The Bartender and the Thief

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"The Bartender and the Thief"
"The Bartender and the Thief" cover
Single by Stereophonics
from the album Performance and Cocktails
Released 1998
Format CD, 7", MC
Recorded 1998
Genre Rock
Length 2 mins 54 secs
Label V2 Records
Writer(s) Kelly Jones
Producer(s)  ?
Chart positions
  • #3 (UK)
Stereophonics singles chronology
"Local Boy In The Photograph (re-issue)"
(1998)
"The Bartender and the Thief"
(1998)
"Just Looking"
(1999)

The Bartender and the Thief is the first single from rock band the Stereophonics taken from the their second album Performance and Cocktails. It was released in November 1998. It reached #3 in the UK charts.

The song is track 2 on Peformance and Cocktails. A live version from Cardiff Castle is available on CD2 of The Bartender and the Thief singles. Another live version from Sheffield Arena is on the Moviestar single. A bar version of the song is on the I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio CD1.

The music video features the band playing at a Vietnamese army base.

[edit] Tracklisting

[edit] CD1

  1. "The Bartender and the Thief"
  2. "She Takes Her Clothes Off"
  3. "Fiddler's Green (The Tragically Hip cover)"

[edit] CD2

  1. "The Bartender and the Thief (Live from Cardiff Castle)"
  2. "Traffic (Live from Cardiff Castle)"
  3. "Raymond's Shop (Live from Cardiff Castle)"