1981, and the last one to feature the band's original singer Guy Speranza, who wrote it with Mark Reale. Steve Loeb produced it and Rod Hui engineered.
The record around it had a rough birth. Capitol heard the finished album and dropped the band for being too heavy, and Elektra put it out instead. It has been dug up again and again since: a 1997 reissue on the German High Vaultage label used a disputed new remix by Loeb, Metal Blade restored the original Elektra mix in 1999, and Varèse Sarabande and Rock Candy Records both brought it back later, the latter remastered and with six bonus tracks.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 73 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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