Beautiful Thieves
title: "Beautiful Thieves" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["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"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Thieves" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox song"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Beautiful Thieves |
| cover | AFI - Beautiful Thieves cover.jpg |
| type | single |
| artist | AFI |
| album | Crash Love |
| released | |
| recorded | 2009 |
| 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 |
| :: |
| name = Beautiful Thieves | cover = AFI - Beautiful Thieves cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = AFI | album = Crash Love | released = | 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 and was released to radio on December 1, 2009. 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. 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
::data[format=table] | Chart | Peak position | |---|---| | url= |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 }} | 23 | | U.S. Rock Songs | 48 | ::
References
References
- Tim Karan. (2010-02-04). "WATCH AFI'S VIDEO FOR "BEAUTIFUL THIEVES"". [[Alternative Press (music magazine).
- (November 24, 2009). "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess.
- Chris Ryan. (2010-02-01). "Video Sneak Peek: AFI, 'Beautiful Thieves'". [[MTV]].com.
- "Billboard.com – Beautiful Thives – AFI". [[Billboard (magazine).
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