Lethal Weapon (song)

"Lethal Weapon"
"Lethal Weapon"
Single by Ice-T
from the album The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!
B-side	"Heartbeat"; "This One's For Me";
Released	September 21, 1989
Studio	Syndicate Studios West (Los Angeles, CA); Wide Tracks (Los Angeles, CA);
Genre	Gangsta rap
Length	4:35
Label	Sire
Songwriter(s)	Tracy Lauren Marrow; Charles Andre Glenn;
Producer(s)	Afrika Islam; Ice-T;
Ice-T singles chronology
Music video
	"Lethal Weapon" on YouTube

"Lethal Weapon" is a song by American recording artist Ice-T. It was released on September 21, 1989 as a single from the rapper's third studio album The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say through Sire Records. The song was written and produced by Ice-T and Afrika Islam, who used a sample from Little Royal and The Swingmasters' "Razor Blade".^[1] The single peaked at number 22 in New Zealand and number 98 in the UK.

Track listing

7", cassette
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Lethal Weapon" (LP Version)	T. Marrow	Afrika Islam Ice-T	4:35
2.	"Heartbeat (Remix Edit)" (featuring WAR)	T. Marrow C. Glenn M. Dickerson C. Miller H. Brown H. Scott L. Oskar L. Jordan T. Allen	Afrika Islam Ice-T Jerry Goldstein	4:10

12", Maxi single
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Lethal Weapon" (LP Version)	T. Marrow	Afrika Islam Ice-T	4:35
2.	"Lethal Weapon" (Instrumental)	T. Marrow	Afrika Islam Ice-T	4:35
3.	"This One's For Me" (LP Version)	T. Marrow	Afrika Islam Ice-T	4:35
4.	"Heartbeat (12" Remix)" (featuring WAR)	T. Marrow C. Glenn M. Dickerson C. Miller H. Brown H. Scott L. Oskar L. Jordan T. Allen	Afrika Islam Ice-T Jerry Goldstein	7:52

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	161
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[3]	49
UK Singles (OCC)^[4]	62
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)^[5]	12

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