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{{Infobox single
{{Infobox song
| Name = Thief
| name = Thief
| Cover = Thief single.jpg
| cover = Thief single.jpg
| Artist = Our Lady Peace
| alt =
| type = single
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| from Album =<br/>[[Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch]]
| Released = March 21, 2000
| artist = Our Lady Peace
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| album = [[Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch]]
| Format = [[Promotional recording|Promo-only CD single]]
| released = March 21, 2000
| Recorded = 1999
| recorded = 1999
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[post-grunge]]
| Length = 4:01
| studio =
| venue =
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| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]<small>(CDNK 1493)</small>
| Writer = [[Raine Maida]] and [[Jeremy Taggart]],
| genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[post-grunge]]
| length = 4:01
| Producer = [[Arnold Lanni]]
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| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]<small>(CDNK 1493)</small>
| Video Director = [[Our Lady Peace]] & Micha Dahan
| writer = [[Raine Maida]] and [[Jeremy Taggart]],
| Certification =
| Last single = "[[Is Anybody Home?]]"<br/>(1999)
| producer = [[Arnold Lanni]]
| prev_title = [[Annie (song)|Annie]]
| This single = "''''''Thief'''''"<br/>(1999)
| prev_year = 1999
| Next single = "[[In Repair (Our Lady Peace song)|In Repair]]"<br/>(2000)
| next_title = [[In Repair]]
| next_year = 2000
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|EPUvpRLakzc|"Thief"}}}}

}}
}}


"'''Thief'''" is a song written and performed by [[Canada|Canadian]] [[rock music|rock]] [[music ensemble|band]] [[Our Lady Peace]] and released in 1999 on the album ''[[Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch]]''.
"'''Thief'''" is a song by [[Canadians|Canadian]] alternative [[rock music|rock]] [[music ensemble|group]] [[Our Lady Peace]]. It was released in March 2000 as the fourth and final single from their third album ''[[Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch]]''.


==Song meaning==
==Content==
The band revealed that the song was written about a young girl from Kitchener with a [[cancer]]ous [[tumor]] in her brain named Mina Kim. The "thief" mentioned in the song refers to the tumor. The short clip at the end of the song consisting of a young girl singing a [[Sunday school]] song is a real audio clip of Mina Kim singing "Little By Little" with [[Raine Maida|Maida]]'s wife [[Chantal Kreviazuk]] and band member [[Jeremy Taggart]].
Vocalist [[Raine Maida]] has stated that the song was written about a young girl from [[Kitchener, Ontario]] that he knew named Mina Kim who had an incurable [[brain tumor]]. The "thief" mentioned in the song refers to the tumor. The short clip at the end of the song consisting of a young girl singing a [[Sunday school]] song is a real audio clip of Mina Kim singing "Little By Little" with [[Raine Maida|Maida]]'s wife [[Chantal Kreviazuk]] and drummer [[Jeremy Taggart]].


==Music video==
==Music video==
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Micha Dahan directed the [[music video]]. It was filmed on a rooftop in the St. James Town neighbourhood, downtown [[Toronto]]. It premiered on [[Muchmusic]] on May 23. It was shot entirely under a rainy setting on an otherwise sunny day, to impose the mood given by the song. Band members do not play instruments and are shown in slow motion film stock in the rain. The video starts off with the band name and song title and then a statement reading “Each year, terminal illness steals the lives of thousands of children. Mina Kim was one”.

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The [[Micha Dahan]]-directed [[music video]] of ''Thief'' was filmed on May 2, 2000 on a rooftop in downtown [[Toronto]] and premiered on [[Muchmusic]] on May 23. It was shot entirely under a rainy setting on an otherwise sunny day, to impose the mood given by the song. Band members do not play instruments and are shown in slow motion film stock in the rain.
==Chart performance==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2000)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|Canada Alternative Top 30 ([[RPM (magazine)|RPM]])<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Top 30 Rock Report |url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=5774& |magazine=RPM Weekly|date=September 4, 2000|volume=71|issue=18|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref>
|align="center"|5
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=14447 Lyrics of the song and discussion]
*[http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=14447 Lyrics of the song and discussion]
*{{youtube|EPUvpRLakzc|"Thief" Official music video}}
*{{youtube|EPUvpRLakzc|"Thief" Official music video}}
* {{MetroLyrics song|our-lady-peace|thief}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->


{{Our Lady Peace}}
{{Our Lady Peace}}

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[[Category:1999 singles]]
[[Category:Rock ballads]]
[[Category:Rock ballads]]
[[Category:Our Lady Peace songs]]
[[Category:Our Lady Peace songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Raine Maida]]
[[Category:Songs written by Raine Maida]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jeremy Taggart]]
[[Category:Columbia Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs about diseases and disorders]]




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[[Category:2000 songs]]

Latest revision as of 13:51, 21 April 2024

"Thief"
Single by Our Lady Peace
from the album Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch
ReleasedMarch 21, 2000
Recorded1999
GenreAlternative rock, post-grunge
Length4:01
LabelColumbia(CDNK 1493)
Songwriter(s)Raine Maida and Jeremy Taggart,
Producer(s)Arnold Lanni
Our Lady Peace singles chronology
"Annie"
(1999) 		"Thief"
(2000) 		"In Repair"
(2000)
Music video
"Thief" on YouTube

"Thief" is a song by Canadian alternative rock group Our Lady Peace. It was released in March 2000 as the fourth and final single from their third album Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch.

Content

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Vocalist Raine Maida has stated that the song was written about a young girl from Kitchener, Ontario that he knew named Mina Kim who had an incurable brain tumor. The "thief" mentioned in the song refers to the tumor. The short clip at the end of the song consisting of a young girl singing a Sunday school song is a real audio clip of Mina Kim singing "Little By Little" with Maida's wife Chantal Kreviazuk and drummer Jeremy Taggart.

Music video

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Micha Dahan directed the music video. It was filmed on a rooftop in the St. James Town neighbourhood, downtown Toronto. It premiered on Muchmusic on May 23. It was shot entirely under a rainy setting on an otherwise sunny day, to impose the mood given by the song. Band members do not play instruments and are shown in slow motion film stock in the rain. The video starts off with the band name and song title and then a statement reading “Each year, terminal illness steals the lives of thousands of children. Mina Kim was one”.

Chart performance

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Chart (2000) Peak
position
Canada Alternative Top 30 (RPM)[1] 5

References

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  1. ^ "Top 30 Rock Report". RPM Weekly. Vol. 71, no. 18. September 4, 2000. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
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