"Beautiful Thieves" is a song by American

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band AFI. It was released as a single from their eighth studio album '' Crash Love'' and was released to radio on December 1, 2009. It peaked at #23 on the

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chart and #48 on the

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chart.

Music video

The music video for "Beautiful Thieves" was directed by Travis Kopach and it premiered on February 4, 2010. The video was filmed on December 16, 2009 at a

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. It features scenes of the band performing, as well as a storyline that "shows people being forced to be responsible for their actions; we implement that retribution, if you will," according to Havok.

Charts

References

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