Beautiful Thieves
{{Infobox song
| name = Beautiful Thieves
| cover = AFI - Beautiful Thieves cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = AFI
| album = Crash Love
| released = {{Start date|2009|12|1}}
| recorded = 2009
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Alternative rock
| length = 3:46
| label = Interscope
| writer = Hunter Burgan, Adam Carson, David Paden Marchand, Jade Puget
| producer = Joe McGrath
| prev_title = Medicate
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = I Hope You Suffer
| next_year = 2013
}}
"Beautiful Thieves" is a song by American rock band AFI. It was released as a single from their eighth studio album Crash Love{{cite web| url= http://www.altpress.com/news/afithieves.htm | title= WATCH AFI'S VIDEO FOR "BEAUTIFUL THIEVES" | date=2010-02-04 | author= Tim Karan | publisher=AltPress.com | accessdate=2010-06-16}} and was released to radio on December 1, 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/mail/archive/eweekly/alternative/2009-11-24.html|title=AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly|work=AllAccess|date=November 24, 2009|accessdate=July 2, 2016}} It peaked at #23 on the Alternative Songs 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.{{cite web| url = http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2010/02/01/video-sneak-peek-afi-beautiful-thieves/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100203010504/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2010/02/01/video-sneak-peek-afi-beautiful-thieves/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 3, 2010 | title= Video Sneak Peek: AFI, 'Beautiful Thieves' | date=2010-02-01 | author=Chris Ryan | publisher= MTV.com | accessdate=2010-06-16}} The video was filmed on December 16, 2009 at a mansion 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
| class="wikitable"
! Chart !! Peak |
| U.S. Alternative Songs{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=afi|chart=all}} |title=Billboard.com – Beautiful Thives – AFI |publisher=Billboard.com |accessdate=2010-06-03 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602193157/http://www.billboard.com/ |archivedate=2 June 2010 |url-status=live }}
|align="center"|23 |
| U.S. Rock Songs
|align="center"|48 |
References
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Category:Interscope Records singles
Category:Songs written by Hunter Burgan
Category:Songs written by Adam Carson
Category:Songs written by Davey Havok