Lay Down Your Guns

"Lay Down Your Guns"
Single by Jimmy Barnes
from the album Two Fires
B-side	"Broken Hearts" [1]
Released	16 July 1990 (1990-07-16) [2]
Length	4:00
Label	Mushroom
Songwriter(s)	Jimmy Barnes, Rick Nowels
Producer(s)	Don Gehman
Jimmy Barnes singles chronology
"Last Frontier" (live) (1989) "Lay Down Your Guns" (1990) "Let's Make it Last All Night" (1990)

"Lay Down Your Guns" is a song by Australian rock musician Jimmy Barnes. It was released on 16 July 1990 as the lead single from his fourth studio album, Two Fires . The song reached number four in Australia and number 12 in New Zealand.

Charts

Weekly charts

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

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
Australia (ARIA) [5]	23
New Zealand (RIANZ) [6]	44

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [7]	Platinum	70,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Lay Down Your Guns (Australian 7-inc single sleeve). Mushroom Records. 1990. K 10133.
2. "New Release Summary: Singles". The ARIA Report . No. 27. 15 July 1990. p. 19.
3. "Jimmy Barnes – Lay Down Your Guns". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
4. "Jimmy Barnes – Lay Down Your Guns". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
5. "ARIA Top 50 Singles for 1990". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
6. "End of Year Top 50 Singles 1990". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 13 September 2025.
7. "ARIA Accreditations (1987-2010)". Australian Fun Countdowns. Retrieved 2015-08-04.