Top 100 Pop Songs About Crime and Criminals1. Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley 2. Folsom Prison Blues- Johnny Cash 3. Mack the Knife – Bobby Darrin (writen by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht) 4. Bad Boys – Inner Circle (Theme from COPS) 5. I Shot the Sheriff – Eric Clapton 6. Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson 7. Hurricane – Bob Dylan (Rubin “Hurricane” Carter) 8. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen 9. Jenny Was A Friend of Mine – The Killers 10. Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix 11. Take the Money and Run – Steve Miller Band 12. Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price | 13. Breakin’ The Law – Judas Priest 14. Strange Fruit – Billy Holliday 15. I Don’t Like Mondays – Boomtown Rats (Brenda Ann Spencer) 16. Midnight Rambler – The Rolling Stones 17. Chain Gang – Sam Cooke 18. One Piece at a Time – Johnny Cash 19. Bang Bang – Cher 20. Sunny Came Home – Shawn Colvin 21. Criminal – Fiona Apple 22. Dead Or Alive – Bon Jovi 23. Deep Red Bells – Neko Case 24. Informer – Snow 25. Pumped Up Kicks – Foster The People 26. Renegade – Styx 27. No Rest For The Wicked – Cage The Elephant 28. Tom Dooley – The Kingston Trio 29. Helter Skelter – The Beatles 30. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – The Beatles 31. Goodbye Earl – The Dixie Chicks 32. I Fought The Law – The Bobby Fuller Four 33. Delilah – Tom Jones 34. Don’t Take Me Alive – Steely Dan 35. Watching the Detectives – Elvis Costello 36. Twilight Zone – Golden Earring 37. House of the Rising Sun – The Animals 38. Been Caught Stealing – Jane’s Addiction 39. Criminal – Britney Spears 40. Who Stole the Cookie From the Cookie Jar? – various 41. Runaway Train – Soul Asylum 42. Psycho Killer – The Talking Heads 43. The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia – Vikki Lawrence 44. Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon 45. Smuggler’s Blues – Glenn Frey 46. Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio 47. Desperado – The Eagles 48. Gypsies Tramps and Thieves – Cher 49. Straight Outta Compton – N.W.A. 50. Stan – Eminem featuring Dido 51. Big Iron – Marty Robbins 52. The Night Chicago Died – Paper Lace 53. Little Black Backpack – Stroke 9 54. Paper Planes – M.I.A. 55. Billy the Kid – Billy Joel 56. The Killing Of Georgie (Part I And II) – Rod Stewart 57. Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair – Bessie Smith 58. Used To Love Her – Guns N’ Roses 59. Ma Baker – Money M. 60. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – AC/DC 61. Knockin On Heavens Door – Bob Dylan 62. Janie’s Got A Gun – Aerosmith | 63. The Old Apartment – Barenaked Ladies 64. Annie Christian – Prince 65. Ride Like The Wind – Christopher Cross 66. Jailbreak – Thin Lizzie 67. Nebraska – Bruce Springsteen 68. Lay Me Down – Dirty Heads 69. no body, no crime – Taylor Swift featuring HAIM 70. Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 71. Bullets In The Gun – Toby Keith 72. Kid Charlemagne – Steely Dan 73. Georgia Lee – Tom Waits 74. The Hanging Tree – James Newton Howard and Jennifer Lawrence 75. Killer’s Eyes – The Kinks 76. Bankrobber – The Clash 77. Murder Was The Case – Snoop Dog 78. Pretty Boy Floyd – Woody Guthrie 79. Break The Rules – Charlie XCX 80. Dream Police – Cheap Trick 81. Authority Song – John Mellencamp 82. Lawyers, Guns and Money – Warren Zevon 83. Go-Go Boots – Drive-By Truckers 84. Polly – Nirvana 85. Run Joey Run – David Geddes 86. I’m Your Pusher – Ice-T 87. 1913 Massacre – Woody Guthrie 88. Wrong ‘Em Boyo – The Clash 89. Suffer Little Children – The Smiths 90. Firestarter – The Prodigy 91. Let Him Dangle – Elvis Costello 92. Cocaine Blues – Johnny Cash 93. Car Radio – Twenty One Pilots 94. Darkness – Eminem 95. Son of Sam – Deadboys (David Berkowitz) 96. Ballad of Lizzie Borden – Chad Mitchell 97. Mr. Garfield – Johnny Cash 98. The Last Of The Famous International Playboys – Morrissey 99. Tommy Gun – The Clash 100. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? – R.E.M. |