"Beautiful Thieves" is a song by American
rock 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
Alternative Songs
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chart and #48 on the
Rock Songs 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
mansion
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in
Simi Valley, California. 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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AFI (band) songs
2009 songs
Interscope Records singles
Songs written by Hunter Burgan
Songs written by Adam Carson
Songs written by Davey Havok
Songs written by Jade Puget
2009 singles