Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do

"Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do"
Single by Goldie Lookin' Chain
from the album Greatest Hits
Released	16 August 2004
Format	CD
Genre	Hip-Hop
Length	3:39
Label	Must Destroy/Atlantic Records
Producer(s)	P Xain
Goldie Lookin' Chain singles chronology
"Half Man Half Machine" (2004) "Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do" (2004) "Your Mother's Got a Penis"' (2004)

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"Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do" (commonly referred to as "GDKPRD") is a song by the British Rap act Goldie Lookin Chain from their Greatest Hits album. In August 2004, the song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart.^[1] With the tagline "The gun is the tool, the mind is the weapon", in this track the band again satirised the American hip hop scene.

Music video

The video for the song features the band doing a mock police line-up and being chased on customised mobility scooters. The video is shot mostly in the town of Watford, England, featuring such local landmarks as the original 1970s concrete brutalist style shopping centre, the YMCA building and the spiral car park ramp visible from the ring road.

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)[2]	23
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[3]	4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4]	92
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5]	3

Notes

1. "Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do" Chart Stats.
2. "Chart Track: Week 30, 2003". Irish Singles Chart.
3. "Archive Chart: 2004-08-28". Scottish Singles Top 40.
4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Goldie Lookin Chain – Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
5. "Archive Chart: 2004-08-28" UK Singles Chart.