"Down Boys" is the first single by the
American
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band
Warrant. It was released in
1989
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from Warrant's first album, ''
Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich''. The song reached #27 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and #13 on the
Mainstream Rock Tracks
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chart.
Music video
"Down Boys", which became the band's nickname, featured the band's debut
music video
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. The video was placed on ''The New York Times'' list of the "15 Essential Hair-Metal Videos".
Review
The song has been described as "one of the toughest, heaviest songs in
arrant'scatalog, and certainly at the top of both categories in terms of their hit singles".
The song was re-recorded by the band in 1999 on its ''
Greatest & Latest'' album.
Charts
References
1989 debut singles
1989 songs
Columbia Records singles
Songs written by Jani Lane
Warrant (American band) songs
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