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{{Infobox song<br />
| name = They Killed Him<br />
| cover =<br />
| alt =<br />
| type = single<br />
| artist = [[Kris Kristofferson]]<br />
| album = [[Repossessed (album)|Repossessed]]<br />
| B-side = Anthem '84<br />
| released = {{start date|1986}}<br />
| format =<br />
| recorded =<br />
| studio =<br />
| venue =<br />
| genre = [[Country rock]]<br />
| length = 3:23<br />
| label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]<br />
| writer = Kris Kristofferson<br />
| producer = [[Chips Moman]]<br />
| prev_title = How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around<br />
| prev_year = 1984<br />
| next_title = Love Is the Way<br />
| next_year = 1987<br />
}}<br />
'''"They Killed Him"''' is a [[song]] written by [[Kris Kristofferson]] for his October 1986 [[album]] ''[[Repossessed (album)|Repossessed]]''.<br />
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It is a [[tribute]] to his [[martyred]] personal heroes: [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Jesus]] Christ, [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Robert F. Kennedy]]. Prior to Kristofferson recording the song himself, [[Johnny Cash]] recorded the song in 1984 as one of his final singles for [[Columbia Records]]. The song was covered by [[Bob Dylan]] for his album ''[[Knocked Out Loaded]]'', released in July 1986.<br />
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==Chart performance==<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Chart (1986–1987)<br />
!Peak<br />position<br />
|-<br />
|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles<ref name="whitburn2013">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944–2012|publisher=Record Research, Inc|page=185|year=2013|isbn=978-0-89820-203-8}}</ref><br />
|align="center"|67<br />
|-<br />
|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks<br />
|align="center"|53<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Kris Kristofferson}}<br />
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[[Category:1985 songs]]<br />
[[Category:1986 singles]]<br />
[[Category:Kris Kristofferson songs]]<br />
[[Category:Mercury Records singles]]<br />
[[Category:Songs written by Kris Kristofferson]]<br />
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Chips Moman]]<br />
[[Category:Bob Dylan songs]]<br />
[[Category:Johnny Cash songs]]<br />
[[Category:Songs about the assassination of John F. Kennedy]]<br />
[[Category:Songs in memory of deceased persons]]<br />
[[Category:Songs in memory of Martin Luther King Jr.]]<br />
[[Category:Songs about Jesus]]<br />
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Mahatma Gandhi]]<br />
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Robert F. Kennedy]]<br />
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