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1992 single by Warrant
"Machine Gun"
Single by Warrant
from the album Dog Eat Dog
ReleasedSeptember 1992
Genre
Length3:45
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Jani Lane
Warrant singles chronology
"We Will Rock You"
(1992) 		"Machine Gun"
(1992) 		"The Bitter Pill"
(1992)

Machine Gun is a song by American rock band Warrant. The song was released in 1992 as the first single from Warrant's third album Dog Eat Dog. The song reached No. 36 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

Background

"Machine Gun" was Warrant‘s heaviest single to this point and features a music video of the band performing in front of a metal corrugated wall. Clips of a woman being tattooed with the band animated on her body.

Critical reception

Larry Flick, Billboard's reviewer, named this track as "their most aggressive single in some time". He wrote: "Producer Michael Wagener tightly weaves together intricate guitar leads, rumbling rhythm chords, and a well-shaded vocal by Jani Lane. May be too hard for fans at top 40, though album rockers will herald what is clearly the band's strongest entry to date".

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Machine Gun"3:43
2."Inside Out"3:12

Charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) 124
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard) 36

References

  1. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 884. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. Rolli, Bryan (July 1, 2021). "Top 30 Glam Metal Albums". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  3. "Allmusic (Warrant charts and awards) Billboard singles". Allmusic.
  4. "Warrant Dog Eat Dog Revisted".
  5. Flick, Larry (22 August 1992). "Review: Warrant – Machine Gun" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 104, no. 34. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. p. 74. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022 – via World Radio History.
  6. "Warrant ARIA singles chart history, received from ARIA on March 26, 2019". Imgur. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  7. "Warrant Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
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