Throwing Stones

This article is about the song. For the role-playing game, see Throwing Stones (role-playing game). For throwing stones as an assault, see Rock throwing (weapon).

"Throwing Stones" is a song by the Grateful Dead. It appears on their 1987 album In the Dark.^[1] It was also released as a single, with a B-side of "When Push Comes to Shove".^[2]

"Throwing Stones"
Single by Grateful Dead
from the album In the Dark
B-side	"When Push Comes To Shove"
Released	July 6, 1987 (1987-07-06)
Genre	Rock
Length	7:21
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Composer: Bob Weir Lyricist: John Perry Barlow
Producer(s)	Jerry Garcia, John Cutler

The song is based loosely on the nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosie. The song repeatedly mentions the line Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down!.

The first live performance of "Throwing Stones" was on September 17, 1982, at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine.^[3]