50 Best Songs With Gun Sounds
Songs that Use Gun Sounds in the Background
There’s something weirdly magnetic when a track throws in a gunshot mid-beat. Not as a gimmick, not as a punchline, but as this jarring punctuation that messes with your head a little. You’re halfway zoned out, then that sharp crack snaps you back. It rattles the rhythm. Doesn’t always mean violence. Sometimes it’s a flex, sometimes it’s panic. Sometimes it’s just the sound of everything going sideways. The shot doesn’t land in a vacuum—it echoes around whatever the artist’s trying to say, and it either hits or it hangs in the air too long.
You can hear it in different ways across pop, rock, country, and R&B songs. A slick trap beat will tuck it right behind the hi-hats, barely noticeable unless you're listening close. A southern rock track might make it sound like a live round out in a field somewhere, crackling with dirt and bad decisions. Other times it’s buried under layers, distorted into something that feels like tension instead of noise. And then there are those moments when it’s fully front and center, like the track dared you to flinch. It doesn’t have to be clean or tasteful or metaphorical. Sometimes it’s ugly on purpose.
And when it hits right, it sticks. Not because it's shocking but because it feels tied to whatever pressure’s building in the track. The snap that breaks up the bass. The pop that interrupts the verse. There's something deeply human about turning noise into message, even if it’s uncomfortable. These songs don’t play it safe, and they sure don’t pull back. Here’s a batch of tracks that fire off gun sounds and leave them echoing through your speakers.
Top 10 Gun Sound Songs
1. 'Paper Planes'—M.I.A.
2. 'Boom Boom Pow'—Black Eyed Peas
3. 'M.A.A.D City'—Kendrick Lamar
4. 'Gimme Shelter'—The Rolling Stones
5. 'In Da Club'—50 Cent
6. 'Bang Bang'—Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj
7. 'Shot Caller'—French Montana ft. Charlie Rock
8. 'Pistol-Packin' Mama'—Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
9. 'Killing Me Softly with His Song'—Roberta Flack
10. 'Mama Said Knock You Out'—LL Cool J
Songs With Firearm Sounds #11—20
11. 'Lean On'—Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. Mø
12. 'Sound of da Police'—KRS-One
13. 'Cop Killer'—Body Count
14. 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings'—The Smashing Pumpkins
15. 'Pumped Up Kicks'—Foster the People
16. 'I Shot the Sheriff'—Bob Marley & The Wailers
17. 'War'—Edwin Starr
18. 'Walk This Way'—Run-DMC ft. Aerosmith
19. 'Sabotage'—Beastie Boys
20. 'The Message'—Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Music With Gunshot Effects #21—30
21. 'Straight Outta Compton'—N.W.A
22. 'Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)'—Jay-Z
23. 'California Love'—2Pac ft. Dr. Dre
24. 'Lose Yourself'—Eminem
25. 'God's Plan'—Drake
26. 'Bodak Yellow'—Cardi B
27. 'Humble.'—Kendrick Lamar
28. 'Sicko Mode'—Travis Scott ft. Swae Lee & Drake
29. 'Mask Off'—Future
30. 'No Hands'—Waka Flocka Flame ft. Roscoe Dash & Wale
Popular Songs With Gun Sounds #31—40
31. 'U.N.I.T.Y.'—Queen Latifah
32. 'Juicy'—The Notorious B.I.G.
33. 'C.R.E.A.M.'—Wu-Tang Clan
34. 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang'—Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg
35. 'It Was a Good Day'—Ice Cube
36. 'Gin and Juice'—Snoop Dogg
37. 'Still D.R.E.'—Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg
38. 'X Gon' Give It to Ya'—DMX
39. 'Who Gon Stop Me'—Jay-Z & Kanye West
40. 'Blood on the Leaves'—Kanye West
Great Music With Gun Themes #41—50
41. 'Alright'—Kendrick Lamar
42. 'Hate It Or Love It'—The Game ft. 50 Cent
43. 'Many Men (Wish Death)'—50 Cent
44. 'Ric Flair Drip'—Offset & Metro Boomin
45. 'Savage Mode'—21 Savage & Metro Boomin
46. 'Look Alive'—BlocBoy JB ft. Drake
47. 'ZEZE'—Kodak Black ft. Travis Scott & Offset
48. 'The Box'—Roddy Ricch
49. 'Pop That'—French Montana ft. Rick Ross, Drake & Lil Wayne
50. 'Go Crazy'—Chris Brown & Young Thug
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