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“Diamonds and Guns” by Transplants

From the album Transplants (2002)

“Diamonds and Guns” by Transplants appears on 26 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 2002 and 2008. It was first released in 2002 on the album Transplants. Its best result is #8 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #61 alternative song of 2003, #6,048 alternative song of all time and #322 of the '00s.

26countdowns
16stations
#8best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
2002–2008years charted

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"Diamonds and Guns" was the first single from the Transplants and their self-titled debut, out on Hellcat in October 2002: Tim Armstrong, Rob "Skinhead Rob" Aston and Travis Barker mashing punk rock into hip-hop, with Jason "Son Doobie" Vasquez of Funkdoobiest joining in. Armstrong co-produced it with Dave Carlock at Tim's Basement in Los Angeles.

It's a loose, swaggering thing, street-level punk bravado riding a hip-hop strut. It reached 19 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and 27 in the UK, and then it just kept turning up: the instrumental, with its guitar distortion softened, soundtracked Garnier Fructis commercials for years, and the song appeared on Smallville, Fastlane, the film Bulletproof Monk and the video game WWE 2K26.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 42 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 107
2002 50 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002 91
2002 53 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 34 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 60 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 107
2002 55 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 76 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 99
2002 102 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 105
2003 39 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003 107
2003 65 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2003 91
2003 47 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003 106
2003 60 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 61 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 25 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 57 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 40 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 105
2003 65 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003 104
2003 8 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003 50
2003 91 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003 103
2003 73 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 1930 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1930 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1920 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 833 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 1988 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1983 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009

Also listed as: Diamonds And Guns; Diamonds & Guns.

Charting alongside it in 2003

Best songs of 2003 →
  1. 1Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes
  2. 2Like a StoneAudioslave
  3. 3Bring Me to LifeEvanescence
  4. 4Somewhere I BelongLinkin Park
  5. 5Times Like TheseFoo Fighters
  6. 6Weak and PowerlessA Perfect Circle

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