Killer on the Loose

Play track

  • Listeners

    65.2K

  • Scrobbles

    247.6K

  • Listeners

    65.2K

  • Scrobbles

    247.6K

Play track
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this song

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Play album
Skip to YouTube video

Replace video

Length
3:53
Lyrics

There's a killer on the loose again

Although not an overt publicity seeker, bass player, lyricist and principal composer Phil Lynott realised early on in his career that gimmicks and outrageous shenanigans generate considerably more publicity than saintly behaviour. "Killer On The Loose" was obviously written with the intention of courting controversy, and it succeeded. The lady killer on the loose in this song was Jack The Ripper, which would have been bad enough, but when it was released on the Vertigo label in September 1980, backed by the arguably even more provocative "Don't Play Around",… read more
Although not an overt publicity seeker, bass player, lyricist and principal composer Phil Lynott realised early on in his career that gimmicks and ou… read more
Although not an overt publicity seeker, bass player, lyricist and principal composer Phil Lynott realised early on in his career that gimmicks and outrageous shenanigans generate conside… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Featured On

Wild One - The Very Best of Thin Lizzy

92,932 listeners

73 more albums featuring this track

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Similar Tracks

  1. Chinatown Play track

  2. Chinatown Play track

  3. Solo In Soho Play track

  4. Crash Course In Brain Surgery - 2013 Remaster Play track

  5. Lights Out - 2008 Remaster Play track

  6. Fireball - 1996 Remaster Play track

  7. The Very Best Of Montrose Play track

  8. Fire of Unknown Origin Play track

  9. Only You Can Rock Me - 2008 Remaster Play track

  10. Underground (Album Version)

  11. Fly To The Rainbow Play track

  12. Stormbringer (Remaster Edition) Play track

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
24
22
16
23
18
16
19
12
18
19
21
22
31
36
16
50
30
25
27
18
27
18
20
19
23
23
23
21
24
19
19
24
33
25
18
18
26
26
22
21
21
18
17
19
10
14
26
20
18
22
20
9
24
19
20
21
17
15
30
27
31
23
21
17
20
21
22
10
16
23
22
19
23
20
20
28
17
12
20
23
28
16
18
19
20
16
24
16
23
31
22
15
18
15
30
18
35
17
22
22
23
15
15
13
18
14
14
22
16
20
22
20
25
17
17
20
26
24
16
9
15
19
19
24
22
14
16
22
14
18
25
20
18
23
12
24
23
17
14
20
15
18
8
21
16
16
22
19
31
19
20
29
29
19
25
28
26
18
26
17
30
18
19
19
20
19
17
17
24
17
20
22
23
32
21
19
28
13
24
22
22

Play this track

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

About This Artist

Artist images

173 more

Thin Lizzy

1,559,749 listeners

Related Tags

Thin Lizzy are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. The original lineup included bassist, lead vocalist, and principal songwriter Phil Lynott, drummer Brian Downey, guitarist Eric Bell, and organist Eric Wrixon, although Wrixon left after a few months. Bell departed at the end of 1973, and was briefly replaced by Gary Moore, who was himself replaced in mid-1974 by twin lead guitarists Scott Gorham, who remained with the band until their breakup in 1983, and Brian Robertson, who stayed until 1978 when Moore rejoined. Moore left a second time and was replaced by Snowy White in… read more
Thin Lizzy are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. The original lineup included bassist, lead vocalist, and principal songwriter Phil Lynott, drummer Brian Downey, guitarist Eric B… read more
Thin Lizzy are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. The original lineup included bassist, lead vocalist, and principal songwriter Phil Lynott, drummer Brian Downey, guitarist Eric Bell, and organist Eric Wrixon, although Wrixon… read more

View full artist profile

Similar Artists

  1. 73,476 listeners

    Avatar for Phil Lynott

  2. 752,195 listeners

    Avatar for UFO

  3. 1,825,990 listeners

    Avatar for Blue Öyster Cult

  4. 195,559 listeners

    Avatar for Michael Schenker Group

  5. 1,630,854 listeners

    Avatar for Whitesnake

  6. 931,151 listeners

    Avatar for Gary Moore

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss