@.music.memories: "Breaking the Law" is a song by the English heavy metal band Judas Priest, originally released on their 1980 album British Steel. The song is one of the band's better known singles, and is readily recognized by its opening guitar riff. The song made VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs at No. 40. In 2009 it was named the 12th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. PopMatters said the song "opens with one of the most famous riffs in metal history, wasting no time getting into listeners' heads.'" Rolling Stone ranked the song number four on their list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs