Song title 530 - I Shot the Sheriff

This page lists the chart runs for songs called "I Shot the Sheriff" in order of success. This list combines cover versions and distinct songs that happen to share the same title.

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Eric Clapton	I Shot the Sheriff	1974	US Billboard 1 - Jul 1974 (14 weeks), Record World 1 - 1974, Canada 1 - Aug 1974 (15 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 1 week - Aug 1974, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks - Oct 1974, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003 (1974), France 2 - Oct 1974 (5 weeks), Belgium 2 - Sep 1974 (8 weeks), Norway 3 - Sep 1974 (22 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Sep 1974), Holland 5 - Aug 1974 (10 weeks), Germany 7 - Sep 1974 (3 months), UK 9 - Jul 1974 (11 weeks), Canada 11 of 1974, Springbok 11 - Nov 1974 (10 weeks), WABC NY 13 of 1974, DDD 17 of 1974, Austria 19 - Nov 1974 (1 month), POP 30 of 1974, D.Marsh 33 of 1974, US Radio 36 of 1974 (peak 1 7 weeks), US BB 76 of 1974, RYM 83 of 1974
2	Warren G	I Shot the Sheriff	1997	New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks - Apr 1997, UK 2 - Feb 1997 (8 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in May 1997), Switzerland 12 - Feb 1997 (12 weeks), Austria 18 - Mar 1997 (2 months), Norway 19 - Feb 1997 (1 week), US Billboard 20 - Mar 1997 (19 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 23 - Feb 1997 (11 weeks), ODK Germany 27 - Feb 1997 (9 weeks), Poland 36 - Feb 1997 (7 weeks), US BB 85 of 1997, Italy 90 of 1997
3	Bob Marley	I Shot the Sheriff	1973	Scrobulate 11 of reggae, DDD 42 of 1973, UK 67 - Nov 2005 (1 week), Rolling Stone 443, Acclaimed 586 (1973), RYM 67 of 1974, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
4	Lee Ritenour	I Shot the Sheriff	2001	Japan (Tokyo) 91 - May 2001 (1 week)
5	XXL	I Shot the Sheriff	1994	Japan (Tokyo) 55 - Jul 1994 (5 weeks)
6	Aswad	I Shot the Sheriff	1991	Japan (Tokyo) 32 - Apr 1991 (7 weeks)
7	Light of The World	I Shot the Sheriff	1981	UK 40 - Jan 1981 (5 weeks)