| "Put the Gun Down" | ||||
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| Single by ZZ Ward | ||||
| from the album Til the Casket Drops | ||||
| Released | July 12, 2012 | |||
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| Length | 2:20 | |||
| Label | Hollywood Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Zsuzsanna E. Ward | |||
| Producer(s) | Theron "Neff-U" Feemster | |||
| ZZ Ward singles chronology | ||||
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"Put the Gun Down" is the 2012 debut single by American singer-songwriter ZZ Ward. [3] [4] It was ZZ Ward's first single with Hollywood Records. While the song was originally included on Ward's EP, Criminal, it was also included on her first album Til the Casket Drops . [3] The song uses repetition and vivid imagery to tell the story of a classic 'home-wrecker'. [1] [5]
The music video for Put the Gun Down was released on June 17, 2012. It was directed by Alexander Bulkley and produced by Jed Hathaway. [6]
Ward has described the song as "a woman trying to take [her] man from [her]," this woman being named "Adeline." [7] [1] The music video embraces this by showing a shoot out scene in reverse following a romantic scene between a man and a woman. [8]
American actress & singer Lynda Carter covered the song on her 2018 studio album Red Rock N' Blues.