Thief (Our Lady Peace song)
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| "Thief" | ||
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| Single by Our Lady Peace | ||
| from the album Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch |
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| Released | 2000 | |
| Format | CD Single | |
| Recorded | 1999 | |
| Genre | Alternative Rock | |
| Length | 4:01 | |
| Label | Columbia Records | |
| Writer(s) | Raine Maida | |
| Producer(s) | Arnold Lanni | |
| Our Lady Peace singles chronology | ||
| "Is Anybody Home?" (2000) |
"Thief" (2000) |
"In Repair" (2000) |
Thief is a song written and performed by Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace and released in 1999 under the album Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch. Lead singer Raine Maida provides the vocals.
[edit] Song meaning
The band revealed that the song was centered around a young girl with a cancerous tumor in her brain, who was named Mina Kim. The "thief" mentioned in the song references 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 with Maida's wife Chantal Kreviazuk.
The music video of Thief was filmed entirely under a rainy setting, to impose the mood given by the song. Raine Maida provides his trademark vocals that can also be seen in singles such as Is Anybody Home (1999), which have been described as edgy, off-setting, and perfect for the song. It is speculated that in later albums, Maida's voice has evolved to exclude this trademark sound.
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