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“Lawyers, Guns And Money” by Warren Zevon

From the album Excitable Boy (1978)

“Lawyers, Guns And Money” by Warren Zevon appears on 38 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 1994 and 2026. It was first released in 1978 on the album Excitable Boy. Its best result is #56 on the WMGK Philly 500 (2025). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,540 alternative song of all time.

38countdowns
10stations
#56best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1994–2026years charted

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Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns & Money [1989]

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Warren Zevon saved the best punchline for last: "Lawyers, Guns and Money" closes out Excitable Boy, his 1978 album, and it's a tall tale of a man in way over his head. A fling with a waitress secretly working for the Russians drags the narrator into Cold War intrigue, a gambling run in Havana and a hideout in Honduras, until the only move left is to phone his father and beg for the rescue named in the title.

Zevon built it out of a real vacation on Kauai that went so absurdly wrong he swore off holidays for good. Jackson Browne and Waddy Wachtel produced, and the band snaps like a live wire: Zevon pounding the piano, Wachtel's guitar slashing, Kenny Edwards on bass and Rick Marotta on drums. Record World called it rock 'n' roll at its angriest, and it's hard to argue.

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

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 946 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 961 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 984 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1998 846 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
2001 1150 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2004 588 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2007 1905 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2007 587 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2008 1873 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1905 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 103 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2010 1962 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2010 571 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 62 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 439 WYEP WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown 500
2012 63 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 314 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 82 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 419 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2014 512 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 446 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2014 278 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2015 69 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 82 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 825 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 195 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2020 234 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2022 267 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 1037 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2022 168 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2023 145 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2023 982 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 106 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2024 343 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 497 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2025 56 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2026 139 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500
2026 228 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180

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