Lay Down Your Guns

"Lay Down Your Guns"
Single by Jimmy Barnes
from the album Two Fires
B-side	"Broken Hearts"
Released	July 1990
Format	7" 45 RPM
Genre	Pop, rock
Length	4:00
Label	Mushroom Records
Writer(s)	Jimmy Barnes, Rick Nowels
Producer(s)	Don Gehman
Jimmy Barnes singles chronology
"Last Frontier" (live) (1988) "Lay Down Your Guns" (1990) "Let's Make it Last All Night" (1990)

“Lay Down Your Guns” was the first single by Australian rock musician, Jimmy Barnes’ fourth studio album, ‘’Two Fires’’. It was released in July 1990, two months prior to the album’s release and it reached #4 on the Australian ARIA charts.

It is included on his 1996 “Hits” compilation, his 2001 “Raw” album and as a duet on his 2014 “30:30 Hindsight” album with The Living End.

Track listing

^[1] A “Lay Down Your Guns”
B “Broken Hearts”

Charts

“Lay Down Your Guns” debuted at #9 in Australia, before peaking at #4. ^[2]

Weekly charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
scope="row"	Australia (ARIA)[3]	4
scope="row"	New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4]	12

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
ARIA Singles Chart[5]	23
Australian Artist Singles Chart	4

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[6]	Platinum	70,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. "Jimmy Barnes "Lay Down Your Guns"". Discogs. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
2. "Jimmy Barnes – Lay Down Your Guns". Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
3. "Australian-charts.com – Jimmy Barnes – Lay Down Your Guns". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
4. "Charts.org.nz – Jimmy Barnes – Lay Down Your Guns". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
5. "ARIA Top 100 Singles 1990". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
6. "ARIA Accreditations (1987-2010)". Australian Fun Countdowns. Retrieved 2015-08-04.