"
Janie's Got a Gun" is a song performed by the American
hard rock band
Aerosmith and written by
Steven Tyler and
Tom Hamilton. It was originally titled "Danny's Got a Gun" after a close friend of Steven Tyler, but was later changed. It was released as the second single from
Pump in 1989. It peaked at number 4 on the
Billboard Hot 100 in 1990, and also made it to number 2 on the
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song also reached number-one in
Australia, their first number-one single there, and one of two number-one singles for the band in that country. It reached number 12 in
Sweden.