Machine Gun Blues

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"Machine Gun Blues"
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Single by Social Distortion
from the album Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes
ReleasedNovember 16, 2010
RecordedFebruary–July 2010
Genre Country rock, Punk rock, cowpunk
Label Epitaph
Songwriter(s) Mike Ness, Jonny Wickersham
Social Distortion singles chronology
"Far Behind"
(2007)
"Machine Gun Blues"
(2010)

"Machine Gun Blues" is a song by Social Distortion. It was the first single from their seventh studio album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes (2011). The song was featured on Season 4, Episode 7 of Sons of Anarchy . [1] The song was also used by WWE to promote a feud between The Miz and Randy Orton at the 2011 WWE Royal Rumble.

Contents

Background

The single was made available for download on November 16, 2010.

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [2] 10
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 20

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References

  1. "Music from Sons of Anarchy S4E07".
  2. "Social Distortion Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  3. "Social Distortion Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2011.